Job Description:
The Role
The Chief Enterprise Taxonomist will be responsible for developing and managing a new enterprise taxonomy strategy at Fidelity Investments to enhance content organization, retrieval, and governance across the company. This role will collaborate with various groups to ensure consistent and efficient classification of information, supporting multiple business objectives.
This is a role for someone who wants to make a significant impact at a leading, fast-growing company. You thrive at the intersection of content organization and technology, continually looking ahead to meet future-state ambitions. You are experienced in effective communication across a diverse set of people to obtain buy-in and consensus. You're comfortable wearing multiple hats as a subject matter expert, initiative leader, educator, change agent, and consultant.
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- Develop and implement a new enterprise-wide taxonomy strategy to improve content management and reuse.
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of taxonomies, metadata schemas, and controlled vocabularies.
- Ensure the enterprise taxonomy is always the "source of truth" across the organization and manage change implementation in the enterprise systems.
- Draft policies and procedures that will ensure proper control and maintenance of the taxonomy.
- Govern and coordinate the decision committee meetings, agenda, business unit leads, and all subsequent key taxonomy actions.
- Implement interconnectivity between various systems, including content management systems (CMS), while working with IT and developer teams.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and ensure taxonomy aligns with organizational goals.
- Conduct regular audits and assessments of taxonomy usage and effectiveness.
- Provide guidance and training to teams on taxonomy best practices and standards.
- Stay updated on industry trends and advancements in taxonomy and information architecture.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Library Science, Information Management, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
- 5 -10 years of experience in taxonomy development, content strategy, content management, knowledge management, information architecture, or library science.
- Expertise in designing and maintaining taxonomies.
- Strong understanding of metadata, tagging strategy, and content workflow.
- Proficiency in taxonomy management tools and software.
- Experience with content modeling and design is a plus.
- Experience assessing current state scenarios and facilitating the creation of roadmaps for migration to proposed taxonomies.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable strategies.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and consistency.
- Enthusiasm and motivation to coach peers, guide others to perform at the highest level, and step up as leader to drive consistent processes.
- A desire to understand the "big-picture" of organizational problems and contributing to alternative solutions.
- Experience in the financial services industry is a plus.
The Team
The Content Center of Excellence focuses on three primary areas: content standards and best practices, continued expansion of our tools and capabilities, and associate learning and development. As part of the CoE, you'll lead the enterprise taxonomy pillar. We are an exciting group that is passionate about providing our associates with the foundation and tools they need to create best-in-class customer experiences.
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Company Overview
Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.
Join Us
At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.
Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.
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Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.