Enterprise Taxonomy Analyst

Cooley LLP-posted 3 months ago
$85,000 - $120,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Los Angeles, CA
1,001-5,000 employees
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Cooley is seeking an Enterprise Taxonomy Analyst to join the Data Management team within the Innovation Department. As a leading technology law firm, Cooley is determined to become a leader in the digital practice of law. The Enterprise Taxonomy Analyst will serve a critical function in this team and is responsible for working with business stakeholders, Innovation leads and operational business professionals to translate the data needs of the business to the data science team and lead the development and maintenance of taxonomies, classification systems and data mapping solutions in the firm’s data lake environment.

  • Design, implement, and manage legal taxonomies and metadata models in Unity Catalog for documents, matters, clients, and knowledge assets
  • Work with business owners to design and implement robust solutions to fundamental data classification problems
  • Develop classification schemes and controlled vocabularies aligned with legal practice areas, jurisdictions, regulatory requirements, and firm-specific needs
  • Partner with Technology and Data teams to integrate firmwide taxonomies into relevant enterprise and proprietary applications
  • Maintain and govern taxonomies and metadata in accordance with firm-wide information governance and compliance standards
  • Lead on mapping external business and legal data sources to firmwide taxonomies
  • Lead in educating the wider Innovation department as to the importance and business value of enterprise taxonomy and information architecture efforts
  • Collaborate with the relevant Innovation, Technology, and other administrative and legal practice teams to ensure enterprise taxonomy and information architecture decisions and direction are in line with and serve business needs
  • Assist in advancing the mission and vision for the Data Governance team, formulating processes and developing best practices related to enterprise taxonomy and information architecture
  • Ensure that taxonomies, classifications, business data rules, mapping tables and other artifacts of the work are published and made available for reference and consumption by business stakeholders and application support and development teams
  • Lead the evaluation and selection of taxonomy and aligned information architecture, data management systems and tools and keep up to date in developments and best practices in the taxonomy and information architecture fields
  • Conduct audits and quality assurance of classification and tagging across systems
  • Support AI and machine learning initiatives through curated and structured datasets
  • Identify external business and legal data resources with the potential to enhance data-driven service output and insights to attorneys
  • Participate in projects as a business data / taxonomy / information architecture subject matter expert
  • 4+ years direct applicable experience (e.g., legal taxonomy and information architecture design)
  • Senior candidates must have 5+ years' experience and operating at elevated level in terms of scope of responsibility, judgement and autonomy
  • Experience designing and maintaining taxonomies and ontologies in enterprise systems
  • Experience in, or knowledge of, master data management, metadata management, data quality and data lineage tooling and principles
  • Experience working in a client-facing environment acting as a trusted adviser to client stakeholders
  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage, Adobe Acrobat and other firm applications
  • Advanced Excel skills – PivotTables; VBA macros
  • Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
  • Ability to travel to other offices, as needed
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Experience developing and maintaining taxonomies in a data lake environment, such as Databricks or Snowflake
  • Experience with text mining, data analysis, predictive analysis, and data visualization tools such as Power BI
  • Technical background in legal data systems and understanding of the legal client matter lifecycle
  • Thorough knowledge of market analysis/business/competitive intelligence resources and marketing and business terminology
  • Knowledge and experience conducting research using external tools such as PitchBook, Capital IQ, Mergermarket, Lexis, Hoover’s, Westlaw Monitor Suite, Manzama, Bloomberg Law etc.
  • Competitive compensation
  • Medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage
  • Backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits
  • Firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits
  • 21 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) and 10 paid holidays each year
  • Generous parental leave and fertility benefits
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