Leading Products – Innovative Ideas – Exceptional People ….MicroStrategy, A Dynamic Place to Work! 

At MicroStrategy, we are passionate about creating powerful, disruptive technologies that transform how companies do business.  Innovative products and ultimately our success are rooted in one driving force—our people.  Our casual and flexible environment encourages creativity and collaboration, so you’ll have the opportunity to initiate and contribute to challenging projects, while pursuing your interests and developing, both professionally and personally.  Bring us your passion, curiosity, and fresh ideas, and be a part of technology innovation at its best! 

The Role:

Our Technical Publications team is looking for a Simplified Chinese native speaker to work out of our office in Hangzhou, China.  You will bear final responsibility for the quality of translations of MicroStrategy content into Simplified Chinese.

MicroStrategy is expanding its global engineering presence, by establishing a Technology Center in Hangzhou, China.  We are looking for talented individuals to fill a variety of roles within our Technology team to support our Server, Client, Technical Publications, and Internationalization teams.

Your Focus:

• Perform localization tasks related to GUI strings, product documentation, education, website, and product marketing, as needed
• Build and manage terminology resources such as glossaries, style guides, and translation memory files
• Recruit, train, and manage a team of qualified freelance translators that can be engaged should volume and time constraints require it
• Edit and perform quality control on freelancers’ output and on translations delivered by vendors in the past
• Apply changes to preferred terminology in the locations in which our linguistic assets are stored (string databases, Flare projects) to achieve consistency

Required Experience and Skills:

 Motivation, Innovation, Passion, Integrity, Teamwork, Customer-Focus

You should also bring the following:

• At least 5 years’ experience working in the localization industry
• A Master’s degree in translation studies or localization preferred
• Familiarity with Simplified Chinese software terminology and the software development process in general
• At least 2 years’ experience working in translation project management, including identification and vetting of qualified of freelancers
• Familiarity with at least one CAT tool essential
• Familiarity with Madcap Flare™ or SQL a major plus
• Obsessively dedicated to quality and ensuring that the localization activities they oversee optimally support sales in Chinese-speaking markets
• Able to manage their time successfully in an environment with many competing priorities
• Diplomatic, and good with managing people
• An outstanding communicator, also across time zones

MicroStrategy is an equal employment and affirmative action employer F/M/Disability/Vet.

MicroStrategy is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us about your interest in employment at 703.848.8600.