Data Acquisition Architect & Partnerships Lead

AfterQuery; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) with Employer Match

Daily Meals: UberEats stipend

Monthly Wellness Stipend

Job summary

AfterQuery in San Francisco seeks a Data Acquisition Lead to sculpt and execute our data strategy. You will source, vet, and acquire real-world data assets, and build scalable processes for negotiating purchases, validating quality, and packaging data for model training.

You will partner with Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Research to ensure compliance and usability, own the budget and forecast, and drive strategic data partnerships across target industries.

Qualifications

• 1+ years in enterprise data acquisition or data/vendor licensing.
• Proven track record negotiating seven-figure data-purchase deals.
• Deep understanding of data licensing, data rights, and governance.
• Excellent executive-level negotiation and relationship-building.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-moving environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with passion for AI.
• Demonstrated competitive success.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine enterprise data-acquisition strategy.
• Lead negotiation of data-purchase agreements from term sheet to signature.
• Build portfolio of data relationships and negotiate pricing and licenses.
• Partner with Engineering, Ops, Legal, and Research to ensure data usability and compliance.
• Ensure data purchases meet legal and governance standards.
• Own data-acquisition budget, pipeline, and forecasting.
• Contribute to company-wide initiatives as AfterQuery scales.

Skills

Data acquisition

Negotiation

Partnerships

Licensing

Governance

Budgeting

Job description

AfterQuery in San Francisco seeks a Data Acquisition Lead to sculpt and execute our data strategy. You will source, vet, and acquire real-world data assets, and build scalable processes for negotiating purchases, validating quality, and packaging data for model training.

You will partner with Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Research to ensure compliance and usability, own the budget and forecast, and drive strategic data partnerships across target industries.