Metadata Manager | Metadaten Manager:in (d/m/w)

Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co.KG

Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Published May 7, 2026
Full-time
Permanent

Job Summary

As a Metadata Manager in the 'Content Structure Core' team, you will act as a vital bridge between editorial teams and technology. Your primary mission is to optimize digital content through sophisticated metadata strategies, controlled vocabularies, and semantic enrichment. You will design, manage, and evolve taxonomies, ensuring consistent categorization that enables cutting-edge technologies like AI and Legal Tech to function effectively. Day-to-day, you will integrate new metadata workflows, perform quality control on existing data, and serve as a consultant and trainer for colleagues to ensure high standards of data integrity. This role is ideal for an information science professional who enjoys interdisciplinary collaboration and is passionate about structured data, sustainable knowledge management, and the practical application of AI in content creation. You will work in a hybrid environment, contributing to the development of innovative, intelligent solutions that set industry benchmarks.

Required Skills

Education

University degree in Information Science, Library Science, Documentation, Data Science, or a comparable qualification.

Experience

  • Professional experience with metadata models (e.g., Dublin Core), taxonomies, and management systems.
  • Professional experience in library and documentation standards.
  • Technical experience with interfaces, data formats (XML, JSON, RDF), and digital media systems.
  • Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration between editorial and technical teams.
  • Experience in training and consulting internal stakeholders on metadata workflows.

Languages

German (Fluent)

Additional

  • Work location: Freiburg. Hybrid working model available. Must be able to work in an interdisciplinary team environment.