Wearables Data Partnerships Manager

Protege; New City (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Protege is seeking a partnerships-focused professional to build and scale data licensing collaborations with wearable and consumer health data owners. You will evaluate datasets for AI development, manage legal and privacy considerations, and drive commercial arrangements that align with portfolio goals.

You will coordinate across pricing, licensing, and data activation, while maintaining strong external relationships and ensuring data quality and consent standards across partnerships.

Qualifications

• Experience in partnerships, business development, or data licensing within wearables or consumer health.
• Working knowledge of sensor data, activity logs, and life-science context in datasets.
• Ability to navigate consent, privacy, and licensing questions with internal reviewers.

Responsibilities

• Qualify wearable device makers, consumer health apps, and other data owners across health domains.
• Assess dataset usefulness: sensor signals, sampling freq, longitudinal coverage, data quality, and context.
• Coordinate NDAs, samples, and DataLab reviews; translate findings into partner priorities.
• Collaborate with Commercial on pricing, licensing structures, and statements of work; align with Healthcare Operations and Solutions.
• Maintain partner relationships and surface underused data assets for the portfolio.

Skills

Partnerships

Business development

Data licensing

Wearables data

Industry knowledge

Job description

Protege is seeking a partnerships-focused professional to build and scale data licensing collaborations with wearable and consumer health data owners. You will evaluate datasets for AI development, manage legal and privacy considerations, and drive commercial arrangements that align with portfolio goals.

You will coordinate across pricing, licensing, and data activation, while maintaining strong external relationships and ensuring data quality and consent standards across partnerships.