NEW Ontologist Cognitive Director
NY - New York
The fastest growing Big Four professional services firm in the U.S., KPMG is known for being a great place to work and build a career. We provide audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today’s most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It’s also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it’s no wonder we’re consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Diversity Inc. and others. If you’re as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.
KPMG is currently seeking an Ontologist Cognitive Director , to join our National Organization.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and apply knowledge resources in ontologies and knowledge graphs to support existing solutions and build reasoning and inference capabilities into prototype solutions
- Serve as a developer and Subject Matter Expert to define, develop and prototype cognitive solutions for KPMG’s business needs in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Linguistics, Advanced Semantic Design, Information Extraction, Information Retrieval, Probabilistic Decision Making, image recognition, deep learning, Machine Learning, cognitive science and analytics
- Work closely with various KPMG functional teams to incorporate cognitive and advanced analytics models and algorithms into KPMG’s solutions and offerings to its clients
- Develop internal and external eminence and intellectual property, as well as support client facing activities and influencing customer facing groups including senior executives, sales, as well as marketing and product development to successfully define, develop, and launch new cognitive products
- Provide guidance to software engineers to implement and productize the models and algorithms, engage in project specific activities as part of product development, as well as perform cognitive research and development (R&D) work, develop tools and assets to support advanced cognitive development tasks
- Support business development efforts including guiding clients through the transformation process into a cognitive automation operating model
Qualifications:
- Minimum ten years of professional post academic work experience in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Cognitive Science or other related areas
- Ph.D. or MS in Computer Science, Linguistics, Applied Statistics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or other discipline with specialization
- Strong background in at least one of the following fields: Cognitive Science, Advanced Semantic Design, Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs, Information Extraction, Information Retrieval, and Probabilistic Decision Making
- Experience leading project teams and people as well as executing independently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work with diverse teams in a highly matrixed environment
KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. KPMG, an equal opportunity employer/disability/veteran. KPMG maintains a drug-free workplace. KPMG will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state or federal law (including San Francisco Ordinance number 131192). No phone calls or agencies please.
Requisition# 65646