Data Acquisition Support Specialist

Acxiom; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking a data acquisition and vendor management specialist to coordinate intake prerequisites, maintain data feed documentation, and troubleshoot feed issues with the Data Ingestion team.

The role requires 2–4 years in data governance or related fields, strong licensing knowledge, and excellent communication to explain licensing constraints to stakeholders. Remote work from Conway, AR is available with national scope.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical intake prerequisites for new data providers with our Data Ingestion team.
• Maintain technical documentation for data feeds, including schema mappings and data dictionaries.
• Partner with data ingestion teams to troubleshoot delivery failures, format anomalies, or feed interruptions.
• Track lifecycle of data acquisition agreements from initiation through execution.
• Audit and log contractual parameters into central tracking systems (permitted use cases, restrictions, renewal dates, etc.).
• Reconcile vendor usage, data volume metrics, and invoice details with procurement and finance.
• Monitor vendor performance against SLAs, including delivery timeliness and data quality standards.
• Maintain the central Data Acquisition Salesforce with provider status, feed types, renewal cadences, and key contacts.

Skills

Vendor management

Data governance

Data licensing

API familiarity

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SFTP

Cloud storage

Direct feeds

SQL

Job description

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

Additional Locations (if applicable):

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