Analytic Linguistic Project Manager (French)

  Job title:  Analytical Linguistic Project Manager    

Linguistic Field(s):  Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Lexicography, NLP, Phonetics, Phonology    Location:  Paris, France  

Hours: 9H – 17H 

Rem: 3790*12

Job description:  The role of the Analytic Linguistic Project Manager is to consult with Natural Language Understanding Researchers on creating guidelines and setting standards for a variety of NLP projects as well as to manage the work of a team of junior linguists to achieve high quality data output.    This includes: 

● Reviewing and annotating linguistic data 

● Developing phonetic/phonemic transcription rules 

● Analyzing acoustic data to evaluate speech synthesis 

● Deriving NLP data for new and on-going projects 

● Training, managing, and overseeing the work of a team of junior linguists 

● Creating guidelines for semantic, syntactic and morphological projects 

● Consulting with researchers and engineers on the development of linguistic databases 

● Identifying and assigning required tasks for a project 

● Tracking and reporting the team's progress 

● Monitoring and controlling quality of the data annotated by the team 

● Providing linguistic/operational guidance and support to the team   

Job requirements: 

● Native speaker French and fluent in English 

● Master's degree or higher in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics with experience in semantics, syntax, morphology, lexicography, phonetics, or phonology 

● Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; should have an interest in natural language processing 

● Excellent oral and written communication skills 

● Good organizational skills 

● Previous project management and people management experience 

● Knowledge of a programming language or previous experience working in a Linux environment    

CV + Motivation letter in English: Maroussia.houimli@adeccooutsourcing.fr