Ontology Architect & Data Governance Lead

Ontologize, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Dynamic startup environment

Growth opportunities

Flexible work options

Job summary

Nscale is seeking an Ontology Manager to own and evolve the organisational ontology at the heart of Foundry, guiding data modelling and governance across the platform.

You will work with Use Case Leads, Data Source Developers, and Governance teams to shape how data is structured, ingested, and made available for AI-enabled workflows. This is a high-visibility role in Operations, reporting to the Nirvana Programme Lead.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data architecture or related field.
• 3+ years leading cross-functional data initiatives.
• Experience designing conceptual, logical, or semantic data models.
• Hands-on experience with data pipelines and production data workflows.
• Strong knowledge of databases, schemas, metadata, and data quality.
• Experience partnering across engineering, operations, governance, and business teams.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own ontology development from the existing model and production pipelines, serving as the consumption point for all workflow projects.
• Manage the ontology backlog, prioritising change requests and triaging them to other teams where required.
• Evaluate requests for new objects with a clear view of impact on the broader ontology and roadmap.
• Partner with Use Case Leads and Data Source Developers on requests for new data sources to be ingested into Foundry.
• Lead new use case architecture and data sourcing discussions to ensure alignment with ontology and strategy.
• Own ontology maintenance and develop a deep understanding of relevant data sources for each use case.
• Collaborate with Data Source Developers to understand data sources and plan integration into the ontology.
• Work with Data Governance and Compliance to ensure access and governance procedures.
• Develop scalable governance checks in ontology development and maintenance.
• Align ontology with programme-wide roadmap and long-term strategy.

Skills

Data architecture

Ontology design

Data modeling

Data pipelines

Data governance

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Knowledge graphs

Job description

Nscale is seeking an Ontology Manager to own and evolve the organisational ontology at the heart of Foundry, guiding data modelling and governance across the platform.

You will work with Use Case Leads, Data Source Developers, and Governance teams to shape how data is structured, ingested, and made available for AI-enabled workflows. This is a high-visibility role in Operations, reporting to the Nirvana Programme Lead.