We are seeking a
Principal Taxonomist to support the international expansion of a global taxonomy and matching platform, with Brazil as the primary focus market. This initiative represents the next phase of global rollout, transitioning from manual questionnaire reviews to a scalable, AI-driven model while maintaining high quality standards.
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
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
