Senior Content Developer (Technical Writer) | Boston , MA (Onsite) | Contract

Senior Content Developer (Technical Writer) | Boston , MA (Onsite) | Contract

Contract

Boston , MA (Onsite)

It is an onsite position

Role Specific core tasks

1. Independently write and manage accurate, concise, and well-written technical content in various electronic formats for a global audience.

2. Gather raw information from SMEs and other project stakeholders, evaluate its accuracy and relevance, and transform it into audience-appropriate content.

3. Accurately estimate, plan, and communicate with team members and managers on work and project progress to ensure deliverables are met.

4. Follow Waters content development content, tool, and process guidelines, and understand how adherence to these guidelines affects the efficiency of downstream stakeholders (editors, reviewers, validators, and translators) and the quality of the end product.

5. Collaborate as a member of cross-functional project teams by attending meetings, interacting with subject matter experts, and establishing and maintaining good working relationships with all Waters employees.

6. Adapt to new authoring tools and processes.

7. Identify and escalate potential project risks.

Qualifications / Education required:

Bachelor s degree with 5+ years prior technical writing experience, preferentially in a technology industry.

Experience required:

Demonstrated documentation usability knowledge that can be applied a project level.

Structured authoring and/or information modelling, including DITA and XML.

Aptitude / skills required:

Ability to write technical or scientific content.

Demonstrated ability to acquire product knowledge and learn new technologies.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Capability to represent Waters in a professional manner.

Demonstrated experience authoring content for localization.

Experience creating content in adherence with a style guide such as the Chicago Manual of Style,

Experience with agile development processes and recurring release cycles.

Experience working with JIRA or a comparable bug tracking tool.

Experience with content management systems, including following structured authoring, content reuse, and metadata tagging guidelines.

Familiarity with content formats (HTML, XML).

Well organized.