Data Centre Research Squad Lead in London

Voltility is a market intelligence platform for the people building, powering and financing the energy transition and data centre power markets. We track battery storage and hybrid power projects across the US and Europe, and in 2026 launched data-centre power coverage. Following new investment we’re growing the team quickly, so this is a chance to join early and help shape the business at an exciting time.

The Research Squad Lead for Data Centre (Load) leads Voltility's coverage of large-load demand in the US: data centres and other large energy users, how they procure power and the utility and grid processes that serve them. You’ll become the subject-matter expert the US large-load power market wants to talk to. You’ll decide which sites, deals and processes to go after, build the network to get there, and combine market intelligence with AI-collected data to create the profiles and data sets our customers rely on. It's a doing role as much as a leading one: you’ll be in the market building the data yourself, while coaching a small team of journalists and researchers to do the same.

Key responsibilities:

• Own the squad's large-load data sets and profiles end to end, from collection and enrichment through to delivery.
• Build and maintain an active network across the US large-load power market, from data centres to industrial and other large energy users.
• Run outbound collection. Identify targets, make contact, trade insight for information and log what is learnt.
• Work hand in hand with journalists to decide where to push, what to chase and how to turn scoops into structured data.
• Lead QA across the squad's load data and direct the research team's checks of tech-led data.
• Shape new researchers into proprietary collectors, coaching them on outbound, sourcing and market knowledge.
• Set and track squad collection targets.
• Verify data to the agreed standard before it is published, and record source and confidence.
• Monitor the utility, grid and regulatory developments that affect large loads in priority markets, and flag changes that matter.
• Stay on top of the public and non-proprietary sources for the squad's market, working with leadership and engineering to add new sources and keep existing ones current.
• Use the collection tooling for non-proprietary load data and enrich its output with context and market detail. Specify to engineering which further data points can be collected or pre-populated, and test what is built.
• Support the commercial team with subject-matter input to demonstrations and client questions.

Suggested experience:

• Working knowledge of US large-load demand, especially data centres, and the power side of it.
• Background in research, journalism, consulting, development or utility planning with direct exposure to data centre or other large-load power deals.
• An existing network in the US data centre or wider large-load power market, and evidence of getting information from it.
• Experience managing or guiding junior colleagues; rigorous with sourcing and verification.

At Voltility, we believe great ideas come from people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and succeed. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to fair and equal opportunities in line with the Equality Act 2010. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know.