Strategic CPG Data Partnerships & Acquisition

Acxiom; Conway (AR); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom, a leader in customer data platforms, seeks a Data Acquisition Specialist to own the review, acquisition, and management of CPG purchase data partners. You will identify sources, negotiate access, and ensure data quality for analytics and measurement.

This role requires coordinating with Legal, Finance, and Engineering to onboard data assets and maintain licensing terms. The successful candidate will translate business requirements into data specs, manage multiple vendors, and drive data

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in data acquisition, data partnerships, data procurement, data operations, market research, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate potential sources of CPG purchase and transaction data from retailers, data providers, aggregators, and panel/data sources.
• Manage end-to-end data acquisition: identification, due diligence, contracting, onboarding, delivery, and ongoing data management.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define data requirements: geography, product coverage, transaction detail, consumer attributes, timeframes, and refresh frequency.
• Coordinate with Legal, Product, Finance, Data Engineering, and Analytics for data licensing and onboarding.
• Review data-provider documentation, schemas, sample files, APIs, and delivery specs.
• Perform initial data-quality assessments and flag gaps or inconsistencies before loading datasets.

Skills

Vendor management

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

SQL basics

Data licensing understanding

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

SQL

APIs

Data warehouses

Job description

Acxiom, a leader in customer data platforms, seeks a Data Acquisition Specialist to own the review, acquisition, and management of CPG purchase data partners. You will identify sources, negotiate access, and ensure data quality for analytics and measurement.

This role requires coordinating with Legal, Finance, and Engineering to onboard data assets and maintain licensing terms. The successful candidate will translate business requirements into data specs, manage multiple vendors, and drive data