Top Data Jobs in Edinburgh

Conduct fundamental credit research, assess capital structures and investment risk, and support security selection and portfolio construction. Use Python, SQL, AI, and analytical tools to improve research, monitoring, idea generation, and investment workflows. Collaborate with portfolio managers, analysts, and firm-wide teams to implement practical solutions, communicate research clearly, and contribute to evolving the Income team’s investment process.

Own the strategic direction, architecture, roadmap, governance, and adoption of the enterprise data platform. Translate business, engineering, and governance needs into platform capabilities and priorities; align architecture across data, platform, and solutions teams; sponsor strategic initiatives; represent the platform in governance forums; and resolve complex dependencies with engineering teams, stakeholders, and vendors.

Leads sustainability data and digital transformation initiatives across global supply chain operations. Owns Microsoft Sustainability Manager and related systems, sustainability reporting standards, data quality controls, dashboards, analytics, and the digital strategy roadmap. Partners with sustainability, reporting, digital transformation, procurement, and external vendor teams to support CSRD, UK SRS, auditability, regulatory readiness, and data-driven decision-making.

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable data pipelines supporting data science and advanced analytics. Manages reliable Airflow orchestration, delivers data engineering solutions using Databricks, and contributes to GitHub-based collaborative development, code reviews, and engineering standards. Partners with data scientists, supports controlled feature-led delivery, investigates root causes, and develops practical solutions. The role also values adaptability, continuous learning, and exposure to MLOps concepts and tooling.

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable data pipelines supporting data science and advanced analytics. Manages Airflow orchestration and delivers data engineering solutions using Databricks. Collaborates through GitHub, code reviews, and shared engineering standards in feature-led environments. Partners with data scientists, owns delivery outcomes, performs root-cause analysis, and continuously improves pipeline reliability, observability, and maintainability. Exposure to MLOps concepts and tooling is desirable.

Leads Save the Children’s global strategy for AI, digital, and data capability development. Drives enterprise-wide AI adoption, training, culture change, responsible AI governance, data literacy, and business intelligence initiatives. Influences executive and country leadership across a federated global organization, chairs cross-functional forums, manages strategic partnerships, and oversees capacity-building programs, resource allocation, and continuous improvement. The role also promotes inclusive, user-centered data products and ethical, effective use of AI.

Lead national business development for JDP’s UK data centre sector. Build relationships with developers, operators, consultants, contractors, and supply chain partners; secure product specifications and project opportunities; convert new business; manage the project pipeline and sales forecasts; and represent the company at industry events. The role sells drainage, ducting, cable protection, water management, and infrastructure solutions.

Leads Source to Pay data migration and supplier master data quality initiatives. Responsibilities include analyzing SAP and legacy data, profiling and cleansing supplier records, validating and reconciling migrations, resolving defects, strengthening governance, developing automation and quality frameworks, and monitoring data readiness. The role partners with procurement, finance, SAP, master data, and technical teams during enterprise transformation programs.

Leads a 25+ person organization of data scientists, machine learning engineers, and analytics engineers across Identity and Financial Crime. Owns data quality, governance, lineage, observability, fraud and financial-crime models, production performance, monitoring, retraining, and domain data products. Partners with engineering, product, risk, compliance, legal, and central data teams; influences upstream teams, develops managers and senior ICs, handles incidents, and scales hiring and technical strategy.

Supports clinical data science and management activities for clinical trials, including database development, eCRF and edit-check planning, user acceptance testing, external data coordination, risk assessment, documentation, study metrics, budget oversight, and compliance with SOPs. The role also coordinates data team activities, manages timelines, and communicates with internal teams and external vendors.

Lead the design and delivery of enterprise data architectures, strategies, governance frameworks, cloud platforms, and analytics solutions for defence, government, and regulated-sector clients. Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, requirements analysis, architecture documentation, technical governance, project lifecycle leadership, business-case development, and support for proposals and customer presentations. The role also contributes to data capability development, emerging technology evaluation, and AI-enabled transformation.

Own operational delivery for complex research customer projects, including participant acquisition, onboarding, verification, activation, quality monitoring, and supply development. Build project plans, workflows, playbooks, and scalable processes while optimizing participant funnels and operational metrics. Partner with product, data, science, and customer success teams to improve time-to-data, fill rates, participant quality, and customer outcomes across Prolific’s Research platform.

Develop statistical and machine learning models using soccer tracking and event data to support player recruitment decisions. Build spatio-temporal models, metrics, analyses, and interpretation tools; validate models; communicate findings to professional club clients; and partner with engineering on cloud deployment and production reliability. The role also includes code review, model maintenance, and advancing analytical methods.

Leads electrical design for hyperscale and mission-critical data centers across Europe. Responsibilities include managing HV/MV/LV systems, substations, utilities, consultants, permitting, project delivery, construction support, commissioning, and integrated systems testing. The role provides client-side technical leadership, reviews designs and project documents, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages risks and milestones, and ensures compliance with standards and operational requirements.

Lead the development and implementation of enterprise data governance frameworks, including ownership and stewardship models, data cataloging, definitions, quality, lineage, lifecycle management, data contracts, and metrics governance. Partner with Privacy, Information Security, Product, Engineering, and analytics teams to improve data trust, audit readiness, self-service discovery, and AI data readiness. Establish governance standards, monitor maturity and quality, and deliver organization-wide training.

Leads organization-wide data governance implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities include developing policies and standards, managing data quality and metadata, coordinating data ownership and stewardship, facilitating governance forums, monitoring compliance and KPIs, supporting audits, and advising stakeholders. The role requires advanced Power BI capability, strong data management expertise, change leadership, and effective collaboration across global teams.

Lead delivery and ongoing ownership of a modern, cloud-based data platform. Define migration and integration roadmaps, manage programme delivery, embed data governance, support data engineering teams, drive adoption, and optimise reporting, analytics and data quality to enable business decision-making.

Support international sales teams by creating accurate quotes, managing discounts and deal flow, coordinating cross-functional approvals, tracking renewals, training sales representatives, and improving quoting workflows. The role partners with Sales, Finance, Legal, Product, and Customer Success to accelerate deals, ensure policy compliance, and optimize revenue operations processes.

Manages compliance surveillance technology, data, and automation supporting second-line risk assurance. Performs alert and case reviews, control testing, system configuration, data analysis, and trend identification across investment, compliance, business risk, and financial crime areas. Translates assurance requirements into dashboards, queries, workflows, and continuous monitoring capabilities while validating AI and automation outputs, improving data quality, and reporting system performance and assurance findings to stakeholders.

Build the companys first data stack and data products (internal analytics and customer-facing). Work across data engineering, devops, and software tasks; ship early features, improve developer experience, document proposals, and iterate based on feedback.

Build and operate scalable cloud data pipelines, warehouses, transformation layers, and ML production systems. Lead data infrastructure architecture, warehouse performance optimization, DataOps monitoring, CI/CD improvements, data quality testing, and large-scale data product delivery. Collaborate across teams, promote data stewardship, and support batch and streaming pipelines while deploying, serving, and monitoring machine learning models.

Lead global market intelligence for Iron Mountain Data Centers by analyzing macro trends, cloud architectures, and power constraints; build GIS-based site selection tools; embed market data into underwriting and financial models; deliver investment recommendations and standardized market frameworks to executive leadership.

Leads Pure DC’s project management function across customer fit-outs, construction-to-operations handovers, lifecycle capital programmes, and internal projects. Owns customer relationships, budgets, contractor procurement, change management, commercial growth, risk, compliance, and delivery quality. Manages regional project teams and third-party partners across multiple geographies while establishing scalable governance, processes, and project controls.

Leads the FCA’s Agentic AI and Data Science Research function, setting AI strategy, governance, research ethics, data science standards, and long-term capability roadmaps. The role directs horizon scanning, responsible AI adoption, model assurance, and advanced analytics initiatives supporting regulation, financial crime reduction, and organisational effectiveness. It provides senior technical advice, leads multidisciplinary teams, develops talent, and influences executive, board, regulatory, and technology stakeholders.

Arcadis is building a talent network for experienced data centre project professionals for future European assignments. Potential roles include Project Director, CSA, electrical, or mechanical Project Manager, and Construction Manager. Responsibilities span multidisciplinary leadership, construction and infrastructure delivery, contractor coordination, programme, cost, safety, quality, commissioning, stakeholder management, and client relationships across hyperscale and mission-critical projects. Rotational assignments across Europe may be required.