Enterprise Taxonomy Analyst (Los Angeles)

Enterprise Taxonomy Analyst

Cooley is seeking an Enterprise Taxonomy Analyst to join the Data Management team within the Innovation Department.

Position summary : 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. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following :

Position responsibilities :

• 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
• In collaboration with the wider Data team, and working closely with the Senior Data Governance Analyst, 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
• In collaboration with the Business Data and Competitive Intelligence teams, identify external business and legal data resources with the potential to enhance data-driven service output and insights to attorneys
• Participate in projects, where needed as a business data / taxonomy / information architecture subject matter expert
• All other duties as assigned or required

Skills and experience :

Required :

Preferred :

Competencies :

Cooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices.

EOE.

The expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $85,000 - $120,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate. Senior level candidates may be considered for this position and would be eligible for a higher salary range based on experience.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including 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. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 21 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.