Director, Standards and Metadata

CFA Institute•Charlottesville, VA

4d•$124,000 - $190,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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 ecosystems
5+ 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 learning ecosystems (Canvas preferred)
Familiarity with AI/ML applications in content tagging, classification, and personalization
Proven ability to solve complex, systemic problems by integrating multiple perspectives
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills in a matrixed organization

Responsibilities

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
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
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 workstreams with complex interdependencies, resolving conflicts and driving consistency
Represent standards and metadata strategy in cross-functional and enterprise forums
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
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