Do you want an exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding job with supportive and inspirational colleagues? Join our team!

At The Data Lab, we live by our values of Support, Respect, Innovate and Grow. By working with us, you have the opportunity to play an integral part in the growth of data, AI and innovation in Scotland – one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting fields in industry and academia. Most importantly, you will make a difference in people’s lives and help make Scotland a fairer and better place to live and work. 

Benefits

A career at The Data Lab will give you support, nurture your talents and reward your success. Benefits and entitlements include:

• A competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Defined benefits pension scheme
• Staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives
• Flexible working

Access the University of Edinburgh’s staff benefits page for further information and use the reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided. 

We aim to ensure equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone, irrespective of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race. Appointment will be based on merit alone. 

What jobs are available?

Business Development Executive – Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

Location: Aberdeen Hub and Edinburgh Head Office (hybrid working)
Contract: Fixed-term (18-month) contract, full-time 35 hours per week
Salary Grade: UE08 (£50,253 – £61,759 per annum)
Closing Date: 27 July 2026, 11:59pm

The Data Lab is seeking a business development executive aligned with the North East of Scotland’s strategic ambition to lead a just energy transition and diversify its economy through innovation-led growth in Digital Tech and Green Energy.  The role would suit an established, energetic team player with broad industry experience and a passion for working collaboratively to deliver positive economic and social benefits to Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and, by extension, Scotland as a whole. 

The job holder will be based at our Aberdeen Hub and will hold a key position within the Business Development Team.  Working closely with stakeholders across academia, industry and the third sector, the successful candidate will play an important part in supporting a cohesive ecosystem that delivers tangible economic and social benefits for the region. 

The activities of the role will leverage, support and enhance the effectiveness of our existing Business Development footprint and outreach.  In particular, this role will be tasked with giving practical effect to the North East Scotland Investment Zone (NESIZ) Digital Technology ambition by driving engagement with The Data Lab’s support to build leadership capability, accelerate adoption of data and AI across companies operating in the region, and to strengthen connections between emerging industry-ready data and AI talent from the region’s academic institutions and industry.