Service Taxonomist

Shape the Future of Information Architecture at Philips

As Service Taxonomist, you will shape, define and implement an enterprise-wide taxonomy and information architecture for Philips. You will ensure consistent naming, metadata standards and content alignment across business units, enabling information to be easily found, trusted and reused by both employees and customers across the Philips ecosystem.

Your role:

• Define and implement an enterprise taxonomy and metadata framework across Philips, ensuring consistency in terminology, content structures, and metadata to improve information findability, usability, and reuse.
• Collaborate closely with information architects, content and writing teams, and stakeholders across business units, as well as Legal, IP, Customer Service, and IT, to standardize, deploy, and govern taxonomy and content frameworks.
• Actively manage stakeholders and lead change management efforts across independently operating business units, driving adoption, resolving conflicts, and enforcing agreed standards and decisions where required.
• Support the deployment, governance, and continuous improvement of the enterprise taxonomy (target state 2026), acting as a central point of expertise and “librarian” for digital content, metadata, and information architecture across Philips.

You’re the right fit if:

• You have solid experience in taxonomy, ontology, information architecture, or closely related roles, with hands-on exposure to designing and maintaining classification frameworks.
• You bring strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, enabling you to drive alignment and change across diverse, cross-functional teams.
• A background in information science, library science, content management, web technologies, or similar is a strong plus, with practical experience valued over formal credentials.
• Experience working in regulated industries (e.g. medical, automotive, aerospace, appliances) is preferred, and you are willing to travel occasionally (<20%).

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.