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# Chief Data Officer

- **Company:** Police Scotland
- **Location:** Glasgow, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Sharing, Information Management, Cloud Platform System
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/chief-data-officer/police-scotland-job107924570

## About the Role

* Experience of creating or running a business intelligence or data function
 * Several years of demonstrated ability leading high-performance teams toward the successful attainment of challenging goals
 * Strategic understanding of modern data platforms, analytics technologies, cloud-based architectures and AI-enabled services
 * Able to work across business lines at a senior level to influence and effect change to achieve common goals
 * Proven track record of leading complex, multidisciplinary data teams
 * Ability to asset ideas and persuade others to gain support across an organisation or to adopt new behaviours
 * Strong leadership, communication and negotiation skills with business and technical groups
 * Demonstrable collaboration with strategic leaders to agree

## Description

Police Scotland is now recruiting for a Chief Data Officer to lead our data driven initiatives. This is a business leadership role focused on leveraging data, AI and wider innovation to drive operational and business value to Police Scotland, foster a data-driven culture, and ensure the effective governance and utilisation of data across the organisation.

In this executive role you will contribute to the effective leadership of Police Scotland, maintaining a focus on its purpose and vision through rigorous analysis and challenge and the provision of professional advice, enabling decision-makers to take timely and informed business decisions.

As part of the team working in the Chief Data Office, you can make a real difference by supporting the provision of the Data Governance Framework across the data estate within the second largest police force in the UK.

Key Responsibilities -

 * Accountable for developing, leading and delivering on all aspects of the data/information management strategy in line with the organisation's strategic objectives and policing strategies
 * Provide strategic leadership and governance for the ethical, lawful and transparent use of advanced analytics, automation and artificial intelligence, ensuring appropriate safeguards, bias mitigation and human oversight are embedded
 * Provide leadership and direction in transforming the way we use data to support evidence-based decision-making at strategic, tactical and operational levels
 * Lead Police Scotland's data partnership ecosystem, enabling secure, ethical and outcome-focused data sharing across the justice system, wider public sector and trusted third-party partners
 * Lead and develop the team to effectively deliver against agreed operational and strategic plans and measure effectiveness of these
 * Influence national and local decision-making at executive, divisional and local boards on the strategic importance of data, AI and emerging technologies as an enabler to Police Scotland delivering against its organisational objectives
 * Manage the financial resources allocated for Chief Data Office activities, including strategic budget planning (in excess of £10 million) and allocation of resources and will be responsible for managing and assessing risk within all areas of managerial/supervisory responsibility