French Language Specialist – Life Sciences & Medical Devices
PPD (Thermo Fisher) UK
Native-level french proficiency
Medical device regulatory documentation experience
Language lead or quality lead experience
This role serves as the linguistic lead for French life sciences and medical device content, ensuring compliance with client and regulatory standards
Job Summary
This role serves as the linguistic lead for French life sciences and medical device content, ensuring compliance with client and regulatory standards.
The specialist is responsible for aligning external linguists on terminology, tone, and formatting while performing final QA and LSO validation.
Candidates must demonstrate strong expertise in managing terminology databases, style guides, and language assets across complex technical documentation.
Matching Summary
This role serves as the linguistic lead for French life sciences and medical device content, ensuring compliance with client and regulatory standards.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Native-level French proficiency
Medical device regulatory documentation experience
Language Lead or Quality Lead experience
IFU and technical documentation review
CAT/TMS tool expertise
Nice-to-have
Clinical translation experience
Scientific curiosity and product understanding
Stakeholder management skills
Continuous improvement implementation
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree in translations, linguistics, or related field
2 years of translation experience in medical device/biotech
5 years of translation experience if no Bachelor's degree