Data Partnerships Lead
Core
Design end-to-end data acquisition strategies and manage vendor relationships for frontier AI research initiatives, owning the data pipeline from requirements to production.
Role type
Data Partnership Lead (Strategic Tech Deals & Data Licensing)
Builds
High-quality training datasets for foundational AI models
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Data Operations / Strategic Partnerships
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical Program Management (TPM), AI Data Operations, Strategic Tech Deals, Data Licensing, Global Sourcing, Data Governance, Vendor Management, Commercial Negotiation, Data Quality Evaluation
Preferred skills
North American data commercial compliance knowledge, IP licensing architectures, Data Ingestion Workflow optimization
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Partner with research leaders to identify technical data gaps and translate roadmaps into sourcing strategies; Manage full lifecycle of high-value data acquisition from sourcing to negotiation; Collaborate with engineering to build data evaluation standards; Work with Legal/Privacy/Security to structure licensing and compliance terms; Build long-term vendor ecosystems and manage delivery SLAs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
