Senior AI Leader: Enterprise Knowledge Graph & Ontologies

SAP SE; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 274,000 - 609,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP SE is seeking a senior Data and Applied Science leader to architect enterprise AI platforms, govern ML lifecycles, and scale semantic knowledge graphs across SAP domains. You will guide cross-functional teams, drive strategic AI investments, and partner with executives to realize business value.

Join a global cloud-first team focused on reliable AI grounded in enterprise data, with strong emphasis on governance, reproducibility, and scalable knowledge frameworks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years proven experience leading data science, ML, and AI teams with a track record across multiple projects.
• Ability to define technical strategy and align AI investments with business objectives and roadmaps.
• Experience building cultures of technical excellence and rigorous governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication to translate tech into business value.
• 5+ years of people management leading AI teams, with hiring and coaching success.
• Experience delivering large-scale AI programs with cross-team collaboration.
• Strong domain knowledge in ontology, semantic tech, metadata, and knowledge graphs.

Responsibilities

• Design AI/ML architecture, platform strategy, and governance for enterprise-scale deployments.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and establish ML Ops / LLM Ops practices.
• Collaborate with domain experts to translate enterprise knowledge into reusable semantic frameworks.
• Lead globally distributed teams and manage budgets, vendors, and partnerships.
• Drive adoption strategies and KPI-based measurement of business impact.

Skills

Leadership & Strategy

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Hiring AI talent

Large-scale AI programs

AI governance

Ontology engineering

Semantic technologies

Knowledge graphs

RAG architectures

Tools

SAP Datasphere

SAP HANA Cloud Knowledge Graph Engine

SAP Business Data Cloud

SAP One Domain Model

SAP Graph API

SAP Business Accelerator Hub

Job description

SAP SE is seeking a senior Data and Applied Science leader to architect enterprise AI platforms, govern ML lifecycles, and scale semantic knowledge graphs across SAP domains. You will guide cross-functional teams, drive strategic AI investments, and partner with executives to realize business value.

Join a global cloud-first team focused on reliable AI grounded in enterprise data, with strong emphasis on governance, reproducibility, and scalable knowledge frameworks.