Overview

About the Role: 11 Grade Level (for internal use). The Web Taxonomist is 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, this role organizes and optimizes web content across S&P Global’s corporate and divisional sites to ensure consistency, discoverability, and user-centric navigation. The Web Taxonomist works closely with content owners, SEO leads, UX designers, and technical teams to enable a more effective and scalable web experience for customers.

The Impact The role brings order and clarity to a complex content ecosystem by creating and maintaining robust taxonomies and metadata structures. This ensures content across corporate and divisions is easy to find, contextually relevant, and aligned with user intent. This work supports customer journey optimization, content personalization, and search performance, improving engagement and conversion.

Responsibilities

• 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.

What We’re Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 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

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

What’s In It For You

• 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.