Senior Consultant – Data Partnerships

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TransUnion Marketing Solutions seeks an experienced partner manager to lead a strategic portfolio of third-party data providers for audience activation products. You will nurture relationships, drive data monetization, and align business goals with data differentiation to expand data assets.

Responsibilities include high-stakes negotiations, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering revenue growth through data-driven insights and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years in AdTech/MarTech, a DMP/DSP, data provider, or publisher environment in account/partner management, business development, or customer success.
• Deep knowledge of third-party audience data providers and data monetization through marketplace models.
• Proven ability to manage complex partner relationships and influence stakeholders toward commercial outcomes.
• Strong process orientation and meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize a large workload in a complex or ambiguous environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of DMPs, DSPs, audience data marketplaces, and programmatic activation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of third-party data providers supporting TransUnion Marketing Solutions audience activation products.
• Maintain partnership health, growth, and long-term value.
• Build trusted partner relationships by understanding business goals and data differentiation.
• Advise partners on using TransUnion solutions to support their goals.
• Expand the availability and inclusion of partner data assets across the marketplace and other audience products.
• Own day-to-day partner communication including questions, updates, revenue reporting, taxonomy management, data strategy, and data inventory monitoring insights.
• Develop detailed understanding of the assigned portfolio and secure requested or high-value data from partners.
• Coordinate with Product, Data Operations, Finance, Sales, Legal, and other cross-functional teams.
• Execute data merchandising, operational data management, partner payments, and broader commercial activities.
• Negotiate partnership agreements and monitor compliance with terms and responsibilities.
• Identify and recommend product and process enhancements to improve partner support and revenue growth.

Job description

• Manage a portfolio of third-party data providers supporting TransUnion Marketing Solutions audience activation products
• Maintain partnership health, growth, and long-term value
• Build trusted partner relationships by understanding business goals and data differentiation
• Advise partners on using TransUnion solutions to support their goals
• Expand the availability and inclusion of partner data assets across the audience marketplace and other audience products
• Own day-to-day partner communication, including questions, updates, revenue reporting, audience taxonomy management, data strategy, and data inventory monitoring insights
• Develop detailed understanding of the assigned portfolio
• Secure requested or high-value data from existing and prospective partners
• Coordinate with Product, Data Operations, Finance, Sales, Legal, and other cross-functional teams
• Execute data merchandising, operational data management, partner payments, and broader commercial activities
• Negotiate partnership agreements and monitor compliance with agreed terms and responsibilities
• Identify and recommend product and process enhancements to improve partner support and enable revenue growth

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in AdTech, MarTech, a DMP, DSP, data provider, digital agency, or publisher environment, in an account management, partner management, business development, or customer success capacity
• Deep knowledge of third-party audience data providers, audience data monetization through a marketplace model, and programmatic audience activation
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex partner relationships, negotiate agreements, and influence internal and external stakeholders toward shared commercial outcomes
• Strong process orientation and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize a large workload in a complex and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to understand and explain new business and technical concepts
• Working knowledge of DMPs, DSPs, audience data marketplaces, and programmatic audience activation technology
• Ability to manage audience taxonomies, data inventories, partner revenue reporting, and data performance insights
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer support or sponsorship now or in the future
• Experience working for a third-party audience data seller or within a data marketplace business (preferred)
• Experience supporting multidimensional commercial relationships across product, operational, financial, and legal workstreams (preferred)
• Ability to quickly learn TransUnion Marketing Solutions products and processes and translate partner feedback into practical enhancement recommendations (preferred)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing third-party data provider relationships, with a strong focus on audience data monetization and programmatic audience activation. Capable of negotiating agreements, managing complex partnerships, and driving revenue growth through effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Partner Management
• Audience Data Monetization
• Programmatic Audience Activation
• Negotiation Skills
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Hard Skills

• AdTech
• MarTech
• DMP
• DSP
• Data Inventory Management
• Audience Taxonomy Management
• Data Performance Insights
• Revenue Reporting
• Data Strategy
• Operational Data Management

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Process Orientation
• Ability to Prioritize
• Influencing Stakeholders

Industry Keywords

• Third-Party Audience Data Providers
• Digital Agency
• Publisher Environment
• Account Management
• Customer Success

Tools & Technologies

• Audience Data Marketplaces
• Programmatic Technology