# Data Acquisition Lead

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-29

**Salary:** USD 200,000–350,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing artificial intelligence company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Leads the commercial side of obtaining third-party data, shaping the sourcing approach and deal terms and guiding the most demanding agreements to completion while managing a team of associates. The role also carries budget oversight and executive reporting, and works closely with operations, research, legal and engineering colleagues.

What you'll do

\- Define the commercial approach for obtaining third-party data, deciding which sectors and partners to pursue first.

\- Build a repeatable way to identify and contact the organizations most likely to license valuable data.

\- Personally guide the biggest and most intricate data purchase contracts from first draft to execution.

\- Determine opening offers, deal structures and the limits beyond which talks end, where comparable prices are scarce.

\- Manage a growing set of supplier relationships, covering price, licence terms, renewals and expansions.

\- Work with engineering, operations, legal and research so purchased data is technically sound and compliant.

\- Make sure every acquisition follows legal, copyright, privacy and data-governance requirements.

\- Oversee spending plans, deal flow projections and returns, and brief senior leadership regularly.

\- Recruit, coach and lead a group of associates who identify deal opportunities, fostering urgency and ownership.

\- Support broader company work in building, analysis, coordination and execution as the company scales.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- Demonstrated history of closing high-value transactions in the seven-figure range or above, carried out personally.

\- Previous management of at least five direct team members, with ten or more the ideal.

Bonus points

\- Prior work on licensing, business development or enterprise sales agreements.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: $200K - $350K

\- Equity

Location and work model

\- San Francisco, CA, United States

\- On-site

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/B8045E289B/apply)

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