Business Development Executive - North

Full time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: Until July 2027

The opportunity:

This is a high profile role requiring a strong business development and technical background. The success of this role is important to the success of a significant element of The Data Lab target business.

The Business Development Executive – North (BDE) will be responsible for a particular market sector and a geographic area in Scotland focused on Aberdeen; Dundee; Stirling; Inverness and surrounding areas. The role will report directly to the Director for Partnerships and Business Development (DfPBD) and on occasion there may also be a requirement to deputise for the DfPBD.

The BDE will be a member of a small team and their place of work will be located in The Data Lab hub in Aberdeen. The BDE’s target, over a 3 year period, will be to deliver their share of The Data Lab’s Business Development targets (circa 30%).

The Data Lab enables cutting edge data and AI innovation while also helping all sectors practically implement data and AI in a responsible and productive way to solve real world challenges to both economic and societal problems in Scotland and beyond. Our support includes connecting academic and industry specialists to drive positive change through innovation in addition to helping individuals to further their careers in data and AI.

We offer services including CPD (Online and facilitated education); an MSc Student program for Data Science and AI students; The Data Lab Community; our Partner Program; Innovation Funding initiatives and collaborative project opportunities between academia and industry amongst many others. The successful candidate will have experience of some or all of these areas and experience working in a role related to CPD and online education would be advantageous.

About The Data Lab

The Data Lab is Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI. The Data Lab was founded in 2014 as part of Scotland’s Innovation Centres programme.Through hubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen  we foster innovation through collaboration, build skills and grow talent, and champion Scotland’s data science community.

At The Data Lab we live by our values of Support, Respect, Innovate and Growth.

The Mission & Challenge

At The Data Lab (www.thedatalab.com), our purpose is to change lives and make Scotland a more productive and sustainable place by transforming the way we use data. We are helping to create a highly skilled workforce and a closely connected business, academic and public sector community. Our aim is to turn Scotland into a thriving, data-driven economy. This is an exciting opportunity to help us drive responsible and ethical innovation in data and AI for the good of Scotland and beyond.

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