Product Owner, TransPerfect
Office located in Broadway, NY
Professional translation & localisation services
Open for applications
Professional translation & localisation services
1001+ employees
Open for applications
Office located in Broadway, NY
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide the highest quality language services to leading businesses worldwide.
Role
Who you are
- This role demands strong product management expertise and exceptional communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technologies or related field
- Product ownership and management experience, with a demonstrable track record of successfully launching and managing products
- Excellent ability to collaborate and communicate effectively
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects
- Experience working closely with software development teams, demonstrating a strong understanding of software development principles and methodologies
What the job involves
- The Product Owner will drive the development and continuous improvement of TransPerfect’s vendor management software
- The Product Owner will ensure product roadmap and strategy align seamlessly with the business goals while fostering team integration and product cohesion
- Manage communication and collaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements, goals, and deliverables
- Translate requirements of the business into a clear format that drives system capabilities
- Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that it is up-to-date and reflects the current business priorities
- Serve as the primary point of contact to the stakeholders and development teams
- Collaborate with technical teams to ensure projects are prioritized and organized according to strategic goals and objectives
- Utilize Agile methodologies to manage the product lifecycle and ensure timely delivery of features
- Work closely with development teams to translate product requirements into actionable tasks
- Communicate progress, challenges, and successes to senior management and key stakeholders
Our take
TransPerfect addresses the need for enterprise-level brand growth, tackling the language and culture barrier for companies wanting to expand globally. Its solutions, in short, help companies to communicate with more people in more places.
TransPerfect’s impressive suite of includes AI translation solutions, website localisation and data security, much of which is bolstered by its flagship GlobalLink Translation Management platform. Considered a pioneering force in its sector, the legacy company has spent over three decades adopting technological innovations to further its reach and strengthen its translation mission.
Impressively, the company that has been featured on the Inc 5000 US list of fastest-growing companies numerous times. After a buyout of his co-founder's shares in 2018, now-solo founder Phil Shawe undertook an expansion and innovation drive. TransPerfect’s strong performance and growth since then indicate that this transformation has been successful.
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Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Phil Shawe
(Co-CEO & Founder)Graduate of the University of Florida and NYU Stern School of Business. Has been the CEO of the company for over three decades.
Jin Lee
(Co-CEO)Joined the company as a Project Manager in 2003. Became Department Manager then Director of Production, before VP then SVP of of Global production. Became Co-CEO in 2024.
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