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Manager, Data Partnerships

Nashville, TNFull-time2026-10-06 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead a team of Data Partnerships Associates to identify, pitch, and onboard enterprise data partners to supply proprietary real-world data for training frontier AI models.

Role type

Manager, Data Partnerships (Business Development)

Builds

Enterprise data partnerships supplying proprietary real-world data to AI labs

Domain

AI data sourcing and enterprise business development

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

team management and coaching, enterprise sales/business development, partnership lifecycle management, stakeholder escalation, process and playbook creation, data privacy and compliance, forecasting and reporting, hiring and onboarding

Preferred skills

network among enterprise data buyers (CEO/CIO/CDO), data licensing/sourcing experience, direct work with frontier AI labs, CRM/pipeline tools proficiency

Technologies

Salesforce

Responsibilities

Manage and coach a team of Data Partnerships Associates; set weekly priorities and allocate work; oversee the full lifecycle of enterprise data partnerships from sourcing to closing; serve as escalation point for complex partnerships; translate AI lab requirements into sourcing profiles; partner with Legal, Finance, and Operations; forecast and report on pipeline; build processes and playbooks; ensure compliance with data quality and privacy standards; hire and onboard new associates

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership