Data Modeller

HSBC; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

HSBC is seeking a Data Modeller to shape how business terms are defined, organised and linked across the Group. You will build glossaries, taxonomies and ontologies to create a semantic layer that AI can leverage for faster, more confident data answers.

You will curate HBIM content, maintain clear definitions, and enable a business-owned model with governance and standards. Strong communication and collaboration are essential in this cross-functional role.

Qualifications

• Experience in business glossary curation, taxonomy design, and/or ontology modelling.
• Strong data analysis capability and attention to detail.
• Comfort with an operating model where the business owns definitions and you provide the governance.
• Practical experience with modelling and metadata practices; Collibra experience is useful.
• Exposure to APIs and automation thinking; some hands-on Python experience is welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Drive high-quality content within the HSBC Business Information Model (HBIM), focusing on the Group Business Glossary, Taxonomy of Business Terms, and Group Data Categories.
• Curate and maintain coherent taxonomies and authoritative definitions, ensuring terms are clear, consistent, and organized into navigable hierarchies and relationships.
• Support the Group ownership operating model by enabling a framework where the business owns the terms, while you provide modelling expertise, standards, and governance.
• Join the dots across teams to build a shared semantic layer supporting cross-boundary understanding.
• Contribute to ontology development to enable AI to query and reason across teams, products and datasets.
• Apply industry standards and components (e.g., SKOS, PROV-O, DCAT, OWL Time, ORG, Dublin Core; awareness of FIBO/BIAN).
• Embrace AI-enabled ways of working to accelerate modelling and metadata management.
• Engage stakeholders confidently, translating semantic concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Glossary curation

Taxonomy design

Ontology modelling

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Operating model

Modelling practices

Collibra experience

APIs

Python

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

AI tooling interest

Tools

Collibra

Python

APIs

Job description

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.
HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Data Modeller to help shape how HSBC defines, organises and connects business terms across the Group. You’ll build high-quality glossaries, taxonomies and ontologies that create a shared semantic layer - so our data can be understood consistently and used by AI to answer questions across teams, faster and with more confidence.

A move across the business allows you to continue to access tailored professional development opportunities, and our fantastic benefits packages.

In this role you’ll:

• Drive high-quality content within the HSBC Business Information Model (HBIM), with a focus on theGroup Business Glossary,Taxonomy of Business Terms, andGroup Data Categories(high-level groupings of terms)
• Curate and maintain coherent taxonomies and authoritative definitions, ensuring business terms are clear, consistent, unambiguous, and organised into navigable hierarchies and relationships
• Support the Group ownership operating modelby enabling a framework wherethe business owns the terms, while you provide the modelling expertise, standards, and governance to keep content high quality and reusable
• “Join the dots” across teams/domainsto help build a shared semantic layer that supports cross-boundary understanding and consistency
• Contribute to ontology development(the layer between taxonomies) to enable AI to query and reason across multiple teams, products and datasets - turning terminology into a connected, machine-interpretable knowledge layer
• Apply industry standards and componentsto strengthen semantic consistency and interoperability (e.g., SKOS, PROV-O, DCAT, OWL Time, ORG, Dublin Core; awareness of FIBO/BIAN)
• Embrace AI-enabled ways of workingto accelerate modelling, metadata management and quality - using modern tooling to help HSBC make better, faster decisions from our data
• Engage stakeholders confidently, translating semantic concepts for technical and non-technical audiences, and contributing to forums and working groups

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Demonstrable experience inbusiness glossary curation, taxonomy design, and/or ontology modelling, with a clear understanding of how these enable AI and data interoperability
• Strongdata analysiscapability and attention to detail, able to deliver in a fast-paced environment
• Confidence working in anoperating model where the business owns definitions, and you partner to ensure quality, consistency, and adoption
• Practical experience with modelling and metadata practices;Collibra experience is useful but not essential(tooling matters less than the modelling fundamentals)
• Exposure toAPIs and automation/integration thinking; some hands-onPythonexperience (AI-assisted development is welcomed)
• Strongcommunication and stakeholder managementskills, with the ability to explain semantic modelling concepts clearly
• A genuine interest incutting-edge tooling and AI for Data & Tech, leveraging HSBC’s owned data to improve decision-making speed and quality

Opening up a world of opportunity

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk via [e-mail] .