Senior Director, Microsoft AI Vendor Data Acquisition Strategy and Operations

Location: Mountain View, United States; office attendance required 4 days per week

Salary: USD $155,800–$277,200 per year across the U.S.; USD $202,400–$303,600 per year in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area

Company

hirify.global AI builds advanced AI systems and works with commercial partners to obtain high-quality specialized data services responsibly and at scale.

What you will do

• Manage a high-performing team responsible for data strategy and operations across key hirify.global AI Lab acquisition verticals.
• Translate technical and business data needs into sourcing strategies, requirements, and commercial opportunities.
• Source, evaluate, and engage global data vendors and strategic partners providing licensed content, specialized data, and human-generated data services.
• Lead commercial diligence, deal structuring, contract negotiation, and ongoing vendor management while balancing value, quality, rights, risk, cost, and speed.
• Build scalable processes for acquisition pipelines, vendor spend, contractual milestones, renewals, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate with Business Development, Procurement, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Finance, Engineering, and technical stakeholders from outreach through delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in business strategy, business development, procurement, commercial partnerships, vendor management, program management, finance, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of management experience leading vendor data acquisition, complex commercial partnerships, procurement programs, or comparable vendor-facing functions.
• Experience building and leading a team.
• Demonstrated success sourcing vendors, leading diligence, negotiating complex agreements, and building scalable systems for pipeline, spend, milestones, and vendor performance.
• Experience working in a fast-moving technical or research environment with shifting priorities and underspecified requirements.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years of management experience leading large-scale vendor data acquisition or strategic data partnerships for an AI, technology, content, research, or data-services organization.
• Fluency with data rights, licensing, privacy, and commercial terms, with experience addressing novel questions alongside legal and compliance partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within hirify.global AI Lab and collaborate across business, technical, legal, procurement, privacy, compliance, finance, and engineering functions.
• Support responsible advancement of AI through high-quality data partnerships and commercial agreements.
• Benefits and additional compensation may be available depending on role eligibility.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the application process.