Tel Aviv, Israel · B2B data partnerships

Ahay Oziel

Data Partnerships Manager · Business Development

I work on both sides of the B2B data market: buying the data that powers Explorium's platform and selling Explorium's data to other companies. Before that I spent 7 years at Bright Data, most recently managing a $12M ARR enterprise portfolio.

oziel.ahay@gmail.com LinkedIn ↗
$12MARR portfolio managed at Bright Data
+20%Year-over-year portfolio growth
7-figureData acquisition budget at Explorium
9+ yrsIn the high-tech industry

Experience

Oct 2024 – Present

Data Partnerships Manager · Explorium

Explorium is the B2B data foundation for AI agents, with data on 150M+ companies and 800M+ people from 100+ sources, delivered through APIs and MCP.

Data acquisition

  • Lead data partnership deals end to end, from market research to closed-won.
  • Manage a 7-figure data acquisition budget and make sure it returns strong ROI.
  • Introduced new partnership models, including channel partnerships, to create new revenue streams.
  1. Market research
  2. Negotiation
  3. Technical integration
  4. Closed-won

Data sales

  • Close bulk data licensing deals, including six-figure contracts, usually between $80K and $200K.
  • Sell to data companies and platforms across the B2B data ecosystem.
  • Work closely with C-level and product leaders.
Feb 2022 – Oct 2024

Senior Account Manager · Bright Data, French market

  • Kept satisfaction and retention high across an enterprise portfolio worth $12M ARR.
  • Grew the portfolio 20% year over year by owning the full sales cycle for upsells and expansions.
  • Worked with product and engineering to match client technical needs with the roadmap.
  • Led each deal from discovery and value pricing to the signed contract.
  • Built client loyalty through face-to-face meetings and Quarterly Business Reviews.
Dec 2019 – Feb 2022

Account Manager · Bright Data

Managed a portfolio of 60 customers, responsible for retention and revenue growth. Found new opportunities within the portfolio and built long-term pricing plans based on each customer's needs and usage data. Kept close relationships through regular calls and meetings, and improved customer performance with technical advice and network configuration.

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019

Growth Account Manager · Bright Data

  • Worked with customer success to find upgrade options and grow revenue from existing customers.
  • Moved growing small businesses to the account management team.
  • Negotiated and closed long-term subscriptions, and moved customers onto new products through large campaigns.
Sep 2017 – Jan 2019

Deploy Supervisor, Deploy Engineer · Bright Data

Ran the deploy team, shipped product releases and monitored servers around the world.

May 2016 – Feb 2017

Quality Assurance Engineer · Lumenis

Ran manual and automated tests on medical laser systems.

Side project

2026

Secondhand.fit

A social marketplace for secondhand everything, from clothes to furniture. You follow people you trust and shop their finds, with swipeable listings and stories of new drops. I built it with Next.js, Supabase and Vercel.

secondhand.fit ↗

Skills

  • Business development
  • Data partnerships & licensing
  • Client relationship management
  • Sales strategy & execution
  • Account growth & retention
  • Upselling & cross-selling
  • Negotiation & closing
  • Customer success management
  • Data analysis & reporting
  • SQL & PostgreSQL
  • TypeScript & Next.js

Languages

Hebrew
Native
English
Advanced

Education

QA Engineer Certification
HackerU College