Sunwater Capital Head of Data Partnerships & Sales at Sunwater Capital responsible for enterprise sales of data and intelligence products. Manage full commercial cycle and develop strategic partnerships in data licensing business.
Responsibilities
Identify and pursue buyers for political, scientific, and pharmaceutical data, knowledge graphs, news, and related platform and service offerings.
Develop relationships with decision-makers in data acquisition, product, research, AI, business development, and procurement.
Translate customer requirements into defined evaluations, paid pilots, and annual licensing agreements.
Lead negotiations covering usage rights, redistribution, AI use, historical data, and expansion.
Develop pricing with the team, balancing customer value, delivery requirements, and recurring revenue.
Coordinate with technical and domain teams on data samples, coverage, quality, entity resolution, and integration requirements.
Manage pipeline development, forecasting, renewals, and account expansion.
Translate customer feedback into product recommendations while maintaining alignment with commercial priorities and the product roadmap.
Qualification
Experience selling API feedsSound commercial judgment in pricing
Required
Experience selling or commercializing scientific, biopharma, or political data, with an understanding of relevant buyer needs and use cases.
An established network of decision-makers among data and intelligence platforms, financial information providers, institutional investors, AI companies, publishers, or pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
Demonstrated success closing six- and seven-figure enterprise data, content, or intelligence licensing agreements.
Experience selling API feeds, bulk datasets, knowledge graphs, or OEM and redistribution partnerships.
Ability to structure agreements that reflect the commercial value of internal-use, production, redistribution, and AI rights.