Document Control Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

A biotechnology and pharmaceutical organization in Palo Alto, CA is seeking a Document Control Specialist for a contract/temporary opportunity. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented information management professional who enjoys improving how teams capture, organize, govern, and access business-critical content.

The Document Control Specialist will support knowledge management systems, document repositories, and collaboration platforms to ensure information is accurate, searchable, compliant, and easy to use. This is a strong opportunity to work in a collaborative, quality-focused environment with cross-functional teams, subject matter experts, and business users who rely on well-managed documentation to make informed decisions and operate efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

- Administer, organize, and maintain knowledge repositories, document libraries, and collaboration platforms to keep information current, accessible, and easy to navigate.
- Support document control processes, including version control, metadata application, records retention, archiving, and controlled document workflows.
- Apply and maintain metadata standards, taxonomies, naming conventions, and information governance practices to improve consistency and searchability.
- Conduct content reviews, quality checks, audits, and lifecycle management activities to strengthen accuracy, relevance, and compliance.
- Develop and maintain SOPs, job aids, training materials, FAQs, process documentation, and other user-facing resources.
- Partner with subject matter experts and business users to capture, validate, structure, and distribute institutional knowledge.

Compensation and Benefits

- Pay rate: $30 to $35 per hour.
- Job type: Contract/Temporary.
- Location: Palo Alto, CA.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

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This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.

Company Description

This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.