For AI teams
Building an enterprise data procurement team
Short answer
A data procurement team needs sourcing, legal, privacy and technical evaluation skills working from one request process.
Roles to cover#
- Sourcing lead who owns requests and suppliers
- Counsel for license terms
- Privacy reviewer
- Data engineer for evaluation
Process#
- Standard request template
- Sample review criteria
- Approval gates before purchase
- Supplier tracking
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