Locality Expert

Role Objective

The Locality Experts program is designed to improve the freshness and accuracy of all Auto data attributes. This will be achieved by establishing a Locality Expert who is knowledgeable about local conditions, policies, and country-wide changes, and can proactively build a pipeline of real-world updates.

Core tasks:

• Conduct market research on trends in the Auto industry
• P0: Speed limits, EVCS
• P1: Other ADAS features
• Collaborate with the policy team on policy creation and provide local context.
• Perform meta-QC and random checks to identify quality issues.
• Create country-level quality metrics and conduct in-country drives to provide feedback and data to client working groups.
• Act as the country owner for queries from other teams, including basemap features (excluding Transit).
• Curate region-specific implicit/statutory speed limits and rules
• (e.g., arterials in a town should be 20 vs. a statewide rule of 30).
• Research news articles and notices from government, highways, or other agencies regarding scheduled maintenance/repairs.
• Identify edge cases (e.g., unique sign variations, urban area polygon logic) and gaps in algorithms.
• Provide input to proactively prioritize issues using local knowledge
• e.g., which missing signs cause the biggest problems, which errors impact users the most.
• Support proactive outreach with government and transit authorities to understand upcoming changes or systemic data issues
• (to be clarified with Outreach & Partnerships, who own data collection/feeds).
• Support partnerships and outreach teams with local knowledge and context.
• Consult on all sign types to provide local interpretation and understanding.
• Assist with quality assurance and country certification processes to ensure the highest quality level is reached and maintained.

Experience / Skills Required

• 3+ years of experience in the automotive industry, urban planning, traffic/transit/signage, or similar fields.
• Strong understanding of market research methodologies and techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the local language and English.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities.