Associate Director – Knowledge Engineering & Ontology Leadership

Accenture PLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 434,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

401(k) plan

Medical plan

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Knowledge Engineer to own the ontology creation, semantic layer design, and knowledge-agent patterns within our Digital Core and AI reinvention practice. Travel may be required to meet client needs and project goals.

You will lead multi-year initiatives, mentor teams, and communicate the value of semantic technologies to executives, balancing engineering rigor with strategic vision.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in knowledge engineering, semantic web, ontology design or related data disciplines, with at least 2 years on AI/LLM projects.
• 6+ years with knowledge-graph technologies (RDF, SPARQL, SHACL) and enterprise graph databases.
• 6+ years of managerial or discipline-leadership experience and ability to articulate the value of the semantic layer to senior stakeholders.
• 2+ years of publishing or speaking publicly in the discipline.
• 3+ years owning a productized offering, platform, or methodology.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (12 years); Associate’s with 6+ years is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Scaled ontology creation, semantic-layer design, and knowledge-agent patterns—defend, evolve, and sign off.
• Ontology templates and reference architectures used across engagements.
• Explain the value of the semantic layer to executives and engineers alike in formal settings.

Skills

Knowledge engineering

Ontology design

AI/LLM experience

Knowledge-graph

Leadership

Public speaking

Product ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

RDF

SPARQL

SHACL

Property graphs

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Knowledge Engineer to own the ontology creation, semantic layer design, and knowledge-agent patterns within our Digital Core and AI reinvention practice. Travel may be required to meet client needs and project goals.

You will lead multi-year initiatives, mentor teams, and communicate the value of semantic technologies to executives, balancing engineering rigor with strategic vision.