Senior Director, Data Acquisition and Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Develop, manage, and enhance data relationships that support Experian's Financial Services and Data (FSD) business objectives.

• Navigate the evolving financial data ecosystem to identify key players, their strengths, and capabilities.

• Oversee vendor relationships while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.

• Optimize spending to achieve the highest return on investment (ROI) from data.

• Collaborate with internal teams, including data management, data governance, product management, sales, finance, procurement, and legal.

• Report directly to the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Data Strategy.

• Manage and enhance existing data partner relationships to boost ROI and minimize costs.

• Assess potential new financial data partnerships to enrich Experian's data offerings.

• Supervise the testing, licensing, and integration of new data assets into Experian's systems.

• Establish and maintain relationships with a variety of data providers, including aggregators, Direct to Consumer companies, niche providers, and public data sources.

• Negotiate and execute data licensing agreements and vendor contracts.

• Manage vendor compliance, contract renewals, and performance evaluations.

• Collaborate with legal and privacy teams to ensure data partnerships meet relevant regulations and Experian standards.

• Monitor data usage to maintain privacy standards and mitigate associated risks.

• Implement cost management initiatives to optimize ROI on data expenditures.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field (advanced degree is preferred).

• Over 10 years of experience in data acquisition, partnerships, or a similar role within the financial services sector.

• Strong understanding of consumer and financial data, including data assets and technology providers.

• Proven experience in negotiating complex agreements and managing vendor relationships.

• Fluent in the data landscape and regulatory requirements.

• Experience in influencing stakeholders effectively.

• Willingness to travel up to 15% of the time.

• Preference for candidates residing near one of our office locations in New York, NY, Costa Mesa, CA, or Schaumburg, IL.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package and bonus plan.

• Core benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K.

• Flexible work environment with options to work remotely, in a hybrid model, or in-office.

• Flexible time off policy that includes volunteer time off, vacation, sick leave, and 12 paid holidays.