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The Data Acquisition Support 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 rights
Renewal dates, notice periods, and termination conditions
Data 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.
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