ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow (hybrid)
Salary starting from £52,400 + up to 10% bonus & private health cover
Closing date- 27th of February 2026
Help us create a better future, quicker
The DP&C function is responsible for providing technology & culture services across all ScottishPower businesses in the UK. Technical leadership is fundamental to the future of IT within Scottish Power as our business processes rely increasingly more on the data & AI foundations. The Data Scientist role will be based in Glasgow but may include some travel within the Iberdrola Group. You will report to the Data & AI Governance Lead and work with a team of with a wide range of experience in various existing and evolving complex information data forums. You will be instrumental in influencing key data decisions, and group alignment, through industry trend analysis, engagements in group wide forums and business engagements.
You will be a highly motivated multi skilled Data scientist who will have significant experience across multiple data analytics and reporting tool sets gained through direct experience in technology domains such as cloud, CICD, DevOps, application development, Integration, Data & Analytics, digital services, application installation & configuration experience would also be beneficial (SaaS,PaaS,IaaS)
This is a highly scientific role requiring strong people and analytics skills to work closely with different domains locally and globally to support ScottishPower Businesses, IT Business Managers, Infrastructure Managers teams and the wider Digital Transformation & Architecture team. An ability to speak in technical & non-technical terms, tailoring the message to the audience is essential. Clearly understands the tactical goals for own area and monitors, organises and delegates work on a day-to-day basis to drive successful delivery.
You will be a self-starter and a continuous learner in technology, keeping abreast of the industry trends with your team, working with external parties to enhance and develop deep IT knowledge on technology trends. This position requires the ability to identify opportunities to use technology to deliver services that are more effective. To do this, the role holder must be able to influence and communicate successfully with the relevant parties inside and outside of the company while remaining accountable for the outcomes.
What You’ll Be Doing
- With responsibility of your team, design and review new solutions with specific focus on modern-day platform data requirements
- Be the data science lead and direct the team involved in researching, reviewing, and making recommendations on any new solutions a perspective of design, technical fit and alignment with global standards
- Support the yearly IT budget and planning process in Scottish Power for technology alignment to business requirements
- Analyse data solutions and technologies and make recommendations based on knowledge of the organisation's current and future needs
- Demonstrate Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- Business acumen to align AI solutions with strategic goals
- Lead comprehensive product / application evaluation and selection activities
- Prepare presentations, documents, diagrams, models, and other artefacts as required to communicate analysis, recommendations, or designs
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to understand the needs for the various software applications
- Understand technology trends and the practical application of existing, new and emerging data technologies to identify and develop new and innovative capabilities, working with vendors as needed to bring them to life
- Define high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the current and future state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes
What you’ll bring
As a Data Scientist, you will have a broad experience across various current modern day IT principles
- Significant experience of various data system architectures, application technologies, data architectures, and infrastructures to support key IT initiatives.
- In depth experience more than one of technical layers:
- Traditional 3 Tier Architecture
- Database Architecture
- Cloud Computing
- Data & Analytics
- Integration & middleware
- Desktop technology
- IT Security
- Digital platforms
- Demonstrate knowledge of data layer and IT delivery
- Programming: Python, R, SQL
- Machine Learning: Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch
- AI Techniques: Deep Learning, NLP, Computer Vision
- Data Engineering: Pandas, Spark, Hadoop
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (S3, Lambda, SageMaker), Azure ML
- Data Visualisation: Tableau, Power BI, Matplotlib
- Infrastructure & Application Virtualisation platforms
- Operating Systems (Windows OS & Linux OS)
- Application Servers including JBOSS, Tomcat, .Net
- IT platforms including Containers
- Container Platforms (OpenShift / EKS / AKS)
- Cloud IaaS and PaaS experience preferably on MS Azure & AWS
- Data Platforms (On-Premise & Cloud Hosted) including Oracle / SQL Server / Postgres databases
- Demonstrable experience in an ability to research, analyse and recommend new technologies and software applications to meet the company’s needs
- Experience of creating and maintaining data analytics documentation
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to express complex technical issues in an easily understood manner
- Up-to-date knowledge on IT security industry trends, attack techniques, mitigation techniques, security technologies and new and evolving threats to the organisation
- Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
- Knowledge of information principles and processes
- Understanding of IT network and security
- Understanding and knowledge of IT standards and controls
- Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations and how they relate to achieving targeted business outcomes
- Ability to estimate the financial impact of technology alternatives
- Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes
- Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models
- Demonstrated ability to work well with others and be respected as a leader
Minimum Criteria
- Significant experience of Data Lifecycle across modern domains such as cloud, containers, application development
- Significant IT experience gained from working in a number of Technical Client Service based roles in a technical function
- Record of academic achievement, including some form of recognised qualification from further education with a strong technical degree
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Numerate and able to deal with finances for the purposes of managing budgets or contracts with IT costing, suppliers
- Must be a proven team player to work, promote and consolidate efficient team working relationships
- Willingness to travel by aircraft internationally on business
What’s In It For You
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
Benefits
At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Schemes
- Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
- Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
- Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why ScottishPower
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
Mobility
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.
IMPORTANT
Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before
Job Posting End Date below
February-27-2026
