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Sr Taxonomy Analyst

Los Angeles, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Oct 2023

💰 $140,000/yr($112,000/yr – $140,000/yr)

About the role

Seeking a Senior Taxonomy Analyst to work with multiple teams across System1. Will need to understand the value of taxonomy work in building solutions and can advocate this value to your business stakeholders. Need to have experience developing multilingual global taxonomies and classification systems and are excited to build the foundation for System1’sUnderstanding and experience with building a knowledge Graph and utilizing AI-driven machine learning models where appropriate

Senior Taxonomy Analyst

Create and execute taxonomy roadmaps.
Develop classification systems, taxonomies, thesauri, and controlled vocabularies with an emphasis on sustainability, scalability and interoperability.
Identify taxonomy requirements through research, System1’s existing systems, input from stakeholders and external sources.
Identify taxonomy KPIs, measure taxonomy effectiveness and create taxonomy performance reporting.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including analytics, engineers, content, contributors and publishing.
Proficient in facet analysis, gap analysis, thesaurus implementations, validation logic, ANSI Z.39 standards.
Prioritize taxonomy work according to business needs and bolstered by data driven analysis of taxonomy structures
Educate stakeholders on the business impact and ROI of taxonomy work and provide ongoing support with taxonomy governance and implementation frameworks.
Create and deliver impactful presentations and taxonomy educational sessions.
Contribute to improving search & keyword accuracy, conduct keyword research and consult on taxonomy impact across multiple business lines.
This is a hands-on senior taxonomy role.

This role might be for you if you are a:

Relationship Builder & Collaborator – You build strong relationships by being a great listener and understanding each team’s needs and communication styles.
Analytical Thinker – You are great at research and use a systematic approach to solving problems.
Strategic Thinker – You understand the value of taxonomy work for the success of the business and communicate it efficiently.
Documentation Expert – You have an exceptional attention to detail and are excellent in documenting your work and tracking success.
Customer Advocate – You care about information retrieval quality, and you want to be an active participant in improving it.
Passionate Learner – You stay on top of industry developments, ready to implement new knowledge in your day-to-day work.

A few things about how we work:

We are passionate about our work and communicate often, share ideas openly and learn from each other.
We constantly strive to improve our processes.
We meet in GoogleMeet, talk through Slack and email, use Confluence, Google Drive and track our work through Jira.

If you’re interested in this role, you’ll need these skills or experiences:

5+ years experience as a working taxonomist.
Master’s Degree in Information Management, Library and Information Science (ALA-accredited MLS/MLIS, MSIM, MSIS), or equivalent work experience.
Experience with multilingual taxonomy creation and management, metadata standards, subject classification, and knowledge organization.
Strong skills in gathering taxonomy efficiency requirements, including user interviews, heuristic reviews, facet analysis, coverage models and taxonomy tree testing.
Exceptional attention to detail and excellent ability to communicate taxonomy value to the business in technical and non-technical language.
Knowledge of taxonomy and ontology standards, protocols, and schemas (SKOS, OWL, RDF, SPARQL, JSON-LD, Schema.org, DBPedia.)
Experience with taxonomy and ontology semantic middleware like PoolParty, TopQuadrant EDG, or similar software.
Proficiency with Excel and PostGres.
Passionate about professional growth in the areas of Knowledge Graphs and data modeling.
Project Management fundamentals are preferred.