Director, Third-Party Data Management

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Summary:

In this role, you will collaborate with external vendors and internal data governance, legal, and procurement teams to manage third-party data contracts and acquisition processes. Responsibilities include documentation of current third-party data asset utilization, contract negotiations with data vendors to ensure favorable terms and conditions, and ensuring third-party data acquisition practices adhere to company policies and regulatory requirements.  You will be responsible for overseeing the acquisition of third-party data, managing third-party vendor relationships, leading contract reviews and negotiations, and ensuring that our data acquisition strategies align with our business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, evaluate, and acquire third-party data sources that align with company needs and objectives.
• Create inventories of non-purchased third-party data assets (open source and publicly available data sets) and of purchased third-party data assets.
• Develop and maintain master third party data asset directory to track and budget contract renewal dates, data characteristics, and business owner attribution.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external data vendors serving as the primary point of contact for vendor-related issues and resolution facilitation.
• Complete market research to identify new data assets that will maximize value to our members.
• Provide insights and recommendations based on data analysis to support decision-making and strategic planning around analytic solution roadmaps.
• Monitor internal data usage to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Conduct regular audits of third-party data sources to ensure data integrity and quality.
• Develop third party data usage guides for internal knowledge training.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail required.
• Proven experience with data privacy regulations and best practices required.
• Strong project management skills, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills preferred.
• Experience managing third party data vendors preferred.
• Knowledge/understanding of legal contracts preferred.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., SQL, Excel, Tableau).

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This position is also incentive eligible.

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