VP Data / Knowledge Platforms (AI)

TL;DR

VP Data / Knowledge Platforms (AI): Building and scaling ontology-driven data and knowledge foundations, industrializing data pipelines, and establishing governance for hirify.global’s data assets. Focus on modernizing content management infrastructure and leveraging generative AI technologies, including LLM post-training, for analytical insights and narrative intelligence.

Location: Hybrid in Madrid, ES

Company

hirify.global is a global data and analytics business focused on the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries, providing insights to lead the transition to a sustainable future.

What you will do

• Define and maintain hirify.global’s corporate ontology and energy knowledge graph.
• Drive industrialization of data ingestion pipelines and ensure high-quality data integration.
• Establish data governance, lineage, and quality frameworks for all data assets.
• Oversee the architecture and evolution of the company’s content management systems, enabling AI-assisted authoring.
• Lead initiatives applying LLMs and GenAI to enhance content creation, summarization, and synthesis.
• Partner cross-functionally to align data, content, and AI strategies and champion data/AI literacy.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in data engineering, knowledge management, or digital content systems.
• Proven track record leading large-scale data or CMS platform transformations.
• Expertise in data governance, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and API-based data distribution.
• Experience integrating LLMs and GenAI into data or content workflows.
• Strong technical foundation in data and content architectures (e.g., Snowflake, lakehouse, headless CMS, vector databases, RAG frameworks).
• Deep understanding of metadata standards, taxonomy management, and semantic enrichment.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and trusting work environment.
• Customer-committed and future-focused approach.
• Emphasis on curiosity and turning knowledge into action.