Data Risk & Privacy - Data Governance - Data Modeling / Ontologist & Knowledge Engineering - Manager

A career in our Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics will provide you the opportunity to solve our clients most critical business and data protection related challenges. You will be part of a growing team driving strategic programs, data analytics, innovation, deals, cyber resilency, response, and technical implementation activities. You will have access to not only the top Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics professionals at PwC, but at our clients and industry analysts across the globe. Our Information Governance team focuses on helping our clients protect their business in today's evolving landscape by applying advanced and strategic approaches to information management. We focus on assisting organisations manage vast amounts of electronic data and navigate the legal and business processes demanded by critical events, which includes litigation, regulatory requests and internal investigations. Our team helps our clients understand their current capabilities and assist in the implementation of governance controls to effectively mitigate information risk and maximise exploitation of their information assets.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Pursue opportunities to develop existing and new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty.
• Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Develop a perspective on key global trends, including globalisation, and how they impact the firm and our clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Focus on building trusted relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Years of Experience:
5 year(s)
Preferred Qualifications:
Certification(s) Preferred:
EDM Council DCAM Certified Assessor, Data Governance & Stewardship Professional (DGSP), and DAMA Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates extensive knowledge and/or a proven record of success managing projects relating to the design and management of ontologies, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and knowledge graphs that support client use cases.
Required:

• Extensive knowledge and experience designing and managing taxonomies, ontologies and knowledge graphs based on client use cases;
• Experience collaborating with business and technology stakeholders to effectively design taxonomies and ontologies;
• Ability to facilitate working sessions with business and technology stakeholders to capture domain and data knowledge;
• Demonstrated experience integrating taxonomies and ontologies across the enterprise to support client use cases;
• Strong communication skills including the ability to articulate and effectively present taxonomy and ontology designs in business-friendly manner;
• Knowledge and experience developing and advising on taxonomy and ontology governance;
• Ability to conduct heuristic reviews and usability testing leveraging tools such as Optimal Workshop Treejack or OptimalSort;
• Strong understanding of data and metadata and ability to identify, create, or retrieve necessary data and metadata using SQL or SPARQL;
• Understands and has practical experience with semantic standards such as RDF, OWL, SKOS, SPARQL, SHACL, JSON-LD, XML;
• Experience with leveraging taxonomies within common document management and collaboration platforms such as Microsoft 365, Google Workplace, and OpenText;
• Experience working in a variety of different business domains from various industries and effectively model with attained knowledge;
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a broader team demonstrating strong communication to ensure project objectives are met;
• Identify and address client needs by building relationships with clients, demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks, and resolving potential conflicts as a leader;
• Manage a team and/or work stream on engagement(s), development of staff, business development, and communications with executives;
• Lead project planning, engagement administration, budget management, and the successful completion of engagement work streams;
• Manage business development opportunities and/or engagements from pre-sale and initial scoping through final delivery and sign-off;
• Collaborate with business development teams responsible for writing and presenting proposals to prospective clients;

Desired Knowledge/Skills:

• Previous experience developing taxonomy and ontology methodologies and standards with incorporation of industry best practices;
• Experience working in Agile environments;
• Experience with a variety of semantic technologies including Smartlogic, PoolParty, TopQuadrant EDG, Protege, Smartlogic, etc.;
• Identify new solutions and services, providing a business case on whether the firm should develop skills and vendor relations within new semantic solutions and technologies;

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PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
The salary range for this position is: $100,000 - $232,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance