Manager, Taxonomy & Browse Development Job in Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Does the idea of managing a team whose goal is to develop world class taxonomies to organize Amazons mammoth selection of products sound fun to you? Are you as obsessed with the customer experience as you are with managing, mentoring, and developing taxonomists?

We are looking for a smart, passionate, detail-oriented leader to join our Browse Taxonomy leadership team. This person will manage a team of Taxonomists who build world-class, intuitive, and comprehensive taxonomy and ontology data that is used across Amazon to optimize product discovery and classification. As a Taxonomy manager, you will have the opportunity to support global taxonomy strategies while advocating for innovative local customer product discovery experiences. You will lead a group of Taxonomy data modeling experts and will work with a group of experienced Taxonomy management peers.


Taxonomy Manager Responsibilities:
Manage a team of taxonomists who develop taxonomy models to organize Amazons extensive product selection for customers
Expand and refine data retrieval techniques to utilize our extensive product catalog and make sure products end up in the right place for our customers
Coordinate cross-functional projects with a broad range of merchandisers, engineers, designers, and other groups
Analyze website metrics and customer behavior data to make intelligent decisions on optimizing our taxonomy models
Build roadmaps, reporting to Taxonomy leadership as well as business leadership
Partner with Taxonomy Managers and Taxonomists globally to align on standard Taxonomy modeling best practices and meaningful local exceptions

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Masters degree in Library or Information Science or equivalent professional experience
5+ years experience directly managing a team in a Taxonomy, Catalog, or Content development organization in E-Commerce on Tech environment
5+ years experience in Taxonomy Development
Proven leadership skills and teamwork skills. You have experience guiding, coaching, hiring, and promoting a team and can balance diving deep enough to support your teams day-to-day needs while also thinking big enough to raise the bar
Excellent project management skills and experience managing complex roadmaps
Proven ability to work and deliver effectively in customer-focused, cross-functional teams
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Great verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical and metadata information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences
Experience working in environments with aggressive deadlines and production environments.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience working in a global Taxonomy or Ontology organization
Proven ability to work and deliver effectively in customer-focused, cross-functional teams
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Passionate about website usability and the role of metadata in improving customer shopping experiences
Detail oriented, self-motivated, and calm under pressure
Proven ability to tie Taxonomy delivery with customer-centric outcomes
Most of all, someone who is smart, likes to do good work and inspire others to do good work, and is genuinely interested in helping customers
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation