Senior Knowledge Graph Architect & Ontology Leader

Accenture; Kirkland (WA); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 381,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Senior Ontologist and Knowledge Architecture Lead to own semantic modeling strategy, ontology governance, and the technical direction of a cross‑functional team across business stakeholders, data engineering, and AI/ML. Lead end-to-end ontology lifecycle, define enterprise architecture, and drive alignment with enterprise standards while mentoring ontologists and analysts.

This hybrid role requires 12+ years in ontology engineering, strong leadership, and deep experience with

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years hands-on experience in ontology engineering or knowledge modeling.
• Experience owning production-grade ontologies in enterprise or consulting settings.
• Lead roles with responsibility for technical standards and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end ontology lifecycle from requirements to stewardship.
• Define enterprise ontology architecture and URI/versioning strategies.
• Lead alignment between domain ontologies and enterprise semantic assets.
• Draft governance standards, change control, and quality gates.
• Guide NLP/AI teams on ontology-informed features and embeddings.
• Manage a team of ontologists and semantic analysts; deliver roadmaps.

Skills

Ontology engineering

Knowledge modeling

Semantic web

Leadership

Stakeholder management

NLP/AI integration

Team leadership

OWL/RDFS/SKOS

R2RML/RML

Strategic architecture

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Information Science, Computer Science, Library Science, Linguistics, Philosophy

Tools

OWL 2

RDFS

SKOS

Triplestore platforms

SHACL

Job description

Accenture seeks a Senior Ontologist and Knowledge Architecture Lead to own semantic modeling strategy, ontology governance, and the technical direction of a cross‑functional team across business stakeholders, data engineering, and AI/ML. Lead end-to-end ontology lifecycle, define enterprise architecture, and drive alignment with enterprise standards while mentoring ontologists and analysts.

This hybrid role requires 12+ years in ontology engineering, strong leadership, and deep experience with