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Principal Taxonomist
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Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, 12301, USA
Listed on 2026-06-09
Listing for:
Upwork
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-09
Job specializations:
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Design & Architecture
Digital Media / Production
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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 DescriptionThis 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.
- 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
- AI / Prompt Engineering experience
- Experience with Git Lab or Git Hub
- Strong enterprise experience
- Git
- GPT‑5 or similar AI tools
- Google Sheets
- Git Lab or Git Hub (if applicable)
- US-based (remote)
- Must align with CST time zone
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