Data Acquisition Lead

The role

You will own the sourcing, evaluation, and commercial management of data sources. You will build a supplier and partner portfolio and partner with Engineering, Product, Partnerships, Finance, and Legal.

What you will do

• Find and qualify providers and partners against coverage, quality, capacity, and cost requirements
• Structure vendor trials, run benchmarks, and analyze results
• Compare effective costs across pricing models
• Negotiate pricing, service commitments, support arrangements, renewals, and exit terms
• Maintain qualified alternatives and identify overlapping infrastructure or correlated failure risks
• Lead vendor performance reviews and recommend changes in allocation
• Coordinate onboarding and sourcing documentation with Engineering, Finance, and Legal
• Own vendor contracts and spend
• Partner cross functionally to resolve provider issues
• Help build and scale the data acquisition team

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with external data or web data providers and partners
• Strong commercial judgment with examples of negotiations and measurable operating improvements
• Familiarity with data contract terms such as DPAs, usage rights, and indemnification
• Ability to use SQL and/or Python to inspect results, run evaluations, and challenge vendor claims
• Practical understanding of various data provider types, web data APIs, various data collection schemes, and common failure modes
• Evidence of introducing a working alternative provider or improving coverage, reliability, or effective cost

Nice to have

• Experience with unique data sets

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity
• Full range of benefits and perks

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is supported for qualified international candidates

About the company

Profound is an AI marketing platform used by the Fortune 500. It provides data on what people ask AI and what models say back.