Senior Data Strategist

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Burlington, ON
Hybrid
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Business Intelligence • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Big Data Analytics
The Role
The Senior Data Strategist at TransUnion defines and implements data strategies, drives innovation, and optimizes performance across products, enhancing financial inclusion and customer engagement.
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What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make more informed decisions and achieve great things.
Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used in diverse ways. Whether it is helping businesses better manage risk, providing better insights so a consumer can qualify for his first mortgage or working with law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, we are improving the quality of life for individuals, families, communities and local economies around the world.

What You'll Bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, science or a related field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in management consulting, strategic planning, analytics, or related roles with exposure to strategic and operational responsibilities.
  • Strong analytical and independent research capabilities.
  • Effective communicator in distilling complex subjects to executive insights.
  • Proficiency in data analysis and advanced data visualization. Excel experience is required. Power BI, Tableau, SQL, R, Python, and SAS experiences are a plus.
  • Experience in financial services, startup, product management, risk management, or customer engagement is preferred.

Impact You'll Make:

The Senior Consultant, Data Strategy is responsible for defining and implementing TransUnion’s data asset strategy. This role is integral to driving product innovation and delivering value across the organization. The incumbent will lead initiatives that promote financial inclusion, advance industry innovation, and uphold TransUnion’s mission of Information for Good.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Shape TransUnion’s strategic roadmap by gathering market intelligence, identifying data needs and opportunities, engaging customers, and securing cross-functional buy-ins and approvals for data initiatives.
  • Advance thought leadership as a data subject matter expert (SME) through executive-level communications, publishable research, and proactive insights.
  • Drive data acquisition and governance by identifying and evaluating data suppliers to ensure quality, compliance, and strategic alignment.
  • Establish and maintain strategic partnerships and supplier relationships, including leading negotiations and managing contract agreements to ensure favorable terms and compliance.
  • Define, track, and interpret KPIs to optimize the performance and value of TransUnion’s data assets.
This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

Accommodation is available, including for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable laws.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:

Sr Consultant, Product Management

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
13,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1968

What We Do

TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible by ensuring that each consumer is reliably and safely represented in the marketplace.

We do this by having an accurate and comprehensive picture of each person.

This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world.

Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn their trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in the opportunities they deserve.

We make trust possible, so businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.

Why Work With Us

Our culture is welcoming, energetic and innovative. There’s an overall synergy that flows throughout TransUnion, creating a sense of unity in knowing that we’re all working to achieve the same overall goal. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for our people to get involved and stay connected with their colleagues across the globe.

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