Senior Knowledge Manager

Summary

Join our team as a Senior Knowledge Manager to lead a company-wide skills intelligence initiative. This short-term project involves designing and implementing a structured skills taxonomy, launching an employee skills survey, and establishing a centralized skills database. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of experience in knowledge management, organizational development, or human capital strategy, and expertise in building scalable knowledge assets and systems. Responsibilities include developing a skills taxonomy, leading a skills survey, and architecting a skills database. A Bachelor's degree and strong communication skills are required. This is a temporary employment opportunity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Organizational Development, Information Science, HR, or related field
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in knowledge management, HR systems, organizational effectiveness, or talent development roles
• Experience building or managing skill frameworks, competency models, or capability mapping initiatives
• Expertise in structuring large datasets and creating usable taxonomies or classification systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to present complex information clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design a robust, hierarchical taxonomy of skills relevant to the company’s service offerings, delivery models, and client needs
• Collaborate with business unit leaders and HR to ensure alignment with career paths, performance management, and learning & development
• Lead the design and deployment of a skills self-assessment survey across all employees, ensuring clarity, consistency, and high engagement
• Develop guidance for skill proficiency levels, self-evaluation rubrics, and validation processes
• Architect and implement a dynamic, searchable repository of employee skills, certifications, experiences, and credentials
• Work with IT and data teams to select or integrate appropriate platforms (e.g., SharePoint, internal HRIS, or third-party KM tools)
• Define metadata standards, tagging structures, and user access protocols