Product Catalogue Architect/Taxonomy Consultant (Contract)
Posted 1 day ago by Staffworx Limited
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
London & remote working, UK
Summary: The Product Catalogue Architect/Taxonomy Consultant will lead the redesign of a multi-market B2C corporation's product catalogue, focusing on structural design and optimization. This role requires a comprehensive rethink of the catalogue model, addressing operational complexities and legacy constraints. The consultant will have the opportunity to implement significant changes and shape the foundational aspects of the product catalogue. Proven experience in taxonomy consulting and catalogue modeling is essential for success in this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design the structure of the product catalogue
- Hierarchies (products, bundles, add-ons)
- Attributes (entitlements, pricing, geo rules, content)
- Relationships (inheritance, compatibility)
- Leverage the existing product hierarchy and product vision as your starting point
- Target the common, high-frequency operations that currently create pain, such as repetitive product creation and slow, manual catalogue tasks
- Balance first-principles thinking with pragmatic handling of Legacy and migration realities
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Taxonomy Consultant, Information Architect or Product Data Specialist
- Track record on large-scale commerce or content platforms
- Strong grasp of catalogue modelling: hierarchies, attributes, entitlements, pricing and geo rules
- Comfortable redesigning models rather than only optimising existing tooling
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Product Catalogue Architect/Taxonomy Consultant (Contract)
Location: [London, remote and hybrid)
A leading multi-market B2C corportation is undertaking a ground-up redesign of its product catalogue and is seeking an experienced Product Catalogue Architect to lead the structural design.
This is not a tidy-up exercise. You will rethink the catalogue model from first principles, optimising for the operations that genuinely matter, while working within real multi-country, multi-proposition complexity and Legacy constraints. The business is prepared to make significant changes and clean-up, so this is a genuine opportunity to shape the foundations.
What you will do
- Design the structure of the product catalogue
- Hierarchies (products, bundles, add-ons)
- Attributes (entitlements, pricing, geo rules, content)
- Relationships (inheritance, compatibility)
- Leverage the existing product hierarchy and product vision as your starting point
- Target the common, high-frequency operations that currently create pain, such as repetitive product creation and slow, manual catalogue tasks
- Balance first-principles thinking with pragmatic handling of Legacy and migration realities
What we are looking for
- Proven experience as a Taxonomy Consultant, Information Architect or Product Data Specialist
- Track record on large-scale commerce or content platforms
- Strong grasp of catalogue modelling: hierarchies, attributes, entitlements, pricing and geo rules
- Comfortable redesigning models rather than only optimising existing tooling
Platform experience (any of the following an advantage)
- Catalogue-driven business support systems and commerce platforms such as Sigma Systems, Hansen, Amdocs, Netcracker or Oracle Communications
- Salesforce Industries/Vlocity Enterprise Product Catalog (EPC)
- PIM and MDM tools such as Stibo Systems, Akeneo, Salsify, inRiver or Informatica
To apply
Please send your CV, availability and outside IR35 expectations