Chief Data Officer
Salary £ 81,466-£91,941
Edinburgh (with remote-first ways of working)
Vacancy listed 13/08/2025
Application deadline 07/09/2025
Details
About the job
The Chief Data Officer is part of the RDS Leadership team, with responsibility for establishing and overseeing the range of programmes that source the portfolio of datasets available for use in research. They will lead a cross-functional team to develop and execute the tactics that broaden and maintain a collection of research data. They’ll work closely with senior leaders and colleagues across the public sector to drive system-wide operational efficiency and demonstrate trustworthiness in how data is used. 
About you
This is a senior leadership position and central to the delivery of a wide-ranging data transformation agenda. Collaboration is vital in this role, so you’ll feel confident to build strong enduring relationships and have natural skills to influence others and bring people on the change journey with you. You are ambitious, resilient and pragmatic, understanding the complexity of our environment means change is rarely linear!  

The attached recruitment pack contains additional details.
Benefits

* Flexible working - remote first and we work a four day (32 hours) week
* 30 days annual leave (inc public holidays)
* Generous pension
* Enhanced parental leave
* Flexible benefits (Cycle to work, Charity Giving, Dental Insurance)

Attached documents
Title File
Chief Data Officer Recruitment Pack CDO_Recruitment_Pack.pdf
RDS Equalities Monitoring Form HRF020_-_RDS_Equalities_Monitoring_Form.docx