Director of Data & Knowledge Management

North Wind; Newport News (VA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

North Wind is seeking a Director for Data & Knowledge Management in the United States to lead architecture, development, and operation of enterprise data and knowledge capabilities. You will guide data engineering, knowledge engineering, governance, and analytics efforts for AI-ready information and executable insight.

You will mentor a multidisciplinary team, establish standards, and drive data strategies across on-prem, cloud, and regulated environments to enable engineers, data scientists,

Qualifications

• Education in computer science, data science, or related field.
• Advanced degree preferred for leadership role.
• Experience leading data/AI initiatives in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and operation of enterprise data and knowledge capabilities.
• Build teams for data ingestion, curation, governance, and AI-ready knowledge products.
• Architect lakehouse/data fabric patterns and semantic models.

Skills

Data science

Data engineering

Knowledge management

Advanced analytics

AI/ML engineering

API design

Knowledge graphs

RAG

Semantic retrieval

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Data Science

Bachelor's degree in Physics

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics

Advanced technical degree

Tools

Data lakehouse

Data fabric

Semantic models

Knowledge graphs

Vector databases

APIs

Python

Distributed computing

Job description

North Wind is seeking a Director for Data & Knowledge Management in the United States to lead architecture, development, and operation of enterprise data and knowledge capabilities. You will guide data engineering, knowledge engineering, governance, and analytics efforts for AI-ready information and executable insight.

You will mentor a multidisciplinary team, establish standards, and drive data strategies across on-prem, cloud, and regulated environments to enable engineers, data scientists,