Chief Semantic Architect & Knowledge Graph Leader

U014 (FCRS = US014) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

East Hanover (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 195,000 - 361,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover is seeking a Director, Semantic and Knowledge Engineering to lead the design, governance, and deployment of enterprise semantic models, ontologies, and knowledge graphs powering NovaOS. The role partners across Applied AI, Data Science, Product, and Engineering to enable interoperable data and AI-powered insights.

The position requires 8+ years in semantic tech, leadership skills, and hands-on expertise with RDF/OWL and graph databases.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in semantic technologies and enterprise information architecture.
Hands-on experience with ontologies, RDF/OWL, and knowledge graphs.
Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

Lead design and implementation of ontologies, taxonomies, and semantic models.
Develop and maintain knowledge graphs and semantic services for AI and analytics.
Collaborate with AI, Data Science, Product, and Engineering teams to integrate semantic capabilities.
Establish metadata standards and semantic governance processes.
Support AI initiatives with semantic foundations for RAG and contextual search.
Mentor semantic and knowledge engineers and promote reusable patterns.