Civitech · 1 month ago
Director of Data Acquisition & PM - Datasets
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
12+ years expCivitech is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating a fairer and more equitable democracy by building the tools and infrastructure needed to increase civic participation. The Director of Data Acquisition will lead a large team focused on the extraction, normalization, and ingestion of civic data while also contributing to the product direction of tools used by the team.
CivicTechService IndustrySoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Directly and indirectly manage several team members working on project management in service of data collection from highly disaggregated, nonstandardized and complex sources
Lead a team of contractors who conduct outreach to local election officials and institutions across the country
Ensure that contractors are appropriately trained and staffed on research verticals each week with special consideration for each vertical’s relevant deadlines and required trainings
Create comprehensive, proactive plans around our data coverage which meet the needs of our customers
Create a positive, motivated, and entrepreneurial team culture which prioritizes direct feedback and continuous improvement
Ensure that millions of data points across domains such as candidate names, early voting locations, geospatial information and phone numbers for elected officeholders are collected and ingested with minimal error
Create and maintain robust documentation about process, timeline and data standards across all research verticals
Manage technical contributors responsible for database architecture / design, identifying problematic data and providing technical consultation
Track key indicators of data quality and make proactive recommendations to improve data accuracy and robustness
Support Sales teams by providing guidance on our data and product offerings
Support Marketing teams by identifying unique insights and analyses from our data
Partner with Customer Success teams looking to address customer and user tickets in a timely manner
Make strategic planning decisions around partnerships with external vendors and scoping custom projects
Join calls with existing customers looking for guidance on how to use our data as well as prospective customers who may have questions about our offerings
Work closely with engineers and technical staff to maintain and develop internal tools for efficient data collection, normalization and standardization
Make key prioritization decisions around what internal features we build in order to improve the processes of data collection, QA and standardization
Create user stories and acceptance criteria for new features in our internal tools
Partner with GTM teams to scope, develop requirements and help launch customer-facing products which use our data
Create and manage systems for tracking expenses required for completing research in an efficient, accurate and timely manner
Design new systems for more efficient data collection and processing
Predict and plan for hiring temporary contractors as needed; partner with HR to onboard them
Manage several third-party software systems used by the team
Review all data contracts to ensure that our teams are well-equipped to satisfy SLA requirements
Qualification
Required
12-18 years of professional experience including 6-9 years of experience managing large, cross-functional teams
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Advanced SQL knowledge
Product management experience
Experience working with political data, maintaining complex datasets and designing novel ETL processes
Committed to leveraging technology and data products to increase civic participation
Experience working closely with Sales, CS and Marketing teams
Preferred
Experience with database architecture, data engineering or data science
Benefits
Medical, Vision, & Dental Insurance
401(k) plan
Employee Stock Options
Employer-paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
Flexible Time Off & Paid Company Holidays
Flexible Spending Account
Parental Leave
Flexible Schedules
Company
Civitech
Civitech is a political technology startup devoted to applying technology-based solutions to civic problems.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$25.82MKey Investors
Applied Real Intelligence (A.R.I.)Higher Ground Labs
2025-04-22Series Unknown· $2.7M
2024-10-22Series Unknown
2022-01-11Series A· $10M
Leadership Team
Sarah Jackel
Chief Operating Officer
Alisa Berlin
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Recent News
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