Project Manager – AI & Production
Skills
Location
Languages
Fluent English
Job Description
We're looking for a proactive Project Manager to lead human-made linguistic projects and help build new AI-powered workflows for production processes.
🎯 Responsibilities
- Manage projects end-to-end: Take over after deals close, directly engage with clients, understand project needs, identify challenges, and establish success metrics and requirements.
- Vendor management: Source, select, negotiate with, and manage linguists and agency partners. Ensure resources are available and relationships maintained.
- Monitor quality and progress: Track real-time project progress. Execute or automate quality checks. Deliver high-quality outputs and proactively communicate issues to clients.
- Client communication and escalation: Serve as the main contact during production. Manage expectations, handle escalations, and resolve issues independently or escalate when required.
- Build and optimize AI-powered workflows: Identify manual or repetitive processes to automate with AI, improving efficiency in areas like quality checks, planning, and resource allocation.
- Strategic improvement during downtime: Use slower periods to enhance systems, analyze past projects, and prep for future demand.
- Prioritize efficiently: Manage multiple projects across languages and timelines, making clear decisions on priorities.
- Data-driven approach: Leverage project metrics for smarter resource allocation, pricing, and process improvement. Build dashboards and reports for performance visibility.
🛠️ Requirements
- 2–3 years of project management experience, ideally in the language/localization industry or a fast-paced production setting
- Track record of managing projects through the full lifecycle, including scoping, planning, delivery, and completion
- Strong client-facing experience, including handling demanding clients and quality escalations
- Proficiency with AI tools and automations (e.g., building prompts or workflows using tools like Claude, n8n, Zapier)
- Excellent prioritization and time management skills
- Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to address and resolve issues quickly
- Ability to work autonomously and escalate blockers appropriately
- Fluency in English; additional languages are beneficial
🤗 We offer
- Supportive culture built on trust, independence, and autonomy
- Remote-first, office-encouraged environment with flexible working hours
- Access to a creative and vibrant office space in Gràcia, Barcelona
- International, English-speaking team environment
- Competitive salary among the top in Barcelona’s startup scene
- Equity opportunities
- Generous vacation policy
- Modern hardware to support your productivity
- Private health insurance (with partial company coverage)
- Monthly savings plan for meals, transport, or childcare
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About the team
6
employees
5
nationalities
Benefits and perks
Work from home
Training budget
Flexible schedule
Food & drinks
Stocks options
- +Team Retreats — So far we've been to Paris, Mallorca, the Pyrenees, Aran Islands, Dublin and Sweden...
- +1 book/mo + e-learning platforms of your choice — we truly want you to learn.
- +Happy Scribe is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome all applications from all people and all walks of life — variety
- +English-only speaking environment.
- +Competitive salary and equity.
Location
Barcelona, Spain
