Data Modeller: AI-Driven Taxonomy & Ontology Specialist

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

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.