Global Data Partnerships & Vendor Growth Lead

Sieve, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Company-provided meals

Uber rides home

Job summary

Sieve, Inc. is building and scaling a global network of external data collection vendors. The role focuses on sourcing and qualifying partners, launching pilots, and managing ongoing vendor performance across multiple countries and data types.

You will negotiate commercial terms, ensure data rights, and coordinate with hardware, engineering, and delivery teams to meet Sieve’s data requirements. Strong relationship and process skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant supplier development or data operations experience.
• Proven track record sourcing, negotiating with, onboarding, and scaling suppliers.
• Experience managing partner performance vs quality, volume, and cost commitments.
• Strong commercial and analytical judgment for pricing, capacity forecasts, and data requirements.
• Technical fluency to translate requirements for engineering and quality teams.
• Disciplined organization and cross-time-zone communication.
• Willingness to travel to partner operations; based in San Francisco or willing to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Build the vendor pipeline across countries, environments, and data types.
• Qualify through real output with pilots and tests.
• Own commercial negotiations and establish clear data-rights agreements.
• Turn pilots into production with onboarding steps and milestones.
• Manage ongoing vendor relationships and performance reviews.
• Resolve operational blockers with partners and internal teams.
• Create repeatable operating system with playbooks for pricing and region targets.

Skills

Vendor management

Sourcing & onboarding

Negotiation

Analytical judgment

Travel willingness

Communication

SQL

Scripting

Automation

Tools

SQL

Scripting

Automation

Job description

Sieve, Inc. is building and scaling a global network of external data collection vendors. The role focuses on sourcing and qualifying partners, launching pilots, and managing ongoing vendor performance across multiple countries and data types.

You will negotiate commercial terms, ensure data rights, and coordinate with hardware, engineering, and delivery teams to meet Sieve’s data requirements. Strong relationship and process skills are essential.