Lead Ontology Engineer

Job Description

Are you passionate and experienced in ontologies and semantic models, and want to make a big impact across multiple teams?

Join and apply your skills to shape a creative and connected digital future at the LEGO Group

No relocation assistance is offered for this position.

• Lead the effort of building a semantic model/ontology around the LEGO Product Masterdata and related digital assets in the context of digital transformation.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to identify and define key data elements and relationships within the product and creative works' ecosystem.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for the ontologies and semantic models to facilitate understanding and usage across the organization.
• Provide training and support to team members and partners on the use and benefits of semantic models and knowledge graphs.
• Evaluate and recommend tools and technologies to improve the development and management of knowledge graphs.
• Ensure alignment of the semantic models with industry standards.

Product Delivery Technology is a crucial component of the Consumer and Marketing Technology organization within Digital Technology. Our department is dedicated to the creation of innovative digital products, spanning product lifecycle management, workflow management and digital content creation and distribution. We operate at the intersection of innovation, creativity, and technology, committed to delivering solutions that drive excellence across different domains in the LEGO Group.

• Proven expertise in Semantic Modelling and Ontology Design using open standards.
• Proficiency in RDF, OWL, and SHACL for developing and managing ontologies.
• Experience in data governance with knowledge graphs and semantic models.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python and TypeScript.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding Domain Driven Design, loosely coupled components, and event driven architecture.
• Travel 15-20 days a year (dependent on need).
• Communicate effortlessly in English both written and verbally.

• Experience with Metaphactory or similar platforms for managing and visualizing knowledge graphs.
• Familiarity with other semantic web technologies and tools.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and methodologies quickly.
• Experience working directly with senior IT groups in an advisory role.

What's in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

• Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights.

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