Content Architect, Systems

Are you passionate about XML publishing and the technology that powers high-quality learning experiences? Do you enjoy shaping platforms, influencing technical strategy, and solving complex content production challenges? Are you excited by the opportunity to shape the technology behind one of the world’s leading professional education programs?

CFA Institute is hiring a Content Architect, Systems to serve as Education's senior technical authority for the systems that power our content production and learning delivery ecosystem. You'll partner with IT to shape platform strategy, influence architectural decisions, and modernize the tools used to deliver curriculum across print, digital, and learning platforms. This is a unique opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with strategic influence within a broad ecosystem of tools, including RSuite, Canvas, and Typefi Orion.

What You'll Do

• Own the Education-side architecture for content production and learning delivery platforms, ensuring they support high-quality, scalable content production.

• Partner closely with IT teams to influence long-term roadmaps and architectural direction.

• Collaborate with fellow Content Architects to align platform architecture with production workflows and operational excellence.

• Lead Education’s transition to next-generation publishing technologies, including the implementation of a modern XML publishing tool replacing a long-standing legacy solution.

• Ensure new enterprise systems are designed and configured to meet Education’s instructional, editorial, accessibility, and operational needs.

• Define standards, governance, metadata structures, and best practices for platform usage across Education.

• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve automation, reduce manual effort, and strengthen production quality.

• Support the delivery of curriculum across multiple output formats including Canvas courses, PDFs, print books, and eBooks through efficient single-source publishing workflows.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrable experience with XML publishing workflows and single-source publishing in a production environment.

• Strong understanding of enterprise content management systems and how they support complex publishing operations.

• Experience working across technical and business stakeholders to translate operational needs into platform improvements.

• Proven ability to manage detailed, technically complex production environments with a strong focus on quality and accuracy.

• Experience influencing platform decisions, architectural direction, or technology roadmaps.

• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with IT, Product, vendors, and content production teams.

• Experience gained within digital publishing, educational publishing, learning technology, or similarly complex content environments.

Why Join Us

• Serve as the senior architectural voice for Education’s content production and learning technology ecosystem.

• Shape the future of Education platforms by influencing new production technology implementations and modernisation initiatives.

• Drive meaningful transformation through automation, platform governance, scalable content architecture, and long-term strategy.

• Work across a broad technology ecosystem supporting globally recognised educational programmes and certificates.

• Partner with IT, Product, and industry-leading vendors to deliver innovative solutions that improve how educational content is created and delivered to learners worldwide.

At CFA Institute, we are committed to transparency and equity in our hiring process. In compliance with wage transparency laws in many of the jurisdictions in which we recruit, we provide the following information regarding compensation for this position:

Expected salary range: US - $92,500 - $123,000 per year

Actual salary within the stated range will depend on the individual's experience, qualifications, skills, location, and other job-related factors. Additional benefits include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive bonus, a 12% employer contribution to a pension plan, and a comprehensive medical benefits package.
 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, including health coverage, generous time off, competitive retirement plans, flexible work options, and wellbeing and development programs. You can learn more on our careers site: Working at CFA Institute | Comprehensive Benefits

About CFA Institute

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