Help define and implement enterprise taxonomy and metadata strategies aligned with business and knowledge management objectives.
Lead impact analyses, audits, and continuous improvement of existing taxonomies, metadata schemas, and tagging frameworks.
Establish governance models for managed metadata, content types, and metadata-driven workflows.
Partner with data owners, information architects, and content managers to ensure consistent use of metadata and controlled vocabularies.
Architect, configure, and maintain Taxonomy API/SharePoint Term Store global term groups and term sets, content types, managed metadata.
Design and manage API integrations connecting taxonomy and term store data with Copilot agents, search, and knowledge management systems.
Implement taxonomy endpoints, metadata tagging automation, and ontology synchronization between systems (e.g., Taxonomy Service → Power Platform).
Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure scalable, high-performance taxonomy API and metadata services.
Identify and implement success measures to validate projected outcomes.
Develop and maintain semantic models and ontologies using PoolParty or similar tools.
Support connection of business glossaries and controlled vocabularies to enterprise applications, AI, CRM systems, and project management tools for improved knowledge consistency and retrieval.
Enable Copilot and AI-powered tools to leverage taxonomy-driven knowledge graphs for contextual recommendations and summarization.
Serve as taxonomy subject matter expert lead across multiple concurrent projects, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on delivery.
Communicate complex taxonomy, ontology, and metadata concepts clearly and effectively to engineers, program managers, and executives across a matrixed organization.
Deliver content tailored for both persuasive and informative knowledge-sharing presentations, supporting new implementations and strategic initiatives.
Mentor and upskill taxonomy specialists and analysts, fostering a culture of knowledge-sharing and technical excellence.
Partner with new clients or internal business units to translate information organization challenges into practical, scalable solutions.

Requirements

8+ years in taxonomy design, metadata management, or knowledge architecture roles.
Deep knowledge of taxonomy principles, metadata governance, ontology management, and information retrieval.
Technical expertise in: SharePoint Online / Microsoft 365 term store and content types
Syntex / SharePoint Premium (content AI)
PoolParty or comparable semantic platforms
API development and integration for metadata/taxonomy endpoints
Experience connecting taxonomy frameworks to Copilot, CRM systems, or enterprise knowledge tools.
Demonstrated success leading taxonomy and metadata implementations end-to-end from strategy and stakeholder alignment to deployment and adoption.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge business needs and technical execution.
Experience with project management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana) and CRM systems (e.g., Dynamics 365, Salesforce).
Master’s in Information Science/Management, Library Science, Knowledge Management, or related field.

Benefits

Employee medical insurance split at 80% employer: 20% employee.
Employer paid employee dental, vision, and long-term disability.
120 annual hours of accruing PTO to start.
10 paid holidays corresponding to client's holidays.
2 Elective days off chosen by employee.
Monthly stipend for use of personal device (device to be used for 2FA).
All other equipment provided by Echo Services and client.
401(k) program enrollment with up to 4% employer matching funds after one year of employment and 1000 hours.

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Hard Skills & Tools

taxonomy designmetadata managementknowledge architectureAPI developmentmetadata governanceontology managementinformation retrievalsemantic modelsmetadata tagging automationcontent types

Soft Skills

communication skillsmentoringstrategic oversightknowledge-sharingcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingstakeholder alignmentpresentation skillstechnical excellence

Certifications

Master’s in Information ScienceMaster’s in ManagementMaster’s in Library ScienceMaster’s in Knowledge Management