Senior Data Analytics & Strategy Lead

TransUnion; Greenwood Village (CO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision coverage

401(k) match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays

Commuter benefits

Volunteer time off

Job summary

TransUnion is seeking a seasoned leader to head the Data Analysis team, overseeing data asset evaluation and strategic insights across products and services. Hybrid role with in-person work at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days per week.

You will mentor a team, align data initiatives with product strategy, and drive value through financial services analytics and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data analytics, data strategy, product analytics, data acquisition, or related disciplines with demonstrated success driving business outcomes through data.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing analytical or data-focused teams and establishing priorities, performance expectations, and development plans.
• Experience evaluating new and existing data assets and determining business value through analytical frameworks and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, lineage, and lifecycle management principles and their impact on business outcomes.
• Experience partnering with Product, Business, and Technology teams to translate business needs into structured data requirements and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex analytical findings to executive and non-technical audiences and influence strategic decisions.
• Experience identifying, evaluating, and commercializing emerging datasets.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team responsible for evaluating new and existing data assets for use across TransUnion products and services.
• Oversee end-to-end assessment of data sources, planning, coverage analysis, quality validation, and business value determination.
• Develop and standardize scalable due diligence methodologies including data profiling, coverage analysis, gap analysis, lift analysis, and simulation testing.
• Translate complex analytical findings into actionable insights that influence product strategy, business decisions, and revenue-generating opportunities.
• Partner with Product, Data Acquisition, Solutions, and Technology teams to identify and prioritize opportunities that enhance existing products and support new offerings.
• Drive enterprise data quality initiatives by identifying improvement opportunities and implementing best practices across data management processes.
• Support data onboarding, cataloging, and analysis activities within the OneTru platform.
• Establish and maintain standards for data governance, data lineage, access controls, and lifecycle management.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that influence data investment decisions and enterprise data strategy.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Data analytics

People leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Executive communication

SQL

Python

Data governance

Tools

Bitquery

SQL

Job description

TransUnion is seeking a seasoned leader to head the Data Analysis team, overseeing data asset evaluation and strategic insights across products and services. Hybrid role with in-person work at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days per week.

You will mentor a team, align data initiatives with product strategy, and drive value through financial services analytics and data-driven decision making.