Director, Standards and Metadata

Are you excited to shape how enterprise content is structured, governed, and discovered at global scale? Do you thrive at the intersection of content strategy, metadata, taxonomy, and emerging technologies? CFA Institute is seeking a Director, Standards and Metadata to lead the evolution of content standards and metadata strategies that power publishing, learning, and digital experiences across our global ecosystem.

The Director, Standards and Metadata is responsible for defining, governing, and evolving enterprise content standards and metadata frameworks that enable scalable, interoperable, and high-quality content across CFA Institute’s global ecosystem. This role establishes best practices and new approaches for structured content, taxonomy, metadata, and semantic enrichment to support publishing, learning, discovery, and AI-driven use cases. The Director, Standards and Metadata integrates cross-functional perspectives across Publishing Technology, Content Authoring, Education, Product, and AI Enablement to solve complex, systemic challenges related to content structure, reuse, and discoverability.

This role ensures that standards and metadata practices align with enterprise objectives, external industry standards, and emerging technologies.

What You’ll DoStandards & Metadata Strategy Define and evolve enterprise content standards, metadata models, and taxonomy frameworks supporting the full content lifecycle

Establish scalable approaches for structured content, semantic tagging, and content interoperability across platforms

Align standards with industry frameworks (e.g., XML, DITA, Dublin Core, schema.org) and emerging AI/semantic technologies

Drive adoption of consistent metadata practices to enable discoverability, personalization, analytics, and reuse

Governance & Best Practice Development Establish governance models, policies, and quality controls for metadata and content standards Create and maintain documentation, guidelines, and training for enterprise adoption

Lead continuous improvement of standards and practices, introducing innovative approaches in new or evolving domains

Ensure alignment with accessibility, compliance, and global content requirements

Cross-Functional Integration Partner with Publishing Technology, Authoring, Education, Product, and AI Enablement teams to embed standards into workflows and systems

Ensure metadata and standards are fully integrated into content creation, transformation, and delivery pipelines

Facilitate alignment across work streams with complex interdependencies, resolving conflicts and driving consistency

Represent standards and metadata strategy in cross-functional and enterprise forums

AI, Data & Content Intelligence Enablement Enable AI-driven use cases through structured metadata, including content tagging, recommendation engines, and personalization

Collaborate with AI Enablement teams to support machine learning models, knowledge graphs, and semantic search capabilities

Define data structures and metadata schemas that support analytics, reporting, and performance measurement

Operational Execution & Accountability Oversee delivery of metadata and standards initiatives across one or more small teams

Define KPIs and quality metrics for metadata completeness, consistency, and effectiveness

Ensure timely, high-quality execution aligned to business priorities and strategic outcomes

Manage resources, priorities, and dependencies across initiatives

What We’re Looking For Bachelor’s degree in Information Science, Library Science, Computer Science, Digital Media, or related field
10+ years of experience in metadata management, taxonomy design, content architecture, or digital publishing ecosystems5+ years of leadership experience managing teams or complex cross-functional initiatives

Demonstrated expertise in:
Metadata standards and frameworks (e.g., XML, DITA, RDF, JSON-LD), Taxonomy and ontology design, Content modeling and structured content systems, and Semantic technologies and search optimization

Experience integrating metadata into CMS, publishing platforms, or learning systems

Strong understanding of content lifecycle processes, digital publishing, and…