The Third-Party Data Acquisition team at Ford Motor Company is seeking a Senior Data Scientist – Contract Service Manager to lead the team responsible for discovering, acquiring, and enabling third-party data. The successful candidate will translate business data requirements into vendor strategy, negotiate contracts, and bring product management discipline to acquired data.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a team responsible for discovering, evaluating, and acquiring third-party data sources
- Partner with internal business stakeholders to translate data requirements into sourcing strategy and vendor selection criteria
- Apply product management practices to third-party data egress
- Drive enterprise-wide reuse of acquired data
- Govern data movement enterprise-wide via Contract Services
- Establish and maintain Data Sharing Best Practices
- Manage the team's data-portfolio budget
- Coach and develop team members
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Data Science, Information Technology, Computer Science, Analytics, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related discipline
- Master's degree preferred
- 3-5 years of contract negotiation and vendor-management experience
- 3-5 years of demonstrated people leadership experience
- 5+ years of relevant overall experience in data management, procurement, vendor management, product management, business intelligence, technology sourcing, data governance, or a closely related field
- Experience in one or more of the following: Purchasing/procurement, data management, product management, or a related technology or business discipline
- Demonstrated experience negotiating contracts or managing vendor relationships
- Experience partnering with Legal and Purchasing functions on contract terms
- Working knowledge of data governance, data sharing, or data privacy/regulatory concepts
- Prior people leadership or team management experience
- Strong stakeholder management skills
Benefits:
- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays
Salary: $132,800 – $250,800 per year
