Founded in 2012, Socure is the leader in high-assurance digital identity verification technology.  Named to Forbes’ 2019 AI 50 list as one of America’s most promising AI companies, and a recent winner of API World’s Best Data API, Socure’s technology applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques with trusted online/offline data intelligence from email, address, phone, IP, social media and the broader Internet to verify identities in real-time. Customers include three of the top five U.S. banks, seven of the top 10 U.S. card issuers, as well as the majority of leading digital banks, lenders and insurers across the U.S. We are funded by some of the world's best investors and entrepreneurs including Scale Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Work-Bench, Santander InnoVentures and Two Sigma Ventures.

The only way we can further our mission of becoming the single, trusted source of identity verification and eliminating identity fraud is by building the best team on the planet. This is where you come in!

We are looking for a Data Acquisition Manager to join our team to work across our product and data teams to accelerate our go-to-market strategies.  This position will closely interact with Data Engineering, Data Science, Growth, Data Strategy and Product Development to support our product roadmap to drive customer satisfaction.

As a Data Acquisition Manager, you will be charged with identifying and onboarding new data assets to power our models and solutions.  You will work closely in a fast paced and highly fluid environment with engineers, data scientists, product experts, and stakeholders throughout the company.  The Data Acquisition team is critical to the success of Socure as it supports all facets (Fraud, KYC, Document Verification, etc.) of our business, drives more predictive analytics and robust solutions, and allows our customers to make better decisions - reducing risk and generating more revenue. 

This position will be reporting directly to Andres Benvenuto, Head of Data Acquisition.  

What You'll Do:

• Lead an innovative hypothesis-driven process to create and manage data strategies that bridge organizational boundaries.
• Perform deep market analytics and research to develop expertise across technology categories
• Understand business needs and their use of data to formulate and articulate create procurement strategies to amplify strategic outcomes
• Build trusting and meaningful internal and external relationships with senior executives across multiple business and services as well as technology functions
• Develop negotiation strategies and lead contract negotiations with suppliers and internal partners
• Quantify the impact your strategy and recommendations will have in meaningful ways without sacrificing long-term value for short-term gains
• Master, communicate and execute spend analysis, risk management, contracting, cost savings methodology, performance reporting, partner engagement, and proficiency with sourcing tools to  unlock supplier value, optimize demand, and improve both internal and external processes.
•  Interpret quantitative results and translate them into qualitative presentations
•  Conduct peer reviews and develop rapport with internal stakeholders 
•  Constantly display an intellectual curiosity and desire for optimization

What You'll Bring:

• Experience using different negotiation tactics; shown success negotiating multi-million dollar contracts with support from legal teams
• Solid understanding of Know Your Customer (KYC), Identity Verification, and Fraud segments as they relate to customer onboarding for financial institutions 
• Bachelor’s in engineering, Business, or other quantitative field, or 3-5 years of relevant experience 
• Ability to grasp deep technical concepts, including predictive analytics and statistical models
• Penchant for clear, concise, and impactful communication to either technical or business audiences
• Conceptually sound visionary, omni-directional influencer, and storyteller who stays connected to the details 
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, partnership management, organizational, and communication skills
• Proactive learner following global product, data and technology trends 
• Ability to travel 5-10% (Post-Covid)

 Preferred Qualifications:

• • R, Python, Bash, or another scripting language.  
  • SQL and RDBMS familiarity.  
  • Tableau, Looker, or other related tools
  • MS Office or similar presentation suites
  • Experience with data intensive analysis
  • Experience with JIRA and other agile tools
  • Experience with hands-on data matching expertise

Perks & Benefits:

• Competitive base salary
• Equity - every employee is a stakeholder in our enormous upside
• A tech-first company culture driven by entrepreneurial thinking and talent
• A great team working in unison towards the same mission
• Transparency is what our product is built on—and so is our culture
• Generous medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Parental leave and fertility support
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with company match

A Message on COVID-19:

Socure's number one priority is to safeguard the health and well-being of our team members, our families and our communities. During this unprecedented time, we are closely monitoring COVID-19 developments and updating our response plan quarterly. We are regularly soliciting feedback from our employees to help inform our return-to-office strategy. For our team members who loved going into the office, we are looking forward to meeting once again! But until then, we are striving to ensure that Socureans have the resources and support they need to excel from home. This includes a work-from-home stipend so you can build your home office and fun, virtual events so you can continue to feel connected to your coworkers.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.