Head of Data Science - Optima Partners
About this role
Optimapartners is hiring a Head of Data Science - Optima Partners in Edinburgh on a hybrid basis. It is a head-of or director-level IT Leadership & Management position. The advert mentions Python, Machine Learning, SQL and Databricks. This vacancy was detected on Optimapartners' own careers page; the full description and application form are there.
Summarised by ProdReady Recruitment from the vacancy's own details — the employer's full description is on their careers page.
What this role is, and what else it is called
Employers in Edinburgh advertise this kind of work as New Vacancy: Regional Engineering Manager (Northern England and Scotland), Head of Data Science and Engineering Manager too, so it is worth searching more than one wording. It is a head-of or director level IT Leadership & Management role in Edinburgh, advertised as hybrid, splitting time between home and the office.
About hiring at Optimapartners
Optimapartners has 12 other live technology roles on its careers page, across Data, AI & Machine Learning, IT Leadership & Management and Enterprise Applications. Of those, 0% are advertised as fully remote and 62% as hybrid. We have been observing Optimapartners hiring technology staff since June 2026. See all Optimapartners roles, salaries and stack.
How this role compares to the market
1,968 live UK roles list Python right now, from 583 employers. The median advertised salary is £80,000; 30% are advertised as remote. Browse Python roles.
1,142 live UK roles list Machine Learning right now, from 287 employers. The median advertised salary is £91,755; 41% are advertised as remote. Browse Machine Learning roles.
Edinburgh has 82 live IT vacancies across 29 employers, with a median advertised salary of £35,000. Browse Edinburgh roles.
Head-of and director-level roles make up 226 of the live UK IT market and advertise a median of £90,000.
Market figures are today's snapshot of live UK roles on employer careers pages; see hiring trends.
Technologies mentioned
Detected on Optimapartners's careers page. ProdReady Recruitment lists this vacancy as an aggregator and is not the employer; applications go to the employer's own site. More IT jobs in Scotland.