About the Role

We are seeking a

Senior Ontology Modeling Consultant to build a semantic foundation that integrates siloed data across

Commercial, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and R&D; domains. The consultant will work with domain experts, data architects, and IT teams to develop reusable ontology models aligned with enterprise data and relevant industry/pharma standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Design and maintain ontology and knowledge models covering entities, relationships, and business concepts.

- Analyze siloed data sources and identify opportunities for semantic integration and harmonization

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- Map ontology models to industry standards, controlled vocabularies, and reference ontologies

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- Evaluate relevant pharma/life-sciences ontologies and standards

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- Recommend appropriate approaches including

RDF/OWL, property graphs, taxonomies, and knowledge graphs

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- Support selection and use of tools such as

Protégé, TopBraid, GraphDB, Neo4j, SHACL, and SPARQL

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- Collaborate with data engineering and IT teams on implementation, governance, and lifecycle management

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- Document modeling decisions, standards mappings, and governance practices.

Required Qualifications

- 5+ years of hands-on experience in ontology modeling, knowledge graphs, or semantic data architecture

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- Strong knowledge of

RDF/OWL, taxonomies, property graphs, and knowledge representation

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- Experience integrating multiple siloed data sources through semantic models.

- Hands-on experience with ontology design, visualization, and validation tools

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- Experience working in complex, multi-domain enterprise environments

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- Robust analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in

Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences

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- Knowledge of pharma/biomedical ontologies and standards

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- Experience with data governance, metadata management, and FAIR principles

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- Ability to explain complex semantic concepts to business stakeholders.

📌 Senior Ontology Modeling Consultant (India)
🏢 Apidel Technologies
📍 India