Executive Director, Semantic and Knowledge Engineering
Job Location:
East Hanover, NJ - USA
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Job Summary
Job Description Summary
#LI-HybridReporting to the VP Applied AI Data Science and Commercial Intelligence the Executive Director Semantic and Knowledge Engineering leads the strategy architecture and implementation of the enterprise semantic layer and knowledge engineering capabilities that power NovaOS. This role is responsible for creating a trusted reusable knowledge foundation that connects data business concepts ontologies taxonomies and AI agents to enable consistent reasoning interoperability and scalable enterprise intelligence.
The ideal location for this role is East Hanover but remote work may be possible (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. If associate is remote all home office expenses and any travel/lodging to specific East Hanover for periodic live meetings will be at the employees expense. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 10% travel.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Define and execute the enterprise strategy for semantic technologies knowledge engineering and knowledge graph capabilities.
Lead the development and governance of enterprise ontologies taxonomies business vocabularies and semantic models thatestablisha shared understanding across the organization.
Design and implement the enterprise semantic layer that enables trusted AI consistent analytics interoperability and reusable business knowledge.
Partner with Applied AI Data Science Product Management Engineering and Business teams to embed semantic capabilities intoNovaOSproducts and AI solutions.
Establish governance metadata management knowledge lifecycle processes and quality standards for enterprise knowledge assets.
Drive innovation in knowledge graphs retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) semantic search reasoning engines and AI-enabled knowledge management.
Build and lead a high-performing team of semantic engineers ontology specialists and knowledge engineers while fostering technical excellence and innovation.
Essential Requirements:
Education:Bachelorsor advanced degree in Computer Science Information Science Artificial Intelligence Data Science Bioinformatics ora relateddiscipline.
10 years of experience in semantic technologies knowledge engineering enterprise architecture data management or AI platforms including leadership experience.
Deepexpertisewith ontologies taxonomies metadata RDF/OWL knowledge graphs graph databases semantic web technologies and enterprise information architecture.
Experience building enterprise semantic platforms that enable AI analytics search and data interoperability at scale.
Exceptional leadership executive communication and cross-functional stakeholder management skills.
Desirable Requirements:
- Experience applying semantic technologies to generative AI agentic AI RAG and enterprise AI platforms.
- Experience in pharmaceutical healthcare or other highly regulated industries.
Novartis Compensation Summary:
The salary for this position is expected to range between $225400 and $418600 per year.
The final salary offered isdeterminedbased on factors like but not limited to relevant skills and experience and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.
Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and depending on the level of the role eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.
US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes healthlifeand disability benefits a 401(k) with company contribution and match and a variety of other addition employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation personal daysholidaysand other leaves.
EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.
Accessibility and reasonable accommodations
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Salary Range
$225400.00 - $418600.00Skills Desired
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business Value Creation Change Management Curious Mindset Data Governance Data Literacy Data Management Data Quality Data Science Data Visualization Deep Learning Learning Agility Machine Learning (ML) Machine Learning Algorithms Mentorship Stakeholder Engagement Statistical Analysis Time Series AnalysisRequired Experience:
Director
About Company
Novartis is a global healthcare company based in Switzerland that provides solutions to the evolving needs of patients worldwide.
