Material Bank is looking for a Director, Material Catalog to own the strategy and development of the world’s most comprehensive material catalog for the Architecture and Design industry. You will shape how designers globally discover, evaluate, and specify materials by overseeing catalog structure, data quality, and attribute enrichment.
What You'll Do
- Define standards for material data across all categories, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and usability.
- Establish and manage catalog taxonomy, nomenclature, and attribute schemas.
- Serve as the authority on coding and enrichment strategies, with emphasis on output and user experience.
- Lead data mapping and quality assessments.
- Guide AI and machine learning tools for categorization, enrichment, and validation.
- Direct the structuring of documentation including certifications, installation methods, and compliance requirements.
- Manage partnerships with third-party data providers to expand catalog breadth and depth.
- Monitor and improve material coding, searchability, and discoverability.
- Identify opportunities to automate and streamline data processes.
- Partner with product, engineering, and data teams to drive catalog performance.
- Ensure the catalog delivers expert-level experiences for A&D professionals.
- Stay current with material innovations, sustainability trends, and industry standards.
- Gather user insights to refine taxonomy and improve navigation.
- Enrich adjacent knowledge bases to support prompt-based search and AI-driven discovery.
What We're Looking For
- A true passion for A&D materials.
- 10+ years of proven experience as a material librarian, specification writer, sourcing agent, or related data expert.
- Deep knowledge of material categories, performance criteria, sustainability, and compliance.
- Hands-on experience managing complex databases and large datasets.
- Strong grasp of emerging technologies including AI, machine learning, and automation.
- Exceptional organizational, analytical, and communication skills; able to connect deep subject expertise with technical execution.
- Demonstrated ability to set and uphold a high bar for quality.
Team & Environment
You will lead a focused team, supported by data scientists and machine learning engineers.
Benefits & Compensation
- Flexible PTO
- Sick Days
- Paid National Holidays
- Medical, dental, vision plans
- Short-term/long-term disability plans
- Strong employee assistance program
- 401(k) eligible after first 90 days
- Community sponsorship events
- Career growth opportunities
- Flexible work schedules (remote, in person, or hybrid)
Work Mode
This is a remote position.
Material Bank is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran or disability status or other status protected under any applicable federal, state or local law.
