Support the global expansion of manga and games through sales, customer support, and new business initiatives.
About this role
Mantra is hiring a Project Manager / BizDev for Mantra Engine, its cloud service for corporations that specializes in manga translation. The person leads translation projects for publishers and entertainment companies in Japan and overseas, combining AI translation with human translation.
Project management is the main duty: tracking the progress of translation projects, post-editing and quality control of machine translation, running several projects at once, setting schedules and coordinating translators, designers, engineers and clients. The role also covers customer support by email, Slack and online meetings, collecting customer needs for the team, and business support such as proposals to existing and new customers, checking deliverables and helping with contract and terms adjustments. The person works closely with the B2B business unit, internal and external translators and the R&D team, including the CTO.
The role suits someone who can manage projects across languages and handle customers on both the delivery and the commercial side.
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