Vice President, Alternative Credit Data Solutions

TransUnion • Chicago, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Credit Risk Solutions (CRS) is part of Transunion’s Global Solutions organization and is focused on making trust possible by delivering more accurate and comprehensive information on individuals, businesses, and assets, and their relationship with each other. Our mission is to support global commerce and consumer credit transactions by developing and providing actionable data and insights- along with customer-centric tools with which organizations can effectively discern risk and manage credit decisions for the broadest population possible. As Vice President, Alternative Credit Data Solutions, you will be responsible for product management of multiple alternative credit data product lines. In this global role, you will manage the teams that oversee product management for a diverse set of U.S. and international alternative data credit products. In the United States, you’ll be responsible for one of TransUnion’s most valuable and unique assets, the short-term lending data bureau. With significant investment, alternative data products globally are poised for growth and innovation. The VP will oversee both owned and third-party data sets and the products that they power for TransUnion customers across diverse markets including Financial Services, Insurance, Media, Telco, Tenant and Employment, and others. This work will include working closely with data acquisition, global technology, and overseeing the management of third-party data provider relationships.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressively more responsible experience in product or program management and P & L responsibility and ownership in either Financial Services or information services
• Deep familiarity with credit data, while a data science background is not required, the ability to interpret and guide complex data science work is essential to make product decisions and inform go-to-market strategies
• Strong collaborator with a problem-solving, design-thinking, customer-centric mind-set; highly curious
• Solid organizational, project management, problem solving and decision-making skills with a high degree of comfort managing multiple assignments and managing a global team
• Strong product management discipline with demonstrated success leading cross-functional product teams
• Exudes accountability and ownership and is passionate about the fundamental customer/consumer problem
• Driven by intellectual curiosity and independent thinking
• Experience working within matrixed organizations
• Very strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree required

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree is a plus

Responsibilities

• Ensure commercial success of the portfolio of alternative data solutions by working in close partnership with Sales, Markets, Global Technology, Analytics, TransUnion’s management team and other matrix partners
• Lead Product Management (with the help of 2 FTEs) for the short-term lending bureau while managing global product managers for other alternative data products and blended scores and attributes (popular models that use both traditional and alternative data)
• Create and manage the short-term lending platform strategy including backlog management, ongoing platform support, and platform sunset strategies
• Define the overall resource needs of the business across solutions, technology, compliance, analytics, and operations
• Develop, own, and execute multiple global product development roadmaps with the help of the dedicated product managers
• Manage existing products, including in-market alternative and blended attributes and scores, their efficacy and revenue plans
• Direct a team of Product Managers to realize your product vision
• Drive go-to-market activities, develop and own platform KPIs, customer feedback, and the competitive landscape to identify gaps, weaknesses and opportunities in any part of product and platform delivery
• Assess global opportunity to stand up similar solutions across international regions
• Work across all global markets to prioritize top use cases to address and determine new markets to enter, negotiate terms, and complete GTM, incentive alignment and sales training

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees