Director, Data Acquisition

Nextens; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Director of Data Acquisition to lead external data asset strategies for Life Insurance and Healthcare verticals. You will manage 3rd party relationships, negotiate contracts, and drive data-driven opportunities across product, analytics, and compliance.

The role offers remote US or hybrid work from Alpharetta, GA, with a focus on building alignment across multiple functions and delivering measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or risk management (preferred).
• 10+ years of related work experience in data acquisition or data partnerships.
• Strong network within healthcare data industry and data-driven products.
• Understanding of HIPAA and FCRA regulatory obligations.
• Proven success in complex contract negotiations and vendor management.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute data acquisition strategy aligned with Life Insurance and Healthcare verticals.
• Manage a portfolio of 3rd party data relationships, contracts, and opportunities.
• Identify new data opportunities to strengthen product differentiation and growth.
• Lead supplier negotiations balancing value, risk, and long-term flexibility.
• Oversee data lifecycle: due diligence, onboarding, governance, renewals, issue resolution.
• Collaborate across product, legal, finance, technology, and leadership to align priorities.
• Develop business cases and executive communications based on market insight and data.
• Anticipate risks/opportunities and continuously improve processes.
• Provide strategic direction to cross-functional teams with accountability for results.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Data acquisition

Vendor management

Contract negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Influence and communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or risk management

Job description

About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/

About the Role

The Director, Data Acquisition provides strategic leadership in identifying, evaluating, securing, and managing external data assets that advance the Life Insurance and Healthcare strategy. The Director oversees the third-party data portfolio supporting these verticals, partners with vertical leaders to set data acquisition priorities, creates business opportunities, and leads complex commercial and supplier decisions. As an Enabling Leader, the Director sets a clear vision, empowers diverse cross-functional teams to deliver through influence, communicates with impact, leads inclusively, and builds trusted relationships across product, analytics, legal, compliance, finance, technology, and senior leadership.

This role can be remote in the US or hybrid from Alpharetta, GA.

Responsibilities

• Setting and executing the data acquisition strategy, priorities, operating model, and measurable outcomes aligned with the Life Insurance and Healthcare vertical leads.
• Managing a portfolio of existing 3rd party relationships, including managing contracts, relationships and business opportunities.
• Identifying and prioritizing new data acquisition and partnership opportunities that strengthen product differentiation, commercial value, and sustainable growth.
• Leading supplier relationships, complex negotiations, and contract decisions while balancing value, risk, resilience, and long-term flexibility.
• Overseeing the full supplier and data lifecycle, including due diligence, evaluation, onboarding, governance, performance management, renewals, and issue resolution.
• Partnering across product, vertical, legal, compliance, finance, technology, and senior leadership to build alignment, share expertise, and accelerate decisions.
• Developing compelling business cases, recommendations, and executive communications grounded in market insight, data, and objective analysis.
• Anticipating emerging risks and opportunities, adapting priorities as conditions change, and continuously improving processes and ways of working.
• Providing strategic direction for cross functional teams while maintaining accountability for sustainable business and operational results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or risk management, preferred
• Minimum 10 years related work experience,
• Established relationships and a strong professional network within the healthcare data industry
• Experience supporting data-driven products and solutions in the healthcare or life insurance industry strongly preferred
• Clear understanding of HIPAA and FCRA regulatory obligations
• Experienced with business development
• Proven success with complex contract negotiations
• Proven success managing external data and vendor relationships
• Proven success working with multiple functional areas
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and capable of working in a dynamic environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong research, financial analysis, business influence skills
• Solid collaboration and communication skills, that enable clear interaction with all levels of the organization
• Executive presence, professional presentation skills
• Understanding of technology and database applications
• Detail orientated
• Ability to handle multiple issues concurrently in a dynamic environment.
  U.S. National Base Pay Range: $136,100 - $252,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.Base Pay Range for CO is $136,100 - $252,800. Base Pay Range for IL is $142,900 - $265,400. Base Pay Range for Chicago, IL is $149,600 - $278,100. Base Pay Range for MD is $142,900 - $265,400. Base Pay Range for NY is $149,600 - $278,100. Base Pay Range for New York City is $163,300 - $303,300. Base Pay Range for Rochester, NY is $136,100 - $252,800. Base Pay Range for OH is $129,200 - $240,100. Base Pay Range for NJ is $172,172- $275,028.This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.Application deadline is 11/25/2026.

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