Junior Patent Filing Project Manager

As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Junior Patent Filing Project Manager is responsible for supporting the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of patent filing projects. Working under senior project managers, this entry-level role offers the opportunity to learn project management skills and develop expertise in the patent filing and localization domain.

Key Responsibilities:
• Assist in planning, scoping, and gathering requirements for client projects.
• Support project scheduling and tracking to ensure on-time delivery.
• Collaborate with internal teams, clients, and external vendors to achieve project goals.
• Monitor budgets and assist in controlling project costs.
• Help prepare reports and maintain project documentation.
• Learn to identify and mitigate risks while contributing to contingency planning.
• Build strong working relationships with clients and team members.
• Actively seek ways to improve processes for better delivery and client satisfaction.
• Participate in training to become proficient in project management tools, systems, and methodologies.

Qualifications:
• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business, Finance, or similar) or equivalent work experience.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exposure or interest about the patent filing and localization industry.
• Experience in project management is preferred
• Experience in financial management and budget
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Other Relevant Skills:
• Energy and a positive attitude with excellent interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work in large, diverse, virtual teams.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a time-sensitive and deadline-driven work environment.
• Ability to cope with high pressure caused by one or more project management elements such as quality, turnaround time, resource or budget constraint.
• Attention to details.
• Ability to learn and master quickly the technology, tools and processes required by the account.

Job Reference: #LI-JC1
Benefits Included in the Offer:
- Friendly Working Environment
- IT Equipment
- Social Activities
- Global Mobility Policy
- Employee Referral Program
- Employee Assistant Program
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- HSA & FSA
- 401(k) retirement
- Short & Long Term Disability Insurance
- Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Telemedicine Benefit
- Annual Leave
- Paid Public Holidays
- Maternity/Paternity Leave

Salary Range: Up to $60,000 Per Annum