Engineering Manager
This is an SCS1-equivalent position, where you will shape one of the UKs most significant public data programmes building the platforms that will power discovery, policy, and innovation for years to come.
Details
Reference number
474466
Salary
£86,731 - £96,368
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
Job grade
Other
UKRI Band H
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
UKRI - Digital and Technology
Type of role
Information Technology
Working pattern
Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
Location
Swindon, South West England, SN2 1FL
Job summary
Deputy Director of Data Technology
UK Research & Innovation
Permanent
£86,731£96,368 per year
Swindon (1-2 days per week onsite)
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) is seeking a permanent Deputy Director of Data Technology. This is an SCS1-equivalent position, where you will shape one of the UKs most significant public data programmes building the platforms that will power discovery, policy, and innovation for years to come. You will be joining a collaborative organisation with a unique mission to advance knowledge, improve lives, and drive growth, that values inclusion, professional growth, and impact at scale.
Job description
UKRI is investing in the future of research and innovation and data is at the heart of it. We are building a modern, cloud-native, AI-ready data ecosystem to unlock insights, power discovery, and strengthen UK competitiveness.
We invest £10 billion of public funding each year to support world-class research and innovation. From medicines and climate research to advanced engineering and AI, our investments help advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth. These projects are undertaken across Universities, companies and other research organisations (including UKRIs own institutes and centres) in the UK and internationally.
UKRI offers flexible working arrangements, strong commitment to professional development, and an exciting chance to collaborate with talented colleagues across multiple research councils solving challenging problems at the intersection of data, governance, and organisational transformation.
As Deputy Director of Data Technology, you will provide the technical leadership that turns UKRI's data strategy into reality.
Acting as our enterprise authority for data technology, you'll set the standards, platforms and architecture that enable UKRI to operate as a single data-driven organisation. This role sits at the centre of UKRI's ambitions for modern data platforms, AI-enabled insight and trusted research intelligence.
Posted July 31, 2026