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# Principal Business Lead, Enterprise Ontology and Semantic Layer

- **Company:** Madison-Davis, LLC
- **Location:** Irving, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Software, Configuration Management, Databases, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Integration, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Web Ontology Language, Resource Description Framework (RDF), SPARQL, SQL Databases, Enterprise Data Management, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Palantir Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, Collibra, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Software Version Control
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/principal-business-lead-enterprise-ontology-and-semantic-layer-irving-tx--3ce5b28d-4053-467d-85b6-b82633012fda

## About the Role

Ontology, Ontology, Metrics, Business Solutions, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Leadership, Taxonomies, Create Graphs, Stewardship, Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), * Significant enterprise data architecture or related experience, with strong production implementation depth.

 * 5+ years of enterprise semantic, ontology, or knowledge graph ownership.
 * At least one semantic or ontology capability successfully delivered into production and business adoption.
 * Enterprise semantic or metric tooling experience, with Microsoft Fabric particularly important.
 * Strong RDF, RDFS, OWL, SPARQL, SHACL, SKOS, and graph technology knowledge.
 * Dimensional, canonical, and enterprise data modeling expertise.
 * AI grounding, natural-language query, RAG, and agent-related data integration experience.
 * SQL, Python, version control, CI/CD, and automated validation.
 * Technical team leadership, governance, and senior stakeholder engagement.
 * Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent practical experience.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

 * Microsoft Purview and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
 * Enterprise catalogs such as Collibra or Alation.
 * Industry ontologies and Palantir Foundry modeling.
 * Vector database or ontology-informed retrieval experience.
 * Relevant advanced degree or certification.

## Description

A diversified investment and operating organization is seeking a senior enterprise data leader to establish and own a governed semantic and ontology capability supporting a modern enterprise data platform.

This role will ensure consistent definitions of business entities, metrics, and relationships across multiple data sources. The successful candidate will combine hands-on architecture, ontology and semantic engineering, governance, stakeholder leadership, and technical team oversight to enable reliable reporting and AI-driven business applications., * Design canonical business entities, enterprise taxonomies, ontologies, and semantic models.

 * Define certified enterprise metrics and maintain consistency across reporting consumers.
 * Lead semantic model implementation, source-to-semantic mapping, and knowledge graph development.
 * Establish stewardship, lineage, security integration, version control, and semantic validation.
 * Support enterprise BI, natural-language querying, RAG, and agentic AI through governed interfaces.
 * Lead technical resources and coordinate across data engineering, governance, security, and business teams.
 * Establish standards for model accuracy, testing, and production change management.
 * Own the semantic roadmap, adoption strategy, and measurable business outcomes.