Knowledge Optimization Specialist (AI)

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

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Job Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented and tech-curious AI Knowledge Optimization Specialist to help prepare and align our knowledge base for use with AI-powered tools. This role focuses on researching best practices for AI content optimization, structuring knowledge for machine understanding, and enhancing the performance of AI systems through improved content alignment.

The ideal candidate is passionate about emerging technologies, understands how AI interacts with structured information, and enjoys solving problems through research, testing, and iteration.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and apply best practices for optimizing knowledge base content for AI tools, including semantic search, chatbots, and virtual assistants.
• Analyze and reformat content to improve AI comprehension, retrieval accuracy, and contextual relevance.
• Collaborate with AI product teams and knowledge managers to define formatting, tagging, and metadata standards.
• Apply content structures that support natural language processing (NLP), entity recognition, and intent mapping.
• Test and evaluate how knowledge performs in AI environments and iterate based on findings.
• Document optimization strategies, formatting guidelines, and AI-readiness standards.
• Provide guidelines and support to knowledge management team to ensure AI consumption best practices are leveraged as new content is created
• Stay informed on trends in AI, machine learning, and knowledge engineering to continuously improve content alignment.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or 5 years of experience working with a knowledge base or in knowledge management, technical documentation, or content operations role.
• Demonstrated ability to structure and optimize content for digital tools or platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a focus on structure, logic, and clarity.
• Experience working with structured content, metadata, or tagging systems.
• Ability to research and synthesize technical best practices into actionable strategies.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow complex formatting standards.
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities.
• Proficiency in tools such as Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, or similar.

Additional Information

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $60,000 USD - $99,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.

Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water, outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more, visit our website at fbin.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

Fortune Brands is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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