Data Scientist

## Data Scientist Apply locations:
United Kingdom, Glasgow posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
June 24, 2026 (13 days left to apply) job requisition :
R-30026
** Data Scientist
**** Scottish Power HQ, Glasgow (hybrid)
**** Salary starting from £52,400 + up to 10% bonus & other excellent benefits
**** Permanent role (flexible working pattern)
**** Closing date: 24th of June 2026
***** Help us create a better future, quicker
*** The Data Scientist acts an embedded analytical partner within Digital product teams, serving as the data champion for their assigned domain(s). The role is accountable for delivering high-quality insights, owning KPIs and dashboards, and enabling evidence-based decision-making across Digital initiatives.

While working closely with product, engineering and leadership teams on day-to-day delivery, the role operates within central Data & Analytics standards, governance, and tooling to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability across Digital.

This is a permanent role with long-term ownership of metrics, insight capability, and analytical maturity within Digital.
*** What you’ll be doing
*** Insight & Analysis
* Analyse customer journeys, behaviours, funnels, and operational performance to generate actionable insights that influence Digital decision-making
* Lead deep-dive analyses on priority Digital problems, translating findings into clear recommendations

KPI & Dashboard Ownership
* Build, maintain, and own Power BI dashboards used by Digital stakeholders
* Define and maintain KPI logic, metric definitions, and documentation to ensure clarity and consistency

Experimentation & Measurement
* Design and analyse experiments (e.g. A/B tests, phased rollouts)
* Define success metrics and provide clear performance assessments and recommendations

Stakeholder Partnership
* Act as the first point of contact for analytical requests within assigned Digital areas
* Work closely with Product owners, BAs, and engineering to shape priorities using data

Data Quality & Governance
* Ensure data hygiene, consistent taxonomy, and adherence to Digital and central Data & Analytics standards
* Proactively identify and resolve data quality issues impacting insight or reporting
*** What you'll bring
**** Degree in related field or equivalent practical experience
* Advanced SQL skills with the ability to work with large, complex datasets
* Proven experience building dashboards to support business decision-making
* Experience working with digital analytics data
* Data Science skillset (Python for analysis, fundamental Machine Learning concepts) for deeper analysis or automation
* Familiarity with experimentation frameworks and measurement
* Experience working in a product-led or agile Digital environment
* Ability to operate effectively in an environment with changing priorities and incomplete information
*** Minimum Criteria
**** Strong Advanced SQL capability
* Proven experience developing dashboards for business users
* Experience working with large scale analytics data (e.g. GA4, web or app event data)
* Strong analytical thinking with the ability to turn data into clear, actionable insight
* Confident communicator, able to influence non-technical stakeholders
*** 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%.At Scottish Power, 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 Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
* Payroll giving and charity matched funding
* Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
* Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
* Electric…