Data Procurement Lead

GPTZero; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

GPTZero is seeking a driven Data Procurement Lead to spearhead the sourcing of high-quality datasets essential for improving AI detection models. In this role, you will utilize your negotiation skills and industry contacts to establish partnerships and navigate the complex landscape of data acquisition. The position offers flexibility as remote work is acceptable with some required meetings in Toronto. Join a founding team of seasoned professionals committed to fostering trust and transparency in AI-generated content.

Qualifications

• Experience brokering or managing data-acquisition and licensing deals.
• Strong track record of successful outreach with data providers.
• Ability to construct financial models and negotiate terms.

Responsibilities

• Lead data acquisition and sourcing of diverse text datasets.
• Build relationships with data providers and negotiate agreements.
• Work with the machine learning team to set dataset specifications.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

GPTZero is on a mission to restore trust and transparency on the internet. As the leading AI detection platform, we empower educators, students, journalists, marketers, and writers to navigate the evolving landscape of AI-generated content. With millions of users and institutions relying on us, we’re building a category-defining company at the intersection of AI and information integrity.

Our team comes from high-performing engineering cultures, including Uber, Meta, Amazon, Affirm, and leading AI research labs, including Princeton, Caltech, MILA, and Vector.

What we're looking for

We are seeking a driven, resourceful Data Procurement Lead to lead data acquisition and sourcing of text datasets from key industries. You will be instrumental in gathering the high-quality, diverse datasets to increase the accuracy of AI detection models for millions of users worldwide.

What you’ll contribute

Own outbound sourcing and outreach to build relationships with data providers and acquire large volumes of non-public text data

Identify and qualify prospective data partners in key industries such as education, examination and admissions

Work with machine learning team to set dataset specifications, and map the market for sources of data

Own outbound sourcing and outreach to build relationships with data and partnership officers

Structure, negotiate and close large-scale commercial purchasing agreements, ensuring balance of cost, data quality and usage rights

Draft, review and finalize data sharing and licensing terms, and actively address compliance considerations

Manage CRM and communicate progress to executive leadership

Note : this is a contract role (20-40 hrs / week), with opportunities for contract-to-hire

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year university

Professional experience brokering or managing data-acquisition and licensing deals at large scales

Loves picking up the phone, and excellent at written and verbal communication

Strong track record of successful cold outreach, using CRM and email drip campaigns

Strong commercial acumen : able to construct financial models, craft compelling value propositions and negotiate favourable terms under tight timelines

Quick learner, high initiative, highly motivated

Remote is fine (our machine learning team is in Toronto), although we will require availability to meet for 1 hour, 3x a week from 10-6pm ET.

Bonus

Well-established contacts within online study platforms, school districts, higher education institutions, MOOC platforms or similar organizations

History of sourcing and delivering datasets that materially improved machine-learning, analytics or product initiatives

Who you'll be joining

Our Team

You will be working directly with

Alex (our CTO) R&D at Uber self-driving division and Facebook, 3 patents in ML

George (our AI research lead) PhD from University of Toronto and ex-AWS research.

Edward (our CEO, ex-Bellingcat, Microsoft, BBC investigative journalism) to craft the messages we send to our community, and shape the GPTZero brand.

Additionally, you will be working with an experienced (eg. ex-Google, Meta , Microsoft, Bloomberg ML, Uber, Vector, MILA ), diverse (eg. an engineering team with both Y-combinator and Obama scholarship recipients, a designer with art featured in the Met), and driven (eg. an operator who has scaled a company to 100M+ revenue and is committed to doing it again) group of individuals, described by one investor as one of the strongest founding teams seen in their career.

Together, we are committed to making a permanent impact on the future of writing, and on humanity

Our Angels and Advisors

Tom Glocer (Legendary Reuters CEO)

Mark Thompson (Legendary NYT CEO and current CNN chief executive)

Jack Altman (CEO of Lattice, brother of Sam Altman)

Karthik Narasimhan (Princeton NLP Professor, co-author of OpenAI’s original GPT paper)

Emad Mostaque (CEO of Stability AI)

Doug Herrington (CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores)

Brad Smith (President of Microsoft)

Ali Partovi (co-founder of Code.org , early investor in Dropbox and Airbnb)

Russ Heddleston (CEO of Docsend)

Alex Mashrabov (Snapchat, Director of AI)

Faizan Mehdi (Affinity, Director of Demand Generation)

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