Ontology Product Lead

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Job Description

The Future Begins Here

At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.

Bengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.  

At Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity

Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team.

The Opportunity:

Role Summary

The Ontology Product Lead owns the enterprise semantic layer—ontologies, taxonomies, reference data, and knowledge graphs—that enable consistent, interoperable, and AI-ready data across the organization. This senior product role drives strategy, roadmap, governance, lifecycle, and cross-domain adoption, with specific impact across Commercial, R&D, Medical and Corporate functions. You ensure semantic assets are reusable, governed, scalable, and directly improve analytics, data quality, and AI performance. 

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and execute the enterprise strategy for ontologies and semantic assets. 

• Build a multi-year roadmap aligned to business priorities, interoperability goals, and AI/analytics needs. 

• Lead the Ontology & Semantics Community of Practice (CoP). 

Cross-Domain Enablement (AI, Data, Platforms)

• Enable data products, AI/ML, RAG/GenAI, and analytics through canonical models and semantic standards. 

• Ensure seamless integration with EDB/Data Marketplace, data catalog/lineage, and MDM. 

• Drive adoption through reusable patterns, semantic APIs, and business-friendly consumption experiences. 

Governance & Lifecycle (Build–Maintain–Consume)

• Establish governance for semantic assets: ownership, versioning, change control, and compliance. 

• Oversee lifecycle management, quality standards, and mappings to internal and external reference data. 

• Ensure adherence to privacy, security, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR/CCPA). 

Integration & Interoperability

• Harmonize internal and vendor data (IQVIA, Komodo, Symphony) through canonical definitions and mappings. 

• Define end-to-end semantic data flows across CRM, sales, marketing, analytics, and platform ecosystems. 

Analytics, Insights & AI Enablement

• Partner with Data Science/I&A to deliver ontology-backed KPIs, semantic layers, and improved model accuracy. 

• Enhance discoverability, explainability, and reusability of enterprise data. 

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary advocate for semantic products across business, architecture, governance, and engineering teams. 

• Lead stakeholder alignment and drive organization-wide adoption of semantic standards. 

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering and enterprise analytics systems.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving environments with ambiguity, rapidly iterating on solutions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across business, engineering, and AI teams.
• Self-directed, outcome-oriented, and comfortable owning end-to-end data engineering delivery.

WHAT TAKEDA CAN OFFER YOU:

Takeda is a globally recognized Top Employer, investing heavily in people, learning, and innovation.  Opportunity to lead GenAI and agentic architecture initiatives that move beyond experimentation into real business impact.  Access to advanced platforms, continuous upskilling, and a collaborative ecosystem at the ICC in Bengaluru.

BENEFITS:

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening, weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 5 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in additional to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms 
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• No Meeting Days
• Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)

ABOUT ICC IN TAKEDA:

• Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We’re not just transforming our company; we’re improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
• As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

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Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time