Director, Enterprise Semantic Platform & Adoption

AstraZeneca; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Director to lead the design and enterprise enablement of its semantic platform, ensuring data is consistently interpreted and reusable by humans and AI. You will define models, canonical entities, and reference data patterns to create a scalable semantic mesh that spans domains and platforms.

You will work with senior leaders to drive adoption, governance, and interoperability, delivering measurable value through cross-functional collaboration and external

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise data architecture and semantic platforms.
• Experience applying semantic technologies and knowledge graphs at scale.
• Deep understanding of ontologies, taxonomies, and canonical data models.
• Ability to align architecture with business and technology priorities across domains.
• Proven track record delivering platform-wide adoption and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the semantic platform strategy and enterprise enablement across AstraZeneca's data products and platforms.
• Define and scale an enterprise semantic mesh with federated operating models.
• Partner with product, program, domain leaders to align semantic architecture with real-world use cases.
• Drive integration of structured and unstructured data to enhance context and usability.
• Provide governance and architectural leadership for semantic enablement and standards.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Semantic technologies

Knowledge graphs

W3C data stack

Federated data mesh

Cross-functional leadership

External partner management

Influencing senior stakeholders

Tools

Graph databases

Ontology tools

Reference data platforms

Job description

AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Director to lead the design and enterprise enablement of its semantic platform, ensuring data is consistently interpreted and reusable by humans and AI. You will define models, canonical entities, and reference data patterns to create a scalable semantic mesh that spans domains and platforms.

You will work with senior leaders to drive adoption, governance, and interoperability, delivering measurable value through cross-functional collaboration and external