Vice President Strategy and Planning, Credit Risk Solutions

What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we have a welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. We're consistently exploring new technologies and tools to be agile. This environment gives our people the opportunity to hone current skills and build new capabilities while discovering their genius.

Come be a part of our team - you'll work with great people, pioneering products, and cutting-edge technology.

We are seeking a Vice President Strategy & Planning for our Credit Risk Solutions Team. The Strategy & Planning role at TransUnion is accountable for corporate reporting for the line of business, strategic projects focused on effective organizational design, operational excellence, cross-functional process improvements, and business planning initiatives.

This leader will be responsible for developing long-term, solution-driven strategies to meet TransUnion’s growth and profitability objectives, as well as driving business analytics and insights globally across credit risk solutions. They will be primarily focused on building and stewarding the implementation of the Credit Risk Solutions overall strategic 3-year plan, revenue forecasts, and corporate (Board, CEO) reporting.

The role will need to keep abreast of emerging technologies, data, and customer use cases across products, verticals, and regions in order to look for connections, threats, and opportunities for Credit Risk Solutions. Using that insight, the role integrates, stress-tests, and helps develop multi-year strategic growth initiatives. The role is also responsible for developing and/or reviewing business cases and financial models, which support associated investments and quantify the value delivered by the strategies.

What You'll Bring:

• Leadership and Development. Developing the talent on the team is a priority; you will focus on developing the right skills and market knowledge within your team. You will mentor other people managers on your team and provide professional development pathways for team members.
• Relevant Experience & Knowledge. You understand the credit risk solutions landscape and use that knowledge to foresee challenges and areas of risk for the business and proactively address them.
• Workload Management. This role demands the talent and poise to manage multiple analysis projects and balance workload across your team. Last-minute changes? Evolving timelines? No worries - you’ve got it all covered.
• Meticulous Project Management. Project management requires top-notch organizational skills and the discipline to keep initiatives moving, no matter the obstacles. Fortunately, you’re known for your talent to prioritize the urgency of multiple requests and always with outstanding quality.
• Supportive Partnership. Our best business partners don’t just wait for direction - they have the confidence to make recommendations and help colleagues get what they need before they ask for it. They’re always thinking about what’s next and how they can best assist sales to get a deal across the finish line and are comfortable and skilled at navigating through a matrixed organization.
• Top Notch Communication Skills. Must be strong communicators both in person and through emails and must be comfortable running meetings. Skilled at creating concise and strategic presentations for senior executives.

We'd love to see:

• 15+ years of experience in the credit and/or analytics space; 6+ years at a consulting firm.
• Experience in strategic planning and leading large programs and initiatives from your days as a strategic consultant or business executive.
• Experience in scaling teams and driving significant growth for a variety of organizations.
• Ability to create partnerships in matrix organizations.
• Motivational skills to encourage people to take on new challenges.
• Ability to manage through change and ambiguity to deliver successful outcomes.
• Experience in M&A transformation and partnerships processes from diligence to integrations activities.

Impact You'll Make:

• Build and steward the global CRS prioritization processes and the development of the strategic 3-year plan.
• Coordinate the development of the Credit Risk Solutions forecasts across global teams, including facilitating the engagement with Markets partners to debate, refine, and finalize the financial plans and identify key areas of investment needed.
• Develop and manage processes and coordination of strategy and planning activities across Credit Risk Solutions, which includes monthly business reviews and other corporate reporting such as Board presentations, Town Hall presentations, CEO reviews, and quarterly cross-functional business reviews.
• Support the execution of selected Credit Risk Solutions strategy projects, collaborating with relevant functional leaders to create and maintain plans that have clear and measurable targets while tracking and reporting progress against business growth plans.
• Oversee M&A diligence and integrations activities for Credit Risk Solutions, along with tracking progress and leading engagements on any minority investments.
• Gather market intelligence on macro-economic and industry trends, consumer behaviors, regulatory changes and hurdles, disruptive innovations, and competitive offerings to validate and refine our product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.

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.

Benefits:

TransUnion provides flexible benefits including flexible time off for exempt associates, paid time off for non-exempt associates, up to 12 paid holidays per year, health benefits (including medical, dental, and vision plan options and health spending accounts), mental health support, disability benefits, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility planning coverage, legal benefits, long-term care insurance, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, charity gift matching, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k) retirement savings with employer match, and access to TransUnion’s Employee Resource Groups. Spousal, domestic partner, and other eligible dependent coverage is available on select health and welfare plans.

We are committed to being a place where diversity is not only present, it is embraced. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pay Scale Information: The U.S. base salary range for this position is $193,500.00 - $300,000.00 annually. *The salary range for this position reflects a reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for this job. At TransUnion, actual compensation is based on careful consideration of additional factors such as (but not limited to) an individual’s education, training, work experience, job-related skill set, location, and industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position and market considerations. Regular, full-time non-sales positions may be eligible to participate in TransUnion’s annual bonus plan. Certain positions may also be eligible for long-term incentives and other payments based on applicable company guidance and plan documents.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:

VP, Strategic Planning