Senior Material Catalog Architect

Material Bank; Boca Raton (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Sick Days

Paid National Holidays

401(k) eligible

Health benefits

Growing career growth

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Material Bank, the world’s largest material marketplace for architecture and design, is seeking a Sr. Material Researcher to own the catalog experience across material categories.

You will enrich product data, identify missing assets, and collaborate with Brand Partners to improve catalog completeness, terminology, and presentation. You will work with architects and designers to understand how they search, evaluate, and specify materials, shaping attribute prioritization and taxonomy across

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of architectural materials, building products, interior products, or product specification.
• Strong understanding of how architects and designers search for, evaluate, compare, and specify materials.
• Experience with product catalogs, PIM systems, taxonomy, attributes, controlled vocabularies, faceted search, or other forms of structured product content.
• Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to work through incomplete information, identify patterns across data and user feedback, and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Curiosity and the ability to develop deep expertise in assigned material categories while quickly learning unfamiliar products and material types.
• Strong judgment and the ability to work independently, make well-reasoned decisions, and recognize when an issue has broader implications across the catalog.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with experience working directly with manufacturers, Brand Partners, architects, designers, or other industry stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, curiosity, and a strong sense of ownership for the quality of the categories you manage.

Responsibilities

• Own the catalog experience for assigned material categories, developing deep expertise in the products, brands, terminology, attributes, and specification considerations within each.
• Perform advanced product and attribute enrichment, identifying gaps in product data, technical information, images, and assets and working with Brand Partners to improve catalog completeness.
• Build relationships with Brand Partners to deepen our understanding of their products, gather additional data and insights, and identify opportunities to better represent their catalogs.
• Conduct research with architects and designers to understand how they search for, evaluate, compare, and specify products within assigned categories.
• Analyze search queries and user behavior to identify opportunities to improve product discovery, including filters, attributes, terminology, and synonyms.
• Shape how products within assigned categories are structured and presented, including the attributes prioritized on product detail pages, controlled vocabularies, taxonomy, and hierarchy.
• Lead the catalog development and onboarding of new categories, establishing the data structure and standards needed to represent them effectively.
• Partner with Catalog, Product, Search, Brand, and other teams to identify and implement improvements that make assigned categories more complete, accurate, and useful over time.

Skills

Materials knowledge

Material specification

PIM & taxonomy

Research & analysis

Curiosity & learning

Decision making

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Material Bank, the world’s largest material marketplace for architecture and design, is seeking a Sr. Material Researcher to own the catalog experience across material categories.

You will enrich product data, identify missing assets, and collaborate with Brand Partners to improve catalog completeness, terminology, and presentation. You will work with architects and designers to understand how they search, evaluate, and specify materials, shaping attribute prioritization and taxonomy across