Associate Director, Web Taxonomist

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

The Web Taxonomist will be a key member of the Enterprise Marketing Strategy and Demand Generation team, supporting the execution of a consistent enterprise-wide digital experience. Reporting to the Director of Digital Acquisition who has responsibility across paid media and search engine optimization, this role plays a crucial part in organizing and optimizing web content across S&P Global’s corporate and divisional sites to ensure consistency, discoverability, and user-centric navigation.

Working closely with content owners, SEO leads, UX designers, and technical teams, the Web Taxonomist will enable a more effective and scalable web experience for customers.

This role is instrumental in bringing order and clarity to a complex and expansive content ecosystem. By creating and maintaining robust taxonomies and metadata structures, the Web Taxonomist ensures that content across corporate and divisions is easy to find, contextually relevant, and aligned with user intent. Their work directly supports customer journey optimization, content personalization, and search performance, thereby improving engagement and conversion.

• Develop and maintain a centralized taxonomy and metadata schema for S&P Global’s enterprise web properties.
• Conduct audits of existing site structures and content groupings to identify inconsistencies and opportunities for enhancement.
• Partner with UX, SEO, content, and technical teams to ensure taxonomy supports business goals, user experience, and search optimization.
• Support the development of tagging frameworks for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Target, and personalization tools.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in organizing content by audience, topic, industry, and solution areas.
• Collaborate with global divisional teams to align taxonomy standards while accommodating unique business needs.
• Maintain documentation and training materials to promote adoption of taxonomy standards.
• Provide ongoing governance and quality control to ensure metadata integrity and consistency.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in library science, Information Architecture, Digital Marketing, or a related field
• 5-7+ years of experience in taxonomy design, metadata strategy, or content architecture in a large digital environment
• Familiarity with enterprise content management systems (preferably AEM), tagging tools, and digital asset management systems
• Understanding of SEO, UX design principles, and accessibility standards
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills in a global organization.

• Experience in B2B marketing or content-heavy organizations
• Background in web content strategy or digital operations
• Exposure to Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics, and audience segmentation tools

• Structure:
  Shape how content is categorized and discovered across a global digital ecosystem.
• Impact:
  Enhance personalization, engagement, and findability across four business divisions.
• Collaboration:
  
  Work with UX, SEO, content, and engineering teams to deliver better experiences.
• Growth:
  Advance your career in a role that sits at the intersection of content, user experience, and enterprise strategy.

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

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