This is a 100% fully remote role. Work virtually from anywhere in mexico._
varis is a well-funded and fast-growing technology startup that focuses on digital commerce software-as-a-service and procurement and is owned by the odp corporation (nasdaq: odp). We are innovation driven, customer centric, and ready to transform eprocurement and business-to-business (b2b) marketplaces. Our culture is focused on a bold vision, launching the simplest (yet still valuable) solutions to learn, then either failing or scaling fast as we iterate towards our product goals.
joining us now is a ground-floor opportunity to shape our limitless future. You will see and feel the direct impact of your work, be surrounded by passionate people, learn how to be an entrepreneur, and be at the center of a highly dynamic business model with tremendous individual and collective potential.
varis is hiring lead ontologist engineers to our growing team to work remotely from anywhere in mexico.varis is a well-funded and fast-growing technology startup. Our incredible team includes top industry leaders with decades of experience. We are innovation driven, customer centric, and ready to transform eprocurement. Our culture is focused on bold vision, launching the simplest (yet still valuable) initial solution to learn, then either failing or scaling fast. We seek teammates who drive value creation, are great problem solvers, have strong interpersonal savvy, and can successfully learn on the fly joining us now is a ground-floor opportunity to shape our limitless future. On our team you will: see and feel the direct impact of your work; be surrounded by passionate people; learn how to be an entrepreneur; and be at the center of a highly dynamic business model with tremendous individual and collective potential.
the *senior lead ontologist* is accountable for defining, creating, and managing various taxonomies and their relationships, to classify all products and services supporting a new strategic b2b initiative.
the ontologist must conduct a range of research and analysis to isolate the characteristics of, and then specify, each product and service category in the development of the master taxonomy and its attribute metadata. Additionally, they will also define the classification rules which drive the procurement policies and buying experiences.
the master taxonomy will undergo continuous enhancement and refinement based on the expansion into new categories under their supervision. He/she must map and maintain the relationships between procurement/buying taxonomies and with established industry
- standard hierarchies such as unspsc & eclass.
consulting with leadership, will prioritize category taxonomy classification and mapping activities and provide direction to other ontologists.
*responsibilities*:
- execute comprehensive analysis; competitive, comparative, internal & user research, to uniquely define categories, subcategories and the metadata used during the collection and presentation of item information throughout varis.
- create and maintain master taxonomies and relevant metadata for the taxonomy used to classify all products/services created by suppliers and other item data contributors; as well as the taxonomy that drives the discovery experience for the buyers within the various marketplaces. Identify and create the item metadata such as attributes & validation rules; setting the standard for each taxonomy node, ensuring data accuracy to our partner base.
- establish and maintain mapping of the master taxonomies to ensure operators, item data contributors such as suppliers, and buying partners are presented items in an efficient, organized, and logical manner.
- curation/refinement of master taxonomy & metadata, attributes & values, based on machine learning activity during contributor file processing.
- enables governance during data collection from item file contributors by maintaining mappings of various global taxonomy standards to the master taxonomy, such as unspsc to the classification taxonomy.
- lead, manage team by identifying opportunities, kpis and other internal measurements to deliver upon commitments, improve quality, optimize processes and systems to drive operational effectiveness.
- consulting with varis leaders, sets the priority for mapping activities by assessing the organizational and customer implications of expansion into new categories to ensure consistency and optimized partner experience.
- define and document processes used by the ontology team to create and maintain classifications, metadata, and mappings.
*requirements*:
- bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent experience area of study: library science, information science, computer science
- 10 years' experience in related field
- experience modeling large data sets and data repositories
- experience in ecommerce, b2b, internet direct marketing or e-procurement environment.
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- kno