Vice President, Ontologist Lead

Put meaning at the center of artificial intelligence.

As a Senior Ontologist in Consumer & Community Banking's Data & Analytics team, you'll help advance JPMorganChase's AI strategy by developing ontologies that make our large-scale data assets ready for AI-driven discovery and insight.

Partnering with product leaders and domain experts, you'll leverage your ontology expertise to build a foundational context for knowledge-driven AI applications.

Join a collaborative and thoughtful team where semantic clarity drives shared understanding and more intelligent outcomes across the organization.

Job Responsibilities


* Develop and maintain an enterprise-grade ontology representing Consumer & Community Banking's business domains


* Establish best practices and pipelines for ontology governance, including quality assurance and versioning


* Collaborate with subject matter experts and data architects to capture and formalize domain knowledge into structured semantic models


* Partner with product managers to ensure the ontology supports business use cases


* Communicate the value and structure of the ontology to technical and non-technical audiences through documentation and presentation


* Drive alignment with industry standards and internal standards


* Evaluate and recommend tooling, design patterns, and methodologies to scale ontology development and adoption across teams

Required Qualifications


* 5+ years of experience building ontologies, taxonomies, or knowledge systems


* Experience with semantic standards for data representation, query languages, and validation standards


* Experience working in ontology development environments


* Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to convey subject matter expertise to non-technical audiences


* Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize conflicting deadlines, and adapt to ambiguity

Preferred Qualifications


* Degree in Linguistics, Library/Information Science, Computer Science, or a related discipline


* Experience working in the financial domain, including familiarity with financial industry controlled vocabularies and standards


* Familiarity with graph databases and technologies

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products.

Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location.

Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equ...