# Data Acquisition Lead at Profound

- Company: Profound
- What the company does: Profound is the AI marketing platform built for the agentic era. See what your customers ask AI, deploy agents to act on it, and measure the results in a collaborative workbench. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://tryprofound.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, New York
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-23
- Apply by: 2026-12-07
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Profound/1f9e1d99-1d92-4cf2-bfed-45829b7595c7?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/profound-data-acquisition-lead/

## About the role

Find and qualify providers and partners against our coverage, quality, capacity, and cost requirements Structure vendor trials, run benchmarks using internal tooling, and analyze results by source, geography, and workload Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of hands-on experience with external data or web data providers and partners, on either the vendor or customer side (e.g. 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 various data provider types, web data APIs, various data collection schemes, and common failure modes
- Evidence of introducing a working alternative provider or improving coverage, reliability, or effective cost

Tags: Data

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