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About Registers of Scotland (RoS)

Registers of Scotland is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. We hold the answer to the question, "Who owns Scotland?" We're a modern, digital organisation and our success relies on building a diverse team of dedicated, skilled and motivated people.

The role

RoS is continuing to develop its approach to data licensing and customer data products as part of the commercial strategy, ensuring that licensing arrangements support high-quality customer service, responsible data reuse, digital innovation and sustainable commercial growth. As RoS develops new ways to share and deliver data, including digital and API-enabled services, this role will lead the development of a clear, evidence-based customer data product roadmap as part of the commercial strategy. The role will provide authoritative specialist commercialisation and licensing expertise to shape future priorities, sequence delivery, strengthen route-to-market options and drive the conceptualisation and marketisation of new and existing customer data products.

The postholder will work collaboratively with colleagues within and outside RoS, including the Senior Statistician, property and land data experts, commercial, legal, digital and customer specialists, and will work closely with the client account function to ensure customer insight, account intelligence and commercial opportunities inform roadmap priorities and route-to-market activity. The role is likely to include line management responsibility, supporting objectives, performance and development for relevant colleagues as the function evolves. They will conceptualise customer data products and work with DDAT and other delivery partners to develop products that meet customer needs and support responsible, evidence-based use of RoS data. They will provide matrix leadership through collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, lead supplier relationships related to data licensing contracts, and hold responsibility for the data licensing and strategy budget, ensuring resources and delivery plans are aligned to the agreed customer data product roadmap and commercial strategy.

The postholder will work closely with DDAT and other delivery partners to turn roadmap priorities into deliverable data products and services, and with the client account function to support route-to-market activity, customer engagement, sales opportunities and income generation.

This role will act as the subject matter expert for reviewing, improving and assuring data licensing arrangements, ensuring RoS has a coherent customer data product roadmap that translates customer insight, commercial opportunity, specialist data expertise, policy considerations and delivery constraints into practical priorities, milestones and decisions.

Job description

On a typical day you will…

• Lead and coordinate data licensing review activity- Provide specialist advice on data licensing approaches across public, commercial and digital service contexts, working with internal colleagues and external advisers where appropriate to support effective delivery.

• Own the development of the customer data product roadmap as part of the commercial strategy- Lead the development of a clear organisation-wide roadmap for customer data products, licensing approaches and commercialisation, ensuring priorities are practical, sequenced, proportionate and aligned with strategic, customer and commercial objectives.

• Translate roadmap priorities into improved licensing approaches- Identify, prioritise and drive opportunities to simplify and improve licensing arrangements, ensuring changes are sequenced through the roadmap and support customer needs, responsible data reuse, effective delivery and sustainable commercial growth.

• Provide authoritative strategic advice on routes to market- Provide expert advice and evidence-based recommendations on route-to-market options for new and existing data products, considering customer needs, delivery models, partnerships, risk, value and commercial opportunities.

• Lead roadmap-led development of new customer data products- Lead cross-functional work with colleagues within and outside RoS, including the Senior Statistician, property and land data experts, commercial, legal, digital and customer specialists, to develop new and existing customer data products and services, ensuring the customer data product roadmap reflects licensing, pricing, delivery, data quality, customer, supplier, policy and commercial considerations from the outset.

• Influence and lead delivery across RoS and with external partners- Provide expert advice, professional leadership and constructive challenge to multidisciplinary teams including Commercial Services, Legal, Data & Analytics, Digital, Business Development, the Senior Statistician, property and land data experts, and relevant external partners, influencing decisions and enabling delivery across live projects and programmes.

• Ensure robust governance and assurance- Ensure licensing and data product approaches are evidence-based, proportionate, responsibly managed and aligned with relevant legal, commercial and public sector considerations, escalating risks and recommending mitigations where required.

• Produce clear, evidence-based roadmap recommendations- Own the development of high-quality analysis, options appraisals, prioritisation proposals and recommendations to support senior decisions on the customer data product roadmap, licensing approaches and future commercial opportunities.

• Work closely with the client account function- Work closely with the client account function to ensure account insight, customer relationships, service feedback and commercial opportunities inform roadmap priorities, route-to-market activity, customer outcomes, income generation and continuous improvement.

• Manage the data licensing and strategy budget- Hold responsibility for the data licensing and strategy budget, ensuring resources are planned, monitored and prioritised effectively to support delivery of licensing, the customer data product roadmap and commercial strategy, while demonstrating value for money and appropriate financial control.
• Provide collaborative leadership across multidisciplinary delivery- Provide leadership, coordination and direction through collaboration with colleagues across Commercial Services, Legal, Data & Analytics, Digital, Business Development and operational areas, ensuring shared priorities, clear responsibilities, effective delivery plans and timely resolution of issues, dependencies and risks.

• Lead supplier relationships for data licensing contracts- Lead and manage supplier relationships connected to data licensing contracts, ensuring contractual obligations, service expectations, performance measures, risks and commercial opportunities are actively managed in line with RoS governance, value-for-money requirements and customer outcomes.

Person specification

Essential Criteria – Skills and Attributes for Success

Technical

We will assess you against the following Technical skills during the application and assessment process:

• Data Product Commercialisation and Licensing: Expert knowledge of data product commercialisation, licensing frameworks, contractual arrangements and route-to-market models.
• Commercial and Financial Evaluation: Strong understanding of pricing models, commercial appraisal, financial evaluation and value assessment for data products and services.
• Data Governance and Regulatory Context: Strong understanding of the legal, regulatory, governance and public value considerations associated with the use and commercialisation of public sector data.

Experience

We will assess you against the following Experience during the application and assessment process:

• Development and commercialisation of data products and services, translating customer needs, market opportunities, organisational priorities and relevant legal or contractual frameworks into deliverable products, roadmaps and customer solutions.
• Working within statutory or regulated data environments, balancing governance, policy and public value with commercial objectives.
• Leadership of teams, client accounts and multidisciplinary delivery.
• Application of pricing models, commercial negotiation, supplier management and financial planning to support product and service delivery.

Behaviours

At application and assessment stage, you will be scored against all Behaviours:

Communicating and Influencing

• Communicate complex commercial, licensing and data product issues clearly to senior stakeholders, tailoring messages to secure understanding, engagement and informed decision-making.
• Build credibility and influence across multidisciplinary teams and external partners, using evidence and insight to gain support for strategic priorities and delivery outcomes.

Seeing the Bigger Picture

• Shape customer data product and licensing priorities by balancing customer needs, commercial opportunities, public value, organisational strategy and delivery constraints.
• Consider the wider impact of decisions on customers, partners and the organisation, ensuring long-term benefits, sustainability and strategic objectives are achieved.

Changing and Improving

• Identify and lead opportunities to improve data products, licensing approaches and commercial models that enhance customer outcomes and organisational value.
• Challenge existing approaches and drive innovation, ensuring improvements are embedded and deliver measurable benefits.

Making Effective Decisions

• Use evidence, data, commercial insight and professional judgement to evaluate complex issues, make informed decisions and provide clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Balance risk, customer impact, commercial opportunity, legal considerations and value for money when setting priorities and determining the best course of action.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £62,144, Registers of Scotland contributes £18,003 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

This job is for you if you want…

• • Work with purpose: working for the people of Scotland to set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.
  • Flexible and hybrid working: depending on the role and team requirements, work when and where it’s best for you and your stakeholders.
  • Benefits: enjoy pay progression, pension contributions of up to 28.97%, up to a year’s parental leave, and 42 days annual holiday.
  • Investment in professional development: we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.
  • Diversity and Inclusion: We are an ‘Investor in People’ and a ‘Disability Confident’ employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.
  • Positive work culture: RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading-edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.

Stage one - Application Process

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You will need to submit:

1. A CV outlining your career history and how you meet the technical/experience criteria (max 4 pages).
2. A Statement of suitability (1000-1500 words) detailing how you meet the behaviours for the role. Please use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) in your examples.
3. Your CV and Supporting statement should be submitted as a single MS Word file.

Please note:

• If we receive a high volume of applications, we may complete an initial sift on the essentialTechnical

• Applications that are not accompanied by CVs will not be scored or statements over 1500 words will not be considered.

• We strongly advise you review our policy on responsible use of AI in the application process. RoS may contact you for a pre-screening call to verify your responses.
• Applications and appointments are subject to a strict merit-based assessment process, in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.

Stage two – Assessment

If successful at application stage, you will be invited to an in-person interview at our Edinburgh office which will include the following:

• A behaviour-based interview
• An applied exercise aligned to the essential criteria which will involve some preparation work in advance of the day. Sufficient notice will be given.

Behaviour-based interview questions will be shared with candidates 15 minutes before the assessment begins. This will allow you time to review them and think about the examples you want to use, and how to position them.

You are permitted to bring brief notes from your preparation into the interview to support your responses.

Information on Success Profiles

For further information on success profiles, visit our Success Profiles.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Talent Acquisition
• Email : talent@ros.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : talent@ros.gov.uk

Further information

Further information
For further information relating to RoS, including:
•Additional details on pay & benefits
•The Civil Service Code
•Complaints process
•Use of AI in the application/recruitment process,
Please view our additional information page online

If you have any questions, please contact talent@ros.gov.uk