Data Acquisition Support Specialist

Acxiom; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom in a remote, full-time Data Acquisition Support Specialist role coordinates intake, licensing, and admin workflows to acquire third-party data assets. You will bridge commercial partnerships, technical teams, and legal stakeholders to ensure compliant onboarding and meticulous records.

The job emphasizes data products, licensing terms, SDAs, NDAs, and DPIAs, with emphasis on accurate documentation, SLA monitoring, and coordination with procurement to ensure correct billing and data

Qualifications

• Experience in data acquisition, vendor management, or data governance.
• Hands-on familiarity with data products, licensing models, and data integration.
• Ability to navigate data structures, APIs, and file delivery methods.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret licensing terms and usage metrics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication to explain data availability and constraints.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical intake prerequisites with the Data Ingestion team.
• Maintain documentation for data feeds, mappings, and ingestion schedules.
• Troubleshoot delivery failures and feed interruptions with data teams.
• Track data acquisition agreements from initiation to execution.
• Log contractual parameters including permitted use, renewal dates, and termination.
• Log DPIAs and security questionnaires prior to feed activation.
• Monitor SLAs and data quality against contracts.
• Reconcile usage, data volume, and invoices with procurement.

Skills

Data acquisition

Vendor management

Data governance

Technical aptitude

Communication

Tools

SFTP

Cloud storage

APIs

Job description

Remote/Homebased

Full time

JR014568

The Data Acquisition Support Specialist coordinates the technical intake, legal compliance tracking, and administrative workflows necessary to acquire and integrate third-party data assets. This role bridges the gap between commercial partnership managers, technical integration teams, and legal/procurement stakeholders to ensure seamless data onboarding, strict adherence to licensing terms, and meticulous record-keeping.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical intake prerequisites for new data providers in conjunction with our Data Ingestion team
• Maintain technical documentation for data feeds, including schema mappings, data dictionaries, updates/delta schedules, and ingestion pipeline notes.
• Partner with data ingestion teams to troubleshoot delivery failures, format anomalies, or feed interruptions
• Track the lifecycle of data acquisition agreements (NDAs, Data License Agreements, Order Forms, and Amendments) from initiation through execution
• Audit and log specific contractual parameters into central tracking systems:
• Permitted use cases, restrictions, and redistribution rights
• Renewal dates, notice periods, and termination conditions
• Data retention schedules and purge/deletion mandates
• Log and verify Provider Data Sheets, Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and security questionnaires prior to feed activation
• Maintain the central Data Acquisition Salesforce, capturing provider status, feed types, renewal cadences, and key operational contacts
• Monitor vendor performance metrics against Service Level Agreements (SLAs), including delivery timeliness and data quality standards
• Reconcile vendor usage, data volume metrics, and invoice details with procurement and finance to ensure accurate billing against contract caps

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: 2–4 years in data acquisition, vendor management, data governance, or product support roles within a data-driven organization
• Data Expertise: Hands‑on experience or working familiarity with data products, licensing models, and identity/data integration solutions
• Technical Aptitude: Comfort navigating data structures, APIs, and file delivery methods (SFTP, cloud storage, direct feeds)
• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to read and interpret complex licensing agreements, contract terms, and usage metrics
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate data availability, licensing constraints, and business impacts to non-technical stakeholders

Primary Location City/State:

Homebased - Conway, Arkansas

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