Senior AI Knowledge Architect – Data & Retrieval

EY; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Job summary

EY in New York is seeking an AI Native Data and Knowledge Architect - Senior Manager to shape the knowledge foundation for enterprise AI products and agents. You will own the target architecture, design federated memory, and drive lighthouse implementations from prototype to production, ensuring provenance, access controls, and explainability.

This is a high‑impact, cross‑functional leadership role with up to 50% travel and hybrid office options; EY offers a strong compensation package and

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of information architecture and knowledge graphs.
• Experience with retrieval, semantic search, and data integration.
• Hands-on with SQL and at least one general-purpose language.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• 9–12+ years of relevant architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Set the knowledge direction and define roadmap for AI knowledge systems.
• Design federated organizational memory with durable interfaces.
• Translate business questions into concepts and relationships for AI.
• Engineer reusable ingestion patterns preserving provenance and licensing.
• Build effective retrieval combining search, semantic, graph methods.
• Lead lighthouse implementations from prototype to production.

Skills

Information architecture

Retrieval expertise

Data engineering

Trust by design

Product mindset

Influential leadership

Travel up to 50%

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field

Tools

SQL

Graph databases

Retrieval tech

Job description

EY in New York is seeking an AI Native Data and Knowledge Architect - Senior Manager to shape the knowledge foundation for enterprise AI products and agents. You will own the target architecture, design federated memory, and drive lighthouse implementations from prototype to production, ensuring provenance, access controls, and explainability.

This is a high‑impact, cross‑functional leadership role with up to 50% travel and hybrid office options; EY offers a strong compensation package and