Senior Data Scientist - Contract Service Manager
About The Position
The Third-Party Data Acquisition team is the centralized hub for discovering, acquiring, and enabling the third-party data that fuels Ford's data and analytics ecosystem. This team acts as subject matter experts across the business, managing vendor relationships and contracts while delivering innovative sourcing solutions to internal customers across GDI&A and the broader Ford Enterprise. We're looking for a Manager to lead this team — someone who can translate business data requirements into vendor strategy, negotiate favorable and compliant contracts, and bring product management discipline to how acquired data is enabled, reused, and governed as it moves out (egress) to internal customers. This role sits at the intersection of business needs, vendor management, legal/compliance, and data product strategy — and requires a leader who can operate credibly across all four.
Requirements
- Experience in managing vendor relationships and contracts.
- Ability to translate business data requirements into vendor strategy.
- Skills in negotiating contracts.
- Understanding of product management discipline for data enablement, reuse, and governance.
- Ability to operate credibly across business needs, vendor management, legal/compliance, and data product strategy.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Third-Party Data Acquisition team.
- Translate business data requirements into vendor strategy.
- Negotiate favorable and compliant contracts.
- Bring product management discipline to how acquired data is enabled, reused, and governed as it moves out (egress) to internal customers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
