Head of Data Product Commercialisation

Head of Data Product Commercialisation

Edinburgh or Glasgow Office + Hybrid working

Salary £62,144 - £77,232

Benefits 28.97% Pension + 42 days annual holiday

Your new role

Working for the Registers of Scotland, this role will lead the development of a clear roadmap for customer data products and licensing, supporting the organisation's commercial strategy, customer service, responsible data use, innovation, and growth.

The postholder will work closely with the client account function to ensure customer insight, account intelligence, service feedback and commercial opportunities inform the customer data product roadmap and route-to market activity, and line management responsibility is likely as the function and operating model develop.

About the Organisation

Registers of Scotland (RoS) manages 21 land, property and other legal registers which are a critical asset for the Scottish economy. They aim to provide the best public service for Scotland and are on a mission to make some of the oldest public land registers in the world into some of the most modern.

Responsibilities

Lead data licensing reviews and improvements across the organisation.

Develop and manage a roadmap for data products, licensing, and commercial opportunities, aligned with business and customer priorities.

Identify opportunities to simplify licensing and support growth, customer needs, and responsible data use.

Provide expert advice on how to bring new and existing data products to market.

Lead the development of new customer data products.

Ensure strong governance, oversight, and decision-making.

Produce clear, evidence-based recommendations.

Lead the client account management team, overseeing customer relationships, account plans, and commercial opportunities.

Manage the data licensing and strategy budget.

Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver priorities, manage risks, and resolve issues.

Manage supplier relationships and data licensing contracts.

Experience needed

Experience developing and managing data products and services, with knowledge of data licensing and contracts.

Strong commercial and financial awareness, balancing customer needs, risk, budgets, and value for money.

Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

Experience working with public sector or regulated data, including governance and transparency requirements.

Knowledge of data product pricing, commercial negotiations, supplier and customer contracts, and budget management.

Nationality and immigration status

In general, only nationals from the following countries (and associations of countries) are eligible for employment in the Civil Service: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Commonwealth. EU nationals (with settled or pre-settled status), certain EEA nationals, Swiss and Turkish nationals are also eligible for employment. Detailed provisions on determining eligibility on the grounds of nationality and, where relevant, immigration status can be reviewed here
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed