Semantic Architect for Biologics Discovery

Johnson & Johnson; Spring House (PA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Ontologist for Biologics Discovery to design and govern semantic models enabling knowledge graphs, AI, and data products across biologics workflows.

You will translate complex biology into machine‑readable ontologies, align with enterprise governance, and collaborate with scientists, data engineers, and CMC partners to ensure data interoperability and reuse across the molecule lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Biomedical Informatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3+ years in ontology engineering, knowledge modeling, taxonomy design, semantic standards, or knowledge graph development.
• Hands-on experience with versioning, change management, validation, and release workflows for ontology assets.

Responsibilities

• Ontology Design, Release & Standards: Model, code, test, and release validated, versioned ontology modules, controlled vocabularies, and mappings across biologics discovery domains.
• Publish ontology packages as API-ready semantic assets consumable by knowledge graphs, data products, and AI/ML workflows.
• Partner closely with biologists, assay scientists, automation teams, and other domain experts to elicit, refine, and translate complex scientific concepts into computable semantic models.
• Express scientific and operational concepts as OWL/RDF classes and properties, SKOS vocabularies, SHACL constraints, and reusable design patterns.
• Knowledge Graphs & Semantic Integration: Partner with data engineers to embed semantic layers into data pipelines, catalogs, and knowledge graph platforms.
• Model not only scientific entities but processes and workflows to enable interoperability, provenance, and reuse.
• Enable entity linking, classification, normalization, provenance capture, and semantic search across biologics datasets.
• Enterprise & Cross-Functional Alignment: Own semantic alignment with enterprise data governance and knowledge graph standards.
• Harmonize terminology with downstream development across process, manufacturing, quality, and product lifecycle data.
• Drive consensus on ontology scope, definitions, and adoption within enterprise forums.
• Why This Role Is Unique: Define semantic foundation for Biologics Discovery and align with enterprise data governance and development partners.

Skills

Ontology engineering

Knowledge modeling

Semantic standards

Cross‑functional collaboration

Communication skills

AI/ML concepts

Education

Advanced degree in Biomedical Informatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

OWL/RDF

SKOS

SHACL

SPARQL

Graph databases

Protégé

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Ontologist for Biologics Discovery to design and govern semantic models enabling knowledge graphs, AI, and data products across biologics workflows.

You will translate complex biology into machine‑readable ontologies, align with enterprise governance, and collaborate with scientists, data engineers, and CMC partners to ensure data interoperability and reuse across the molecule lifecycle.