About The Role

The role of 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. Under the Director of Digital Acquisition, the Web Taxonomist organizes and optimizes web content across S&P Global’s corporate and divisional sites to ensure consistency, discoverability, and user‑centric navigation. The role enables an effective and scalable web experience for customers by working closely with content owners, SEO leads, UX designers, and technical teams.

Grade Level (for internal use)

11

The Team

The Web Taxonomist will be 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 who has responsibility across paid media and search engine optimization, this role plays a crucial part in organizing and optimizing web content across S&P Global’s corporate and divisional sites to ensure consistency, discoverability, and user‑centric navigation. Working closely with content owners, SEO leads, UX designers, and technical teams, the Web Taxonomist will enable a more effective and scalable web experience for customers.

The Impact

This role is instrumental in bringing order and clarity to a complex and expansive content ecosystem. By creating and maintaining robust taxonomies and metadata structures, the Web Taxonomist ensures that content across corporate and divisions is easy to find, contextually relevant, and aligned with user intent. Their work directly supports customer journey optimization, content personalization, and search performance, thereby 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.

Return To Work

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we encourage enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and we will actively support your return to the workplace.

Our Purpose

Progress is not a self‑starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology— the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world. Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People

We’re more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we’re able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all. From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it, we are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the worlds leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our Benefits Include

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company‑matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best‑in‑class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring And Opportunity At S&P Global

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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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.

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Job ID: 316417

Posted On: 2025-09-20

Location: London, United Kingdom