Semantic Governance Managing Consultant - Ontologies and Semantics

# Semantic Governance Managing Consultant - Ontologies and Semantics Birmingham, Bristol, London, Manchester, Newcastle Bank House Apply for this job
* Permanent* Experienced Professionals
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** Who You'll Be Working With
** You will join the Data Trust Capability in Capgemini’s Insights and Data (I&D) business unit. Insights & Data is a global business unit covering Enterprise Data Management, Cloud Platforms, Enterprise Content Management, Data Governance, AI & Analytics.

Our Data Management practice is one of the largest and most successful in the UK, delivering innovative enterprise data, governance and semantic transformation programmes for global clients.

The Enterprise Data Management capability provides services across Data Governance, Data Strategy, Metadata Management, Master Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Quality and Data Products.

As organisations increasingly seek to unlock business value through semantic interoperability, knowledge-driven architectures and AI-enabled data platforms, we help our clients establish enterprise semantic foundations that enable trusted, reusable and interoperable data assets.

This role will be primarily focused on delivering the Semantic Layer Programmes, supporting the development of supporting the design and adoption of enterprise ontologies, semantic standards, controlled vocabularies and knowledge graph capabilities across complex client environments.
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**** Security Clearance:
To be successfully appointed to this role, must be eligible to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
** To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.  Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.##
** The Focus Of Your Role
** We are seeking an experienced Semantic Governance Managing Consultant to define, govern and industrialise enterprise semantic assets that underpin Data Standards, Controlled Vocabularies, Data Contracts, Semantic Data Products and Knowledge Graph implementations.

This is a senior client-facing leadership role requiring deep technical expertise in ontology engineering, semantic technologies and knowledge representation, combined with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and facilitate consensus across business and technology teams.

The successful candidate will act as the semantic governance lead across the programme, ensuring semantic consistency, interoperability and reuse across manufacturing sites, data domains and digital platforms.

The Semantic Governance Managing Consultant will be responsible for:
* Defining, developing and maintaining enterprise ontologies that support enterprise data domains.
* Establishing and governing Controlled Vocabularies, Taxonomies, Business Glossaries and Semantic Standards.
* Designing reusable semantic models that support Knowledge Graph, Semantic Data Product and Data Contract initiatives.
* Applying ontology engineering methodologies and semantic modelling best practices across the enterprise.
* Curating and governing ontology assets through agreed standards, design patterns, lifecycle processes and governance controls.
* Driving semantic interoperability between systems, platforms, products and business functions.
* Facilitating workshops with business SMEs, architects, data owners and governance stakeholders to establish common definitions, terminology and semantic alignment.
* Supporting the implementation of enterprise semantic architectures across modern data platforms, including Snowflake, Databricks and associated metadata ecosystems.
* Collaborating closely with manufacturing SMEs, solution architects, data engineers and governance teams to ensure enterprise-wide consistency and reuse of semantic assets.
* Providing leadership on ontology lifecycle management, metadata management and semantic governance frameworks.
* Supporting Knowledge Graph implementation programmes through semantic modelling, ontology design and standards adoption.
* Contributing thought leadership in the areas of semantic technologies, ontology engineering, knowledge representation and AI-enabled semantic ecosystems.
* Mentoring internal teams and supporting the growth of Capgemini's semantic data management capability.

At Capgemini, we believe in bringing your whole self to work. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are woven into our everyday culture, creating a welcoming and supportive environment for everyone.

You may also offer insights to the wider community through blogs, articles and social media.##
** What You'll Bring
** As a Semantic Governance Managing Consultant, you will bring over 10 years of extensive experience in ontology…