Knowledge Graph Strategy Lead for AI & Innovation

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture plc seeks senior Knowledge Graph leader to own the complete KG scope for strategic programs. You will design, develop and implement AI and semantic solutions, and partner with senior client stakeholders to create graph-powered offerings.

You will guide teams, drive sales/pre-sales, and shape data architectures to deliver scalable KG-driven programs across multi-stakeholder environments.

Qualifications

• Significant experience with Knowledge Graph technologies (RDF, SPARQL, LPG, SHACL).
• Advanced practical knowledge of schema design, ontology management, and KG curation.
• Seasoned in designing and developing KG solutions and graph-based ML models (functional + technical).
• Proven experience in end-to-end data pipeline implementations for AI applications (esp. LLMs), with hands-on design and configuration.
• Extensive experience with 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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Knowledge Graph

Data modeling

Stakeholder comms

Sales experience

ML concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

PhD in CS/EE/Math

Tools

Stardog

Neo4J

Amazon Neptune

Python

ETL pipelines

Job description

Accenture plc seeks senior Knowledge Graph leader to own the complete KG scope for strategic programs. You will design, develop and implement AI and semantic solutions, and partner with senior client stakeholders to create graph-powered offerings.

You will guide teams, drive sales/pre-sales, and shape data architectures to deliver scalable KG-driven programs across multi-stakeholder environments.