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.

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.

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