Executive Director – Semantic and Knowledge Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement the enterprise strategy for semantic technologies, knowledge engineering, and knowledge graph capabilities.

• Oversee the creation and governance of enterprise ontologies, taxonomies, business vocabularies, and semantic models.

• Design and establish the enterprise semantic layer to support trusted AI, consistent analytics, interoperability, and reusable business knowledge.

• Collaborate with Applied AI, Data Science, Product Management, Engineering, and Business teams to integrate semantic capabilities into NovaOS products and AI solutions.

• Set up governance, metadata management, knowledge lifecycle processes, and quality standards for enterprise knowledge assets.

• Foster innovation in knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, reasoning engines, and AI-driven knowledge management.

• Assemble and lead a high-performing team of semantic engineers, ontology specialists, and knowledge engineers.

• Report directly to the VP of Applied AI, Data Science, and Commercial Intelligence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Bioinformatics, or a related field.

• Over 10 years of experience in semantic technologies, knowledge engineering, enterprise architecture, data management, or AI platforms, including leadership roles.

• Profound knowledge of ontologies, taxonomies, metadata, RDF/OWL, knowledge graphs, graph databases, semantic web technologies, and enterprise information architecture.

• Proven experience in building enterprise semantic platforms that facilitate AI, analytics, search, and data interoperability at scale.

• Outstanding leadership, executive communication, and cross-functional stakeholder management capabilities.

• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based cash incentive.

• Eligibility for annual equity awards, based on role level.

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• Life insurance benefits.

• Disability benefits.

• 401(k) plan with company contribution and matching.

• Vacation time.

• Personal days.

• Paid holidays.

• Additional leave options.