Lead, Ontology & Data Modeling

Capital One Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in New York is seeking a Manager of Ontology and Data Modeling to develop, implement, and maintain enterprise ontologies in support of the Data Strategy. You will work across lines of business and functions to create domain ontologies enabling enterprise initiatives.

You will partner with Technology and Machine Learning to integrate semantic tech into products, communicate value of ontology standards, lead a 6‑month vision, mentor associates, and guide governance of data models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information science, computer science, engineering, library science, ontology, semantics or computational linguistics.
• At least 4 years’ experience in a metadata field (ontology, taxonomy, semantics or computational linguistics).
• At least 4 years’ experience with W3C standards including RDF, RDFS, OWL, SKOS.
• At least 4 years’ experience with ontology and linked data tools (Protégé, TopQuadrant, PoolParty, Stardog, AnzoGraph, Neptune, or Data.World).
• At least 4 years’ experience or training with SQL or SPARQL.

Responsibilities

• Define clear and actionable problem statements to help teams deliver results while displaying a comprehensive understanding of ontologies and optimized data models.
• Leverage customer insights to influence priorities and roadmap development while advocating for and driving alignment between stakeholders in the development of acceptance criteria.
• Own and prioritize the near-term Ontology and Data Modeling roadmap to deliver on business outcomes, quickly identifying points of leverage in complex problems or systems, and utilizing data effectively to define success metrics and measurable outcomes.
• Utilize balanced judgment in decisions about risks of both actions taken and not taken while innovating on ways to iterate faster in a well-managed way for the immediate team.
• Understand and leverage technology and end-state architecture vision in partnership with Technology, Machine Learning, and other Capital One teams to support the development and integration of semantics in Capital One products and services, driving comprehensive design decisions out of white space technical problems.
• Deliver value by creating reusable, extensible and resilient capabilities and proactively identify opportunities when key metrics are not performing.
• Develop and communicate a 6-month vision to senior stakeholders and partner teams with accurate details and transparency on risks and impediments, and proactively build relationships with those outside of your immediate team resulting in horizontal influence.
• Contribute to team culture and recruiting by leading activities to attract and retain top talent and mentoring and developing junior ontology and data modeling associates.
• Manage teams that develop, implement and govern ontologies and optimized data models in consultation with stakeholder
• Contribute to data integration and mapping efforts to harmonize data with Capital One's upper and domain ontologies
• Communicate and advocate the value of Capital One's efforts in ontologies, semantics, and standardization across the business.
• Maintain awareness of competitor and industry developments related to ontology use, knowledge organization, data modeling, and machine learning
• Understand and adhere to W3C standards related to ontologies, in particular RDF, RDFS, OWL, SKOS, and SHACL
• Develop standards, guidelines, and direction for ontology, data modeling, semantics and Data Standardization in general at Capital One

Skills

Ontology mastery

Semantic data modeling

Stakeholder communication

Leadership & mentoring

Strategy development

Education

Bachelor's degree in information science, computer science, engineering, library science, ontology, semantics or computational linguistics

Master’s degree or PhD in information science, computer science, engineering, library science, ontology, semantics or computational linguistics

Tools

Protégé

TopQuadrant

PoolParty

Stardog

AnzoGraph

Neptune

Data.World

Job description

Capital One in New York is seeking a Manager of Ontology and Data Modeling to develop, implement, and maintain enterprise ontologies in support of the Data Strategy. You will work across lines of business and functions to create domain ontologies enabling enterprise initiatives.

You will partner with Technology and Machine Learning to integrate semantic tech into products, communicate value of ontology standards, lead a 6‑month vision, mentor associates, and guide governance of data models.