Senior Knowledge Graph Leader – AI & Ontology Strategy

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland seeks a senior knowledge engineering leader to own the knowledge graph scope for our most strategic programs. You will design and implement AI and semantic solutions, collaborating with client stakeholders to create graph-powered offerings and drive end-to-end data transformation programs.

You will lead teams across engineering and research, shaping standards for ontologies, data architectures, and scalable AI deployments, while nurturing senior client relationships and

Qualifications

• Significant experience with Knowledge Graph technologies (RDF, SPARQL, LPG, SHACL).
• Advanced practical knowledge of schema design, ontology management, and KG curation.
• Experience 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).
• Extensive knowledge of relational databases, object stores, graph databases, and vector databases.
• Managerial experience leading people with sales/pre-sales exposure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the complete Knowledge Graph solution scope for strategic clients.
• Own the design, development, and implementation of AI and semantic solutions.
• Partner with project leaders and senior stakeholders to create graph-powered offerings.
• Develop trusted-advisor relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Make and defend the business case for the semantic layer at executive level.
• Lead Accenture sales and pre-sales efforts and shape data transformation programs.
• Drive thought leadership and asset development across trends and agentic technologies.

Skills

Knowledge Graph technologies

Schema design

KG curation

KG solutions & graph ML

Data pipelines for AI

Relational/Graph/vector databases

Sales/pre-sales experience

Leadership/mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Stardog

Neo4J

Amazon Neptune

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Apache NiFi

Airflow

Job description

Accenture UK & Ireland seeks a senior knowledge engineering leader to own the knowledge graph scope for our most strategic programs. You will design and implement AI and semantic solutions, collaborating with client stakeholders to create graph-powered offerings and drive end-to-end data transformation programs.

You will lead teams across engineering and research, shaping standards for ontologies, data architectures, and scalable AI deployments, while nurturing senior client relationships and