Knowledge Engineering Manager / Senior Manager (all genders)

Accenture DACH; Kronberg im Taunus; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunities

Large training programs

Flexible work options

Job summary

Accenture DACH seeks a leader to shape enterprise AI and Knowledge Graph strategy. You will own the complete KG solution scope, drive architectural decisions, and lead teams delivering graph-driven AI offerings across major client programs.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, influence sales and pre-sales, and push innovation via scalable data architectures and ontology strategies, guiding practice-wide adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Significant Knowledge Graph experience (RDF, SPARQL, LPG, SHACL).
• Experience designing and maintaining ontologies and KG curation.
• Experience with end-to-end data pipelines for AI apps (LLMs).
• Strong relational and graph DB knowledge (Stardog, Neo4J, Neptune).
• Managerial experience with sales/pre-sales and delivering data transformation programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead Knowledge Graph solution scope across complex programs.
• Own design, development, and implementation of AI and semantic solutions.
• Collaborate with project leaders and senior stakeholders to create offerings.
• Develop trusted-advisor relationships with clients.
• Defend business case for semantic layer at executive level.
• Lead sales and pre-sales for data transformation programs.
• Drive thought leadership, innovation, and asset development.

Skills

Knowledge Graph technologies

Schema design

Ontology management

KG curation

Graph-based ML models

End-to-end data pipelines

Relational databases

Graph databases (Stardog, Neo4J, Neptu

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Ph.D. in Computer Science/Engineering/Math

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Apache NiFi

Airflow

Job description

Shape the future of enerprise AI and Knowledge Graph solutions. Lead large-scale transformation programmes and define the next generation of semantic and agentic technologies.

Your Mission

You lead the complete knowledge engineering scope on our most strategic and complex programs; lead creation of thought leadership, innovation, and assets for the discipline. You own how the most demanding programs formulate real-world problems into scalable AI and KG solutions, setting strategy and architecture end to end. You lead and develop teams of engineers, building capability across the discipline and guiding adoption of new methods and algorithms. You define what staying at the forefront means for the practice; drive innovation and translate it into new offerings. You set the standards for how ontologies are designed, evaluated, and maintained across programs. You make the case to senior stakeholders and shape the methodologies and data architectures that prove value at scale. You lead the creation of thought leadership, innovation, and reusable assets that advance the discipline beyond any single engagement. You partner with business and technical leaders to direct end-to-end delivery across complex, multi-stakeholder programs.

At Accenture, you shape the environment in which you thrive - with ways of working that suit you. You stay flexible and become part of a team full of unique individuals who make a difference together.

Your Daily Work

• Lead the complete Knowledge Graph solution scope that transforms data architecture for our most strategic and complex clients.
• Own the design, development, and implementation of AI and semantic solutions across the program.
• Partner with project leaders, delivery leads, and senior client stakeholders to create stand-out, graph-powered offerings.
• Develop trusted-advisor relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Make and defend the business case for the semantic layer solution at the executive level.
• Lead Accenture sales and pre-sales efforts and shape data transformation programs.
• Drive the practice's thought leadership, innovation, and asset development on trends and agentic technologies, and develop the teams who deliver them.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Significant experience with Knowledge Graph technologies (RDF, SPARQL, LPG, SHACL)
• Considerable experience in schema design, ontology management, and KG curation
• Well versed in designing and developing KG solutions and graph-based ML models (functional + technical)
• Experience with end-to-end data pipeline implementations for AI applications (esp. LLMs), with hands-on design and configuration
• Strong knowledge and working experience of relational databases, object stores, graph databases (Stardog, Neo4J, Amazon Neptune), and vector databases
• Managerial experience leading people, able to explain the value of the semantic layer and knowledge graphs to senior business and technology stakeholders, with a proven track record in sales and/or pre-sales and in delivering data transformation programs and developing teams

Preferred experience:

• Experience in Practical experience with NLP techniques and/or Search Techniques, prompt engineering
• Experience with LLMs for enterprise-scale applications
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience in Python, with experience in frameworks like Tensorflow, PyTorch, and tools for building ETL pipelines (e.g. Apache NiFi, Airflow)
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across engineering, research, and product teams across multiple time zones
• You have external client-facing consulting experience
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Broad experience in diverse ML techniques and agentic systems

What We Offer

• Performance Equity and leadership investment opportunities
• Access to more than 30,000 training opportunities, certifications, mentoring, and coaching programmes
• Flexible working models including mobile working and home office opportunities

The Accenture Culture: Here, YOU are the catalyst for change

Your unique combination of skills, personality, and aspirations sets you apart. When distinct talents, strengths, and perspectives merge, the result is nothing short of extraordinary: ideas that propel the world forward. This is why we champion diversity and personal development at Accenture. Create a working environment where you truly thrive; with responsibilities that resonate deeply; with a workload that is perfectly aligned with your capabilities; and methods that are tailored to your objectives. How you wish to connect, further your development, and personally evolve rests in your hands. This is your career. We are mere facilitators, helping you shape it exactly as you envision.