Job Responsibilities:
- Participate in the development and adoption of ontologies to represent data standards in complex domains. Run proof of concepts and pilot programs to validate ontologies.
- Evaluate industry standard and internally defined ontologies for adoption across JPMC.
- Work closely with stakeholders, subject matter experts, product owners, and engineers to understand use cases, requirements and dependencies, critically assessing proposed solutions.
- Communicate complex ideas effectively to collaborators using precise terminology and relatable examples and ask clarifying questions to define core meanings.
- Communicate the concepts and accepted practices, standards and objective of ontologies to stakeholders.
- Keep abreast of emerging trends and advancements in data standards, 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:
- 5+ years of experience in the financial services, data/technology or related industry and experience developing and managing ontologies for real-world applications..
- Experience with Semantic Web technologies (RDF/S, OWL, SKOS), query languages (SPARQL), and validation standards (SHACL).
- Experience with ontology and taxonomy development process and tools (e.g., Protégé, TopBraid, PoolParty, etc.).
- Experience with large-scale knowledge graph development, including schema design, entity modeling, and relationship mapping to support various business domains.
- Structured thinker and effective communicator with excellent written communication skills. Ability to crisply articulate technical concepts to senior audiences with poise and confidence.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Advances degree in a field focused on ontology engineering, knowledge representation, or semantic technologies, such as Information Science, Library Science, Linguistics, or Computer Science.
- Knowledge and understanding of a broad set of JPMC products and processes is a value add.
- Demonstrated interest in emerging technology and data engineering trends in the financial services industry.
- Experience with data standards and ontologies for Data and Financial services.
- Contributions to Ontology community, such as papers, conference presentations, industry standard contributions, or open source contributions.