Director, Semantic Tech & Enterprise Knowledge

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association

United States

Hybrid

USD 225,000 - 419,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Novartis is seeking an Executive Director, Semantic and Knowledge Engineering to lead the strategy and implementation of the enterprise semantic layer powering NovaOS. This role builds a trusted knowledge foundation connecting data, concepts, ontologies, taxonomies, and AI agents to enable scalable enterprise intelligence.

The ideal candidate will operate from East Hanover with possible remote work and up to 10% travel; relocation is not offered.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or advanced degree in a related field.
10+ years in semantic tech, knowledge engineering, or AI platforms with leadership.
Deep expertise in ontologies, taxonomies, RDF/OWL, and knowledge graphs.
Experience building enterprise semantic platforms at scale.
Strong leadership and cross-functional communication.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the enterprise strategy for semantic technologies, knowledge engineering, and knowledge graph capabilities.
Lead the development and governance of enterprise ontologies, taxonomies, business vocabularies, and semantic models across the organization.
Design and implement the enterprise semantic layer enabling trusted AI, analytics, interoperability, and reusable knowledge.
Partner with Applied AI, Data Science, Product Management, Engineering, and Business teams to embed semantic capabilities into NovaOS products and AI solutions.
Establish governance, metadata management, knowledge lifecycle processes, and quality standards for enterprise knowledge assets.
Drive innovation in knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, reasoning engines, and AI-enabled knowledge management.
Build and lead a high-performing team of semantic engineers, ontology specialists, and knowledge engineers.