Translator

About Kearney

Kearney provides consulting services in the GCC, focusing on strategic expansion programs and business excellence to support clients in achieving sustainable growth. The Middle East office leverages Kearney’s experience in advising government entities, local firms, and international clients across the region.

The Role of Translator in Riyadh

As a Translator based in our Riyadh office, you will be responsible for accurately translating business-related presentations, proposals, and texts. This includes topics such as market studies, business strategy, company organization, and human resources. The role involves reporting directly to the Translation Team Lead in Riyadh and offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to the team's output.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate and edit business, commercial, and selected legal documents with clarity and accuracy, escalating specialized legal content for review as needed.
• Produce written translations from English to Arabic (majority of work) and Arabic to English within tight deadlines.
• Perform necessary formatting changes, which may be in-depth, requiring a strong working knowledge of MS PowerPoint and Word.
• Proofread and edit final translated documents to ensure grammatically correct and well-expressed versions.
• Attend client meetings with the case team when required to discuss translation projects and address questions.
• Potentially work at the client’s location as needed.
• Utilize Kearney-approved translation memory, terminology-management, machine translation, and AI-enabled tools to enhance consistency and efficiency, while applying professional judgment and full human review to all final deliverables.
• Validate AI- or machine-generated content for accuracy, completeness, tone, terminology, cultural appropriateness, formatting, and client-specific requirements prior to delivery.
• Maintain and contribute to approved bilingual glossaries, translation memories, style guides, and reusable terminology resources.
• Escalate ambiguous source content, specialist terminology, quality risks, or legal/sensitive content to the Translation Team Lead as appropriate.
• Employ strong research skills and approved reference sources to identify accurate terminology and closest equivalents, considering country, client, and subject-matter specifics.
• Ensure the security and confidentiality of all translated materials, including the use of approved tools only and no upload of confidential or client material to unapproved public AI platforms.

Candidate Profile and Requirements

We are seeking proactive, positive, and flexible individuals for this full-time Translator position in Riyadh. Candidates should possess 2-5 years of relevant experience and demonstrate the ability to operate effectively in a professional consulting environment.

• Possess pragmatism, open-mindedness, and flexibility, with availability for occasional out-of-hours requirements.
• Ability to engage with senior-level stakeholders and maintain professionalism and confidentiality in a high-pressure environment.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize actions in a fast-paced environment, plan workflow, work independently, and take initiative.
• Capable of managing workload responsibly, especially when working remotely.
• A team player who contributes to internal initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, characterized by clarity, tact, and professionalism.
• Ability to maintain the highest levels of internal and external confidentiality and integrity.
• Possess strong research, fact-checking, and terminology-validation skills.