Computer & Mathematical
Document Management Specialists
Also called: Business Records Manager, Certified Document Imaging Architect, Document Control Manager, Document Management Consultant
US median pay
$116,580
per year, 2025
Job growth 2025–35
+5.1%
faster than average
Openings a year (US)
27,000
471,200 employed
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Preparation 4/5 · Considerable preparation
What this job is
Implement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.
What they do day to day
- Assist in determining document management policies to facilitate efficient, legal, and secure access to electronic content.
- Assist in the development of document or content classification taxonomies to facilitate information capture, search, and retrieval.
- Implement electronic document processing, retrieval, and distribution systems in collaboration with other information technology specialists.
- Identify and classify documents or other electronic content according to characteristics such as security level, function, and metadata.
- Develop, document, or maintain standards, best practices, or system usage procedures.
- Assist in the assessment, acquisition, or deployment of new electronic document management systems.
- Administer document and system access rights and revision control to ensure security of system and integrity of master documents.
- Prepare and record changes to official documents and confirm changes with legal and compliance management staff, including enterprise-wide records management staff.
- Write, review, or execute plans for testing new or established document management systems.
- Monitor regulatory activity to maintain compliance with records and document management laws.
Skills and knowledge that matter most
Skills
- Systems Analysis3.6/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.6/5
- Systems Evaluation3.2/5
- Time Management3.1/5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.1/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.0/5
- Service Orientation3.0/5
- Instructing3.0/5
Knowledge
- English Language3.9/5
- Administration and Management3.9/5
- Computers and Electronics3.8/5
- Customer and Personal Service3.5/5
- Law and Government3.5/5
- Administrative3.5/5
Importance rated by people working in the job (1 = not important, 5 = extremely important).
Education and preparation
Preparation level 4 of 5 — Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree and several years of related experience.
Typical entry education (BLS): Bachelor's degree.
Highest education of people in this job:
- Bachelor's degree60%
- Master's degree15%
- Post-baccalaureate certificate10%
Who this job suits
Mostly Conventional
Organising data, details and procedures
Investigative
Ideas, research and solving problems
Based on the Holland (RIASEC) interest profile for this occupation.