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Director, Data Acquisition & Partnerships

Yodlee · Raleigh, NC · On-site

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About Yodlee

About Yodlee Yodlee is a market-leading financial data and intelligence platform with over 27 years of experience supporting the world's largest banks, wealth managers, and fintech innovators. Backed by Accel.

About the role

As the Director of Data Acquisition & Partnerships, you will lead the strategic acquisition and management of data relationships with financial institutions, banks, and key data providers. Your work will ensure the organization has access to secure, high-quality, and compliant financial data to fuel product innovation and drive sustainable business growth.

What they're looking for

  • Develop and execute the data partnership strategy with a focus on banks, credit unions, wealth managers, core processors, and Open Finance infrastructure providers
  • Identify, negotiate, and manage high-value data licensing agreements and executive-level relationships
  • Own the commercial economics of data access — negotiate and manage data-access fee schedules, per-event and authentication billing structures, and the overall cost curve of connectivity
  • Ensure all partnerships are fully compliant with regulatory standards such as GLBA, GDPR, CCPA, and CFPB Section 1033 (the U.S. Open Banking / personal-financial-data rule)
  • Work cross-functionally with Legal to evaluate contractual and regulatory implications, enabling informed business decisions that balance commercial opportunities with legal and operational risk
  • Translate Open Banking and Open Finance strategies into actionable roadmaps aligned with local regulatory and market needs
More about this role

About the role

As the Director of Data Acquisition & Partnerships, you will lead the strategic acquisition and management of data relationships with financial institutions, banks, and key data providers. Your work will ensure the organization has access to secure, high-quality, and compliant financial data to fuel product innovation and drive sustainable business growth.

This role is the primary liaison negotiator between external data partners and internal stakeholders - including Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and Information Security - ensuring seamless collaboration across all data acquisition initiatives. You will also serve as Yodlee's U.S./North African subject-matter expert on Open Banking, shaping strategic direction and execution.

What you'll do

  • Develop and execute the data partnership strategy with a focus on banks, credit unions, wealth managers, core processors, and Open Finance infrastructure providers.
  • Identify, negotiate, and manage high-value data licensing agreements and executive-level relationships.
  • Own the commercial economics of data access — negotiate and manage data-access fee schedules, per-event and authentication billing structures, and...

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