Product Manager

Job Purpose

We are looking for a Product Manager to own a defined product area within Trados, taking responsibility for day-to-day product decisions, backlog, and delivery, while working closely with other Product Managers. 

This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to build deep product management craft - discovery, prioritisation, execution, and stakeholder management - inside a well-established product with a clear mandate to innovate and AI-enable its core workflows.

About Product & Technology

Product & Technology plays a pivotal role in aligning the organization with its strategic objectives and enhancing shareholder value. Product & Technology is responsible for establishing unified standards and governance practices throughout the company. Additionally, we oversee the development and maintenance of core applications essential for the seamless operation of various functions across the organization. We are committed to driving and executing future roadmaps that are in line with the overall strategic direction of RWS. 

With a global reach, Product & Technology provides support services to over 7500 end users worldwide. We take pride in managing the information security operation and safeguarding all our assets. Our core functions encompass Enterprise & Technical Architecture, Network & Voice, Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Service Operations, Data & Analytics, Security & Quality Compliance, Transformation, Application Development, Enterprise Platforms, With a dedicated team of over 500 staff, Product & Technology ensures a strong presence across all regions, enabling efficient and effective support to our global operations.

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership & Delivery 

• Own the roadmap and backlog for a defined area of the Trados Cloud platform, translating business and customer needs into clear priorities and requirements. 

• Manage the product development lifecycle from discovery through to launch and iteration, working closely with engineering teams based in Romania. 

• Continuously prioritise features based on customer impact, technical feasibility, and strategic value to the broader Transform portfolio. 

Discovery & Customer Insight 

• Spend time with enterprise customers, LSPs, and translators to understand real workflows and pain points, turning insight into product direction. 

• Conduct user research and testing to validate decisions before and after building. 

• Partner closely with UX to ensure the product is intuitive for a global, professional user base. 

AI-Driven Innovation 

• Work with engineers to integrate emerging AI/LLM capabilities into Trados workflows, under the guidance of senior product leadership. 

• Build understanding of the AI-driven localization landscape and identify opportunities to apply it within your product area. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Work with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Customer Success to support launches and gather field feedback. 

• Use data and analytics to monitor adoption, usage, and product performance, and to inform decisions. 

Growth & Development 

• Work directly with the Product Management team to build broader product management skills - strategy, commercial thinking, and stakeholder leadership - with a clear path to greater ownership and seniority. 

Skills & Experience

• 1–4 years of experience in product management, or in an adjacent role (business/systems analysis, program management) with clear product management aptitude and ambition. 

• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear priorities. 

• Genuine curiosity about AI/LLM-driven product development; hands-on exposure is a plus but not required. 

• Comfortable working directly with engineers on software, data, and workflow design. 

• A collaborative, low-ego approach, and comfort with pace, ambiguity, and a growing team. 

• Familiarity with translation/localization workflows, or B2B SaaS is a strong plus but not essential. 

• Genuinely curious about the technical "how" - comfortable going deep with engineers on integrations, data flows, and AI/MT specifics, not just the business "what." 

• Based in Romania, Germany or the UK, able to work remote  

Life at RWS

Life at RWS - If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood, then you’ll love life at RWS. 

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. 

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics. 

RWS Values 

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.

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