Director Data Sourcing & Strategy (m/f/d)
intro
Adsquare's mission is centered on:
- Passion: Solving complex challenges with exceptional people, technology, and data.
- Niche: Specializing in Location Intelligence for Programmatic Advertisers.
Our work is guided by our core values, and we look for candidates who embody them:
- Drive: Turning ambition into action that brings valuable outcomes.
- Resilience: Adapting, persevering, and growing stronger through challenges.
- No BS: Upholding honesty, transparency, and clear communication.
- Humble: Valuing modesty and letting results speak for themselves.
- Moral Compass: Acting with fairness, integrity, and respect.
about the team
Data sits at the heart of everything Adsquare does — it's the raw material behind every product we sell. This role leads our data sourcing function: a small, focused team responsible for the quality, legality, and strategic positioning of the data we bring in. You'll work hand-in-hand with Product, Legal, and Engineering, and grow the function as Adsquare scales.
your mission
Data is our product. You'll own the data we bring in — what we source, on what terms, to what standard — and grow that into a strategic function as Adsquare scales. A builder's role: you'll lead a small team today and shape what the function becomes.
your profile
- 6+ years in data acquisition, data partnerships, or strategic partnerships within adtech, martech, or the wider data ecosystem — with real depth, not just deal volume.
- A track record of both sourcing strategy and execution: deciding what data matters, then securing it on good terms.
- Direct experience negotiating and managing data partnerships, ideally across multiple markets.
- Deep grounding in privacy and compliance — GDPR, CCPA, consent frameworks, privacy-enhancing technologies.
- Strong analytical instinct — able to evaluate data on quality, scale, coverage, and financial viability, not just take a supplier's word for it.
- A builder — comfortable shaping a function rather than inheriting a finished one, and comfortable in ambiguity.
- Direct, low-ego, high-integrity. Fits how we work: Drive, Resilience, No BS, Humility, Moral Compass.
what you will do
- Define and execute Adsquare's data sourcing strategy — what to acquire, build, or partner for, and the business case behind it.
- Identify, evaluate, and negotiate terms with global and local data providers (mobile apps, SDK networks, retail media, telcos, first-party data owners).
- Set data quality standards and the monitoring to enforce them — catching problems at the provider level, not when a client does.
- Own the legal and privacy posture on sourced data alongside Legal — consent, GDPR/CCPA and equivalents, licensing compliance.
- Manage existing data-partner relationships — value, optimisation, renewals.
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering on technical onboarding and evaluation of new data streams.
- Build and grow the team as the function scales.
nice to have
- Strong knowledge of programmatic advertising, location data, and industry identifiers.
- Enough technical fluency (APIs, data formats, cloud data transfer) to challenge and guide credibly.
- Experience intiating first-party data collection or a sourcing capability in a new market.
why us?
- Hybrid + remote from anywhere up to 3 months/year
- €1,200 yearly learning & development budget
- 30 vacation days
- Urban Sports Club membership
- Company pension scheme
- Latest hardware provided
- Regular team & company events
salary range (annual on-target earnings)
€90,000–€110,000 (base salary + performance bonus), depending on experience.
recruiting process
We value your time and aim to provide a transparent and efficient recruitment experience.
- Values-fit interview - 30 min
- Hiring Managers interview - 60 min
- Case study presentation - 90 min
- Reference check
- Offer
work model
Hybrid
desired start date
As soon as possible