VP of Technology, Platform

We are Digital Science and we are advancing the research ecosystem. 

We are a pioneering technology company, and our vision is of a future where a trusted and collaborative research ecosystem drives progress for all. We believe in better, open, collaborative and inclusive research. In creating the next generation of tools and working in partnership with the community we tackle some of the biggest challenges to research. In order to achieve our vision, we need innovative, inspiring and dynamic people to join our team. Want to join us?

Your new role

DS has grown through acquisition, and its products, data and engineering practices have grown up separately. This role leads the move from that fragmented portfolio to one platform: a single data platform and shared services that every DS product builds on, run by engineering teams working to a consistent operating model.

The VP owns engineering best practice across the group, defines and rolls out a single Target Operating Model (TOM) for engineering, and leads the transformation of today's operating model onto it. The role also owns the foundational layers of the platform (data platform, identity and access, logging, licensing and other shared services) and is accountable for their adoption by product and engineering teams.

The core challenge is to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Products should share data, services and standards, while current customer commitments and revenue-critical data releases stay dependable through the transition. Success means a trusted, reusable and commercially valuable data foundation, less duplicated capability, and faster, more consistent delivery across DS.

The VP also works with the Chief AI Officer to deliver the AI plan, and manages the transition of DS engineering to an AI-first software development lifecycle (SDLC).