Lead Metadata Specialist

Overview<br><br><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Build the Future</strong><br>At McGraw Hill, we are dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. Our focus is on creating seamless, impactful products that truly benefit our users while supporting growth and collaboration across teams. We foster a culture that values innovation, teamwork, and a balance between career growth and personal well-being.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>How can you make an impact?</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">We are seeking a Lead Metadata Specialist to guide metadata strategy and implementation across McGraw Hill’s Higher Education business unit. This role leads projects that advance the design, management, and use of educational metadata—especially around competencies, objectives and assessment and other types of content—to improve discoverability, personalization, and analytics across products and platforms.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">The Lead Metadata Specialist will collaborate with curriculum, product, and technical teams to ensure alignment across metadata workflows and business goals. This role also provides mentorship and leadership for metadata specialists and coordinates with the Enterprise Metadata team to support enterprise-level initiatives.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Lead the design and execution of metadata projects</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> that enhance the creation, delivery, and management of higher education content while also enabling robust personalized learning services to discover and use relevant content for students and instructors. </span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Partner with <strong>learning and data scientists</strong> to explore opportunities for metadata inference and enrichment to support adaptive learning and personalization. </span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Develop and maintain learning ontologies and</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <strong>controlled vocabularies </strong>for higher education academic disciplines, content, and learning services. </span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Collaborate with curriculum, product, and technical teams</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> to define metadata strategies that align with business unit goals and emerging learning technology trends. </span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Provide technical leadership</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> in implementing scalable metadata workflows and quality assurance processes using standard tools and platforms. </span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Lead and Collaborate with Metadata Specialists</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">, fostering consistency, capacity and growth across metadata initiatives. </span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Collaborate cross-functionally</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> to develop documentation, training materials, and communications that promote understanding and effective use of metadata across design and product teams. </span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Monitor external developments</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> in metadata standards and best practices for higher education and integrate relevant frameworks to ensure alignment and innovation. </span></span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Who You Are: </strong></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">6+ years in education or educational technology, with at least 3 years direct experience managing educational metadata, learning objective frameworks, and/or competency structures in Higher Education.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Master’s degree in education, learning sciences, information science, or a related field (required or equivalent experience).</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Advanced understanding of metadata standards and interoperability frameworks used in Higher Education.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Experience with e-book, assessment, and other educational content design for Higher Education.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Highly organized, self-motivated, able to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Growth mindset and openness to change, with a positive attitude and interest in improving over time.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Excellent communication skills, able to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.1in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Preferred: </strong></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Experience working with AI tools and awareness of their potential for educational content and interactions.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Experience designing and implementing educational recommendation systems.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Proficiency with collaboration and project tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Teams, and Slack.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Why work for us?</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively building experiences that will help shape the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">The pay range for this position is between $125,000 - $155,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered.  Click <a style="color: #000000;" title="https://mheducation.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=261211&hashed=1059640477" href="https://mheducation.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=261211&hashed=1059640477">here</a> to learn more about our benefit offerings.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com” email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email. </span></p> 50631

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