Metadata Manager

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Role Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Metadata Manager to lead the development and management of the metadata strategy at the EIU. This role is central to the organization’s ability to ensure data discoverability, usability, and compliance across a wide range of products and services. The ideal candidate will be passionate about structuring data and content, driving metadata standards, implementing best practice and enhancing how our clients and internal teams use and discover information.

The Metadata Manager will collaborate with multiple teams, data, technology, product, and research, to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with company standards. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a deep understanding of metadata management, taxonomy development, and data governance to play a key role in shaping the future of the EIU’s data assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Metadata Strategy & Management- Develop and implement metadata management strategies, standards, and best practices across the organization. Create and maintain robust metadata repositories, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and ease of use for all data assets.
• Collaboration with Data Teams-  Work closely with data engineers, analysts, and product teams to capture, document, and maintain metadata for both new and existing data assets. Ensure metadata is accurately defined, described, and annotated in line with editorial and organizational style guides.
• Data Governance & Compliance- Ensure all metadata practices comply with data governance frameworks, industry regulations, and internal standards. Regularly audit metadata to ensure continued compliance with evolving regulatory requirements.
• Enable Data Discoverability- Promote data discoverability and usability by ensuring that metadata is properly structured and aligned with user needs. Develop a taxonomy for data management and new product creations, facilitating easy access and navigation for internal and external users.
• Training & Support- Provide training and support to stakeholders (internal teams, clients, etc.) on metadata tools, processes, and best practices. Foster a culture of metadata ownership across the organization to ensure its long-term effectiveness.
• Content Tagging & Discovery Enhancement- Collaborate with stakeholders across technology and product teams to improve tagging processes, enhancing content and data discovery. Drive initiatives to improve searchability and retrieval through optimized metadata strategies.
• Intellectual Property & Commercialization- Explore existing data assets and identify opportunities to develop core IP (e.g. potential entity masters) that can be commercialized. Work with product teams to create new metadata-driven products and services for the market.
• Data & Content Catalogue Development- Lead the development of a programmatic, digital data and content catalogue that aids in the enterprise-wide distribution and sharing of data. Ensure the catalogue is user-friendly, scalable, and supports business objectives.

Qualifications & Skills

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field. 

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in metadata management, data governance, or product management, ideally within a content-driven or data-intensive environment.
• Proven experience working with metadata repositories, taxonomies, and data management frameworks.
• Familiarity with data governance, compliance standards, and best practices.
• Proficiency in metadata management tools (e.g., Alation, Collibra, Informatica, etc.) and content management systems.
• Familiarity with AI-powered metadata tools or platforms that use machine learning to enhance data discoverability and to streamline metadata tagging, classification, and curation processes will be desired in this role.
• Familiarity with programming languages (e.g., Python, SQL) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) is a plus.
• Experience working with large-scale datasets and cloud-based data environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) is desirable.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a strong focus on data accuracy and integrity.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• A strategic mindset with a passion for improving data discoverability and usability.

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What we offer

Benefits
We offer excellent benefits including an incentive programme, generous annual and parental leave policies, volunteering days and well-being support throughout the year, as well as free access to all Economist content. Country specific benefits are also offered.

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