Data Partnerships Specialist (AdTech)

Acxiom; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking a Data Partnerships Specialist to coordinate technical intake, licensing compliance, and operational workflows for third-party data assets. You will bridge commercial, technical, and legal teams to onboard data assets smoothly and ensure strict adherence to licensing terms.

You will manage documentation, agreements, and data privacy assessments, while tracking provider performance and invoicing in sync with procurement and finance.

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.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical intake prerequisites for new data providers with Data Ingestion team.
• Maintain technical documentation for data feeds, including schema mappings and data dictionaries.
• Troubleshoot delivery failures, format anomalies, or feed interruptions with data ingestion teams.
• Track lifecycle of data acquisition agreements from initiation through execution.
• Audit contractual parameters into central tracking systems: permitted use, restrictions, renewal dates, and data retention.
• Log and verify DPAs, DPIAs, and security questionnaires prior to feed activation.
• Maintain central Data Acquisition Salesforce with provider status, feed types, renewal cadences, and key contacts.
• Monitor vendor performance against SLAs including delivery timeliness and data quality.
• Reconcile vendor usage, data volume, and invoice details with procurement and finance.

Skills

Data acquisition

Vendor management

Data governance

Product support

Tools

APIs

SFTP

Cloud storage

Data pipelines

Job description

The Data Partnerships 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 rightsRenewal dates, notice periods, and termination conditionsData 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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