Chief Semantic Architect & Knowledge Engineering

Novartis Group Companies; East Hanover (NJ); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 361,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Group of Companies is seeking a Director of Semantic and Knowledge Engineering to lead enterprise semantic models, knowledge graphs, and metadata frameworks powering NovaOS. The role collaborates with Applied AI, Data Science, Product, and Engineering to enable interoperable data, AI reasoning, and scalable enterprise intelligence.

The position may be based in East Hanover with possible remote work restrictions; travel up to 10% and no relocation are noted.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in CS, Info Science, AI, Data Science, Bioinformatics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in semantic technologies, knowledge engineering, metadata management, or enterprise information architecture.
• Hands-on expertise with ontologies, RDF/OWL, knowledge graphs, graph databases, metadata management, and semantic web technologies.
• Experience implementing semantic solutions for AI, analytics, interoperability, and enterprise search.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of ontologies, taxonomies, vocabularies, and semantic models.
• Develop and maintain knowledge graphs and semantic services supporting AI, analytics, search, and business apps.
• Partner with AI, Data Science, Product, and Engineering to integrate semantic capabilities into NovaOS.
• Establish metadata standards, governance processes, and quality controls for enterprise knowledge assets.
• Support AI initiatives by developing semantic foundations for RAG, agentic AI, reasoning engines, and contextual search.
• Evaluate emerging semantic technologies and recommend improvements to enterprise knowledge architecture.
• Lead and mentor semantic and knowledge engineers with reusable engineering patterns.

Skills

Ontologies

RDF/OWL

Knowledge graphs

Graph databases

Metadata management

Semantic web

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Novartis Group of Companies is seeking a Director of Semantic and Knowledge Engineering to lead enterprise semantic models, knowledge graphs, and metadata frameworks powering NovaOS. The role collaborates with Applied AI, Data Science, Product, and Engineering to enable interoperable data, AI reasoning, and scalable enterprise intelligence.

The position may be based in East Hanover with possible remote work restrictions; travel up to 10% and no relocation are noted.