Principal Digital Specialist – Digital Strategy & Architecture

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

Join Us in Shaping the Future June 2025

At Scottish Water were looking for a Principal Enterprise Architect to join our Digital Strategy & Architecture team a pivotal role focused on developing and maintaining our Digital Strategy steering digital investment and guiding our ongoing digital transformation journey.

Our Digital Strategy is clear : Digitally Leading Scottish Water through innovative solutions that add value are secure easy to use and always on. As we look ahead to Strategic Review 2027 youll play a key role in embedding this strategy across our organisation enabling sustainable growth and operational excellence. This is your opportunity to shape a digital future where technology meets environmental responsibility customer excellence and value for money.

We are actively transforming how we operate manage assets and deliver capital investment. From implementing an industry-leading Enterprise model for capital delivery to enhancing our 24 / 7 operational performance through new technologies and smarter ways of working this is transformation at scale.

Our investment in cloud-based IT services is helping us drive greater efficiency and security across our estate. Smart network technologies are enhancing our Wastewater Intelligent Network making real-time data on combined sewer overflows publicly accessible. And with over 1BN per year invested in our assets we continue to seek savings and elevate the customer experience through digital enablement automation and artificial intelligence.

As Principal Enterprise Architect you will ensure delivery of the corporate digital strategy by building strong partnerships across Scottish Water and our supply chain. You will understand and champion business needs ensuring they are supported by digital in a way that enables success.

In this role youll maintain and evolve the Scottish Water Digital Strategy and digital investment policy. Youll develop trusted relationships between digital and functional teams across the organisation and beyond translating emerging needs into actionable domain-level architecture views and plans. Your expertise will help inform future designs and prototypes of digital products and services aligned to business outcomes.

Youll collaborate with teams to define both current (AS-IS) and future (TO-BE) state capabilities supporting the transition to a digitally enabled future. Working closely with our wider architecture community youll ensure roadmap alignment provide strategic advice and bring digital innovation to life through people process and technology.

Youll apply principles and policies that ensure alignment to our Digital Strategy while playing an active role in sharing knowledge and understanding best practice across the industry. Youll also evaluate emerging technologies for their potential impact and usefulness to Scottish Water mentoring others and supporting continuous improvement in architectural services.

Were particularly excited about opportunities in automation and AI and youll be helping us explore prototype and scale these technologies to deliver meaningful outcomes.

To be successful in this role youll bring :

Proven leadership and decision-making skills and the self-awareness to lead with impact

Strong communication and influencing abilities at senior levels

A good grasp of modern tech stacks and the implications for enterprise architecture

Strategic understanding of cloud IT solutions quality standards and regulatory frameworks

The ability to de-mystify complex digital concepts for a wide audience

Experience in enterprise and / or solution architecture (business data apps infra)

Solid analysis critical thinking and stakeholder engagement skills

Knowledge of AI automation and data-driven transformation

Familiarity with industry architecture frameworks and best practices

Capability to model and present architectural views to support business clarity

An understanding of our ambitions and challenges as a water utility

Practical experience working with contractors and consultants on complex projects

Insight into change management delivery practices commercial risk and project delivery

Were looking for someone who is grounded in real-world architecture who builds solutions that deliver measurable value. Someone who thrives in collaboration and is passionate about harnessing the power of AI to optimise enhance and evolve how we work in support of Scottish Waters mission to lead digitally.

If youre a forward-thinking architect or change professional with the technology insight and business acumen to drive real transformation we want to hear from you.

Looking out for you

While the work we do is important we know its not the only thing that matters. Thats why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.

Youll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption maternity and parental leave. And for the everyday We embrace flexible working.

For your future theres our defined benefits contribution pension scheme (the know-what-youll-get-when-you-retire kind) as well as life insurance.

As for some nice extras You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash handy rewards that can save you money on holidays bills and shopping.

The not-so-small print

This role will be a Grade 8. If youre new to Scottish Water youll join us on a salary between 48900- 68510 depending on your skills and experience. Performance-driven pay progression will then allow you to move through the range to the maximum salary.

This role offers hybrid working - you can be based anywhere in the Central Belt as long as youre within commuting distance of our office hubs in Edinburgh Dundee Inverness or Stepps (near Glasgow).

If youre interested in this role or know someone else who might be - well be accepting applications until midnight on the 28th July 2025.

Provisional Interview Dates : 5th and 6th August - Stepps office near Glasgow

Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening e.g. referencing criminal record checks license checks etc. These checks are conducted on our behalf by a third party. Dont worry - well ask your permission before starting these checks.

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A few final things worth knowing

Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If youre interested in this job but dont tick all the boxes apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So dont rule yourself out!

Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). Were also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events like menopause. Were very used to making adjustments so please dont be afraid to ask.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland its important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you dont already live here youll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Finally (finally!) candidates who havent submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You wont need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.

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Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Civil,Bidding,GIS,Capital Market,Cement,Agricultural

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 48900 - 68510