Job Description
Data Science Manager — Corporate Data & Digital Transformation (Confidential)
Location: Glasgow, hybrid & flexible working.
About the company
A leading UK engineering & services group, multi-site with nationwide offices and 1,000+ colleagues, is investing heavily in digital transformation. We’re moving beyond legacy Excel/Power BI reporting to a modern, scalable data capability.
The opportunity
We’re hiring a Data Science Manager to own the corporate (non-operations) data agenda — setting the strategy, building the platform, creating governance, and growing a team. You’ll work closely with the senior leadership team and have direct reports from day one, with further hires planned (Data Scientist, Data Analyst, Data Controllers).
What you’ll lead
1. Define and deliver the corporate data strategy (architecture, governance, data quality, MDM, metadata & lineage).
2. Modernise the stack beyond Excel/Power BI into a robust analytics platform (e.g., cloud data lake/warehouse, ELT/ETL, semantic models, self-serve BI).
3. Establish data governance and trusted KPI frameworks across Finance, People, Commercial, HSEQ, Procurement and ...