Head of Proprietary Data & Intelligence

Voltility; England; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Voltility is expanding its data acquisition leadership to build market-leading proprietary datasets for energy transition and data centre power markets. The Head of Content Acquisition will set collection strategies, drive high-value data point sourcing, and lead journalists, researchers and engineers who deliver trusted intelligence for customers.

You will oversee tooling, enrichment, and quality standards while cultivating a senior network across developers, utilities, offtakers, lenders and

Qualifications

• Senior track record leading research or data acquisition in a B2B data/market intelligence business.
• Deep knowledge of US power markets; storage, hybrid projects or data centre load a plus; established network.
• Proven ability to acquire proprietary information from market participants and turn it into repeatable processes.
• Fluent with SQL or equivalent; understands AI vs. deterministic web extraction capabilities.
• Experience defining and enforcing data quality standards.
• Capable of querying structured data and managing data workflows.
• European language skills are a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer and product data requirements into a collection and sourcing strategy.
• Own how Voltility's proprietary data is acquired and set routes for high‑value data points.
• Lead acquisition efforts personally, leveraging a senior network across developers, utilities, offtakers, lenders and advisers.
• Collaborate with engineering to improve data collection tooling and QA processes.
• Design and run the enrichment layer to add context and market detail to outputs.
• Manage data taxonomy and definitions to ensure consistent terminology.
• Set and police quality standards across sourcing, verification, confidence levels and update cadence.
• Lead and develop a team of squad leads, journalists and researchers with clear targets.

Skills

Data leadership

US power markets

Proprietary data acquisition

SQL

Structured data

Data quality standards

European languages

Tools

AI tooling

Web extraction (deterministic)

Job description

Voltility is expanding its data acquisition leadership to build market-leading proprietary datasets for energy transition and data centre power markets. The Head of Content Acquisition will set collection strategies, drive high-value data point sourcing, and lead journalists, researchers and engineers who deliver trusted intelligence for customers.

You will oversee tooling, enrichment, and quality standards while cultivating a senior network across developers, utilities, offtakers, lenders and