[Hiring] Global Data Acquisition Lead @RELX

Role Description

Are you passionate about identifying unique data opportunities and building strategic partnerships that create lasting customer value? Do you thrive at the intersection of commercial strategy, data innovation, and market intelligence, helping organisations unlock the power of data to drive growth?

The Global Data Acquisition Lead is responsible for expanding and strengthening the ICIS data assets, ensuring acquisition priorities align with business strategy and commercial objectives. The role leads global data acquisition activities from opportunity identification through to execution and production while building strategic partnerships that enhance ICIS' competitive advantage and create long-term customer value.

Success requires a rare combination of data acquisition, commercial, and product experience, including:

• Negotiating complex data licensing agreements covering redistribution, derivative and AI-use rights.
• Experience building or commercialising data products with revenue accountability.
• Developing acquisition strategies and managing key supplier relationships.
• Maintaining a high-quality pipeline of data assets.
• Strong commercial judgement and technical understanding of data quality and usability.
• Ability to execute at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the data acquisition strategy aligned to ICIS business priorities and growth objectives.
• Identify and source external datasets and proprietary data assets that strengthen ICIS' competitive advantage.
• Maintain a strong view of the data landscape, identifying emerging sources, market developments and partnership opportunities.
• Partner with product, content and analytics teams to translate business needs into acquisition priorities.
• Manage a pipeline of data acquisition opportunities from sourcing through diligence, contracting and onboarding.
• Manage third-party data portfolio, including spend, rights, renewals and supplier performance.
• Ensure compliance with licensing, privacy and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in data acquisitions, alternative data research, partnerships, business development, or a similar role focused on external datasets.
• Strong understanding and experience working with the alternative data ecosystem and good judgment around what makes a dataset valuable, differentiated, and difficult to replicate.
• Quantitative background with the ability to perform exploratory data analysis using Python and SQL.
• Experience working closely with research or engineering teams to determine whether a dataset is worth testing, integrating, or purchasing.
• Understanding of the data lifecycle (ingestion, quality, metadata, governance) and the ability to establish evaluation criteria with engineering teams.
• Familiarity with delivery mechanisms such as APIs, cloud data sharing, and file-based distribution, including their rights and cost implications.
• Strong commercial acumen, business analysis skills, matrix leadership experience, and the ability to assess privacy, compliance, usage, and redistribution rights while managing multiple vendor relationships and negotiations.
• Commodities or energy market domain knowledge.

Requirements

• If performed in any of the following locations: DEU Home Based – Frankfurt; Germany – Frankfurt (Baseler Platz); Germany – Munich; Home Based – Bavaria; Home Based – Hamburg; Home Based – Hesse; Home Based – Munich; or Home Based – Saarland, the base pay range is €82,800 - €137,800.
• If performed in the following location: Italy - Gallarate the base pay range is €64,600 - €107,900.
• This job may be subject to a collective labor agreement in Italy. Please consult with the hiring team for further details.

Benefits

• We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.
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