BENGALURU · FULLTIME
EY - GDS Consulting - AI And DATA - Data Acquisition Category Manager
Ernst Young
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Role title: Data Acquisition Category Manager
About the AI Ready Data Function EY aspires to become the worlds most trusted AI-powered professional services firm, delivering transformative value to clients and employees. Leveraging its extensive data across finance, legal, HR, and core business operations, EY is uniquely positioned to accelerate its data strategy and unlock new opportunities for growth and protection of its business.
To achieve this vision, all Service Lines and global regions must collaborate on strategic priorities aligned with EYs All In goal: safeguarding the current US$50B revenue base while generating the next US$50B. Central to this effort is advancing data management across its lifecycle to enhance existing services and create innovative offerings.
EYs AI Ready Data Strategy, led by Applied Innovation and the Global Data Office, is the foundation for this transformation. The Data Office drives applied innovation by redefining how data is discovered, managed, utilized, and scaled. A key enabler is the development of an enterprise data platform supported by robust governance, unlocking the full potential of EYs data assets to fuel innovation and deliver next-level client service.
The Data Acquisition team plays a critical role within this function, enabling EY to source, manage, and optimize strategic data needed to support global service lines, regions, and client engagements.
About the Delivery Team The Data Acquisition team consists of Category Managers, Inventory & Finance specialists, and work with colleagues in the wider Data Office and other teams such as Procurement. Together, the team delivers an integrated approach to sourcing and managing data across EY. Category Managers work directly with business stakeholders and collaborate with Procurement, GCO, Finance, Risk and other global functions to meet enterprise data needs efficiently and compliantly.
Position Summary The Data Acquisition Category Manager is responsible for managing one or more assigned data categories and Vendors relationships, ensuring the strategic sourcing, evaluation, commercial negotiation, lifecycle management, and performance monitoring of data vendors and products.
This role supports EYs enterprise data strategy by ensuring that data acquisitions are aligned to:
- business needs,
- category specific insights,
- cost transparency,
- global governance standards, and
- long-term strategic value creation.
Category Managers combine business acumen, data product expertise, vendor knowledge, and commercial negotiation skill to enable trusted, scalable, cost-effective data solutions for the firm.
What We Look For A successful Category Manager demonstrates curiosity, commercial acumen, and the ability to work constructively with stakeholders. You are comfortable navigating complexity and ambiguity, can build strong relationships across global teams, and proactively seek ways to enhance category performance and value. You bring disciplined execution, high integrity, and a commitment to learning and continuous improvement.
Essential Responsibilities of the Job In alignment with the Head of Data Acquisition enterprise sourcing strategy, this role will:
Category Strategy & Planning - Develop and maintain category plans based on business demand, market insights, and EYs data strategy.
- Identify emerging opportunities, risks, and trends that shape future category direction.
- Define priorities and usage needs across regions, service lines, and stakeholder groups.
- Manage assigned vendors across their lifecycle, including evaluation, onboarding, performance monitoring, and issue escalation.
- Lead negotiations and prepare for renewals, ensuring alignment with licensing, IP, privacy, and usage requirements.
- Maintain clear segmentation and scorecards to track vendor performance and product value.
- Support budget planning and provide transparency on costs, category spend, and financial risks.
- Conduct category specific analyses such as TCO, ROI, and Cost information assessments.
- Partner with Procurement, Finance and Risk to optimize commercial terms and ensure compliance.
- Gather and translate business requirements into clear data specifications.
- Match business use cases to the most appropriate data sources or products within your categories.
- Work collaboratively with functions (Service and Sub Service Lines including Super Region Management and stakeholders, Procurement, Finance, GCO, Risk) to ensure alignment and coordinated execution.
- Maintain accurate inventories of category related data assets, contracts, and obligations.
- Produce category specific reporting to support decision making and transparency.
- Ensure all sourcing activity adheres to EY data governance, licensing, and risk management standards.
- Apply sound judgment when evaluating data products, commercial options, and vendor proposals.
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