Data Acquisition Lead

Location: On-site at the Union Square office in New York City, United States

Base salary: $200,000–$275,000 per year, plus equity and benefits

Company

hirify.global is an AI marketing platform that uses data from real user prompts and model responses to help marketing teams research, create content, run campaigns, report results, and automate workflows with AI agents.

What you will do

• Own the sourcing, evaluation, and commercial management of external data providers and partners.
• Find and qualify providers against coverage, quality, capacity, and cost requirements; structure trials, run benchmarks, and analyze results by source, geography, and workload.
• Compare effective costs across pricing models, including retries, failures, minimum commitments, and overages.
• Negotiate pricing, service commitments, support arrangements, renewals, exit terms, and vendor contracts.
• Maintain qualified alternatives, identify overlapping infrastructure and correlated failure risks, and lead vendor performance reviews.
• Coordinate onboarding and sourcing documentation with Engineering, Finance, and Legal; manage vendor spend and records; resolve provider issues and help scale the data acquisition team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with external data or web data providers and partners on the vendor or customer side, including sourcing and managing providers, solutions engineering, or technical account management.
• Strong commercial judgment with examples of negotiations and measurable operating improvements.
• Familiarity with data contract terms such as DPAs, usage rights, and indemnification.
• Ability to use SQL and/or Python to inspect results, run evaluations, and challenge vendor claims.
• Practical understanding of data provider types, web data APIs, data collection schemes, and common failure modes.
• Evidence of introducing an alternative provider or improving coverage, reliability, or effective cost.
• Ability to work with autonomy in a fast-moving environment and take ownership of a new function.

Nice to have

• Experience with unique data sets.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site work in the Union Square, NYC office.
• Fast-moving culture with autonomy, trust, room to grow, and an emphasis on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.
• Competitive total compensation including base salary, meaningful equity, and a full range of benefits and perks.
• Visa sponsorship is available for qualified international candidates.