Smart Data has the potential to transform how markets work for consumers and businesses. At the heart of this transformation sitmercial models, incentives and liability frameworks that make data‑sharing trustworthy, sustainable and scalable.
We’re seeking an experiencedmercial & Liability Specialist to join the Smart Data Programme on a 6‑month contract. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how Smart Data schemes are designed,erned and sustained across multiple sectors.
The opportunityWorking at the centre ofernment alongside regulators, industry and policy leaders, you’ll influence:
1. Liability and risk frameworks that build trust and encourage participation
2. Cross‑schemeernance principles that will shape future regulation and secondary legislation under the Data (Use and Access) Act
3. Your work will directly inform the Smart Data Guidebook, sector‑specific Smart Data schemes and pilots.
What you’ll do:
4. Develop and assessmercial models for Smart Data schemes, including pricing, cost allocation and funding approaches
5. Advise on financial incentives and cost structures that drive adoption and sustainability
6. Shape liability and risk frameworks, including contractual arrangements, redress and consumer protections
7. Provide expert input to theernance workstream, embeddingmercial sustainability into oversight and assurance models
8. Lead development of the Guidebook chapter on Sustainability &mercial Models
9. Work with regulators, analysts and industry to test ideas and inform pilots
Experience required:
10. Experience designing, assessing or working on the design ofmercial and financial approaches in digital, data-intensive or regulated sectors.
11. Experience developing or advising on liability frameworks, contractual risk allocation orernance models.
12. Understanding of platform ecosystems, data-sharing models or interoperability frameworks.
13. Ability to work credibly with senior regulators, industry stakeholders andernment policy teams.
Desirable
14. Experience contributing to trust frameworks, assurance regimes or digital marketernance.
15. Experience engaging with HM Treasury, regulators orpetition authorities.
16. Experience in sectors likely to implement Smart Data schemes ( financial services, energy, tels, property, transport, digital markets).
17. Knowledge of public sectormercial, legal or procurement practice.
18. Familiarity with behavioural economics principles and adoption dynamics.
19. Exposure to financial incentive design, pricing strategy, cost allocation modelling or market design economics.
Why apply?This is a high‑impact role offering the chance to shape national data infrastructure, influence emerging regulation and design sustainable Smart Data markets that work for consumers and businesses alike.