Vice President- Ontologist

The Firmwide Chief Data Office is responsible for maximizing the value and impact of data globally, in a highly governed way. It consists of several teams focused on accelerating JPMorgan Chase’s data, analytics, and AI journey, including data strategy, data impact optimization, privacy, data governance, transformation, and talent. We are looking for a data executive to help shape the strategy for how we make data available to power everything from new product development to Artificial Intelligence models. This leader will join the team responsible for setting the firmwide data publishing strategy and driving the adoption of the strategy across the firm.

As a Vice President-Ontologist within the JP Morgan Chase team, you will be instrumental in shaping our knowledge representation. Your role will involve utilizing ontologies and taxonomies to enhance data interoperability and management, preparing our data for AI applications. Your responsibilities will range from engaging with and educating domain experts, to assessing standard ontologies and developing our organization-wide ontology. Your work will traverse multiple domains, influencing departments like Data & Analytics, Product, and Tech.

Job responsibilities:

• Development and adoption of ontologies to represent complex domains

• Evaluate industry standard ontologies for adoption across JPMC

• Work closely with stakeholders, subject matter experts, product owners, and engineers to understand their use cases, requirements, and dependencies, critically assessing proposed solutions

• Provide expert input into the JP Morgan Chase’s firmwide data strategy

• Communicate complex ideas effectively to collaborators using precise terminology and relatable examples, and ask clarifying questions to define core meanings.

• Mentor fellow ontologists to ensure alignment with accepted practices, standards, objectives, key results, and strategic initiatives.

• Keep abreast of emerging trends and advancements in ontology engineering, knowledge representation, and semantic technologies.

• Balance timeliness with quality under tight deadlines, managing multiple priorities and partners.

• Ensure end-to-end relevance to stakeholder needs, from gathering competency questions to achieving successful integrations.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 3+ years of experience developing and managing ontologies for real-world applications

• Expertise in Data and Financial service standards such as ISO 20022, OWL, RDF, SKOS, and SHACL.

• Experience with ontology and taxonomy development process and tools (e.g., Protégé, TopBraid Composer, PoolParty, etc.).

• Structured thinker and effective communicator with excellent written communication skills. Ability to crisply articulate complex technical concepts to senior audiences with poise and confidence.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Master's or Ph.D. in a field focused on ontology engineering, knowledge representation, or semantic technologies, such as Information Science, Library Science, Philosophy, Linguistics, or Computer Science.

• Experience with Financial sector data standards and ontologies

• Experience with program management and collaborative development best practices

• Understanding of large-scale, distributed, end-to-end systems.

• Knowledge of Data Governance and Data Management

• Contributions to the Ontology community, such as papers, conference presentations, industry standard contributions, or open source contributions (e.g., Github repos)