Principal Taxonomist

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Principal Taxonomist

San Francisco, CA +3 locations
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    This role will lead the development and governance of Brazil-specific taxonomies, metadata libraries, and onboarding questionnaires, ensuring accuracy, localization, regulatory alignment, and consistency with the global taxonomy framework. Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Develop and maintain high-quality Brazil taxonomies, attributes, and metadata libraries, ensuring accuracy, relevance, and elimination of duplication.
    • Oversee the onboarding questionnaire process to collect structured information for improved matching, leveraging standardized questionnaires and AI-driven enhancements.
    • Localize market-specific prompts to ensure cultural and linguistic appropriateness for the Brazilian market.
    • Review and refine translation models to ensure grammatical accuracy, alignment with market regulations, and consideration of legal implications.
    • Drive the end-to-end approval workflow for taxonomy questions and attributes.
    • Lead follow-up remediation processes once questions and attributes are finalized.
    • Ensure taxonomy updates improve matching quality while remaining consistent with the broader global library.
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Must-Have Skills

    • 7+ years of professional experience (senior-level profile)
    • US-based
    • Portuguese fluency
    • Strong understanding of the Brazilian market and cultural context
    • Strong Git proficiency
    • Experience using GPT-5 or similar AI tools
    • Experience developing and maintaining taxonomies, attributes, and metadata libraries
    • Experience overseeing structured onboarding questionnaire processes
    • Experience reviewing translation models for grammatical accuracy and regulatory alignment
    • Proficiency in Google Sheets

    Nice-to-Have Skills

    • AI / Prompt Engineering experience
    • Experience with GitLab or GitHub
    • Strong enterprise experience

    Required Tools & Platforms

    • Git
    • GPT-5 or similar AI tools
    • Google Sheets
    • GitLab or GitHub (if applicable)

    Location, Time & Engagement

    • US-based (remote)
    • Must align with CST time zone
  • Locations
    San Francisco, CA • Miami, FL • Cambridge, MA • New York, NY