Vice President, Head of U.S. Compliance Advisory

TransUnion; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 194,000 - 407,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts

Job summary

TransUnion is seeking a VP, Compliance to lead the U.S. Compliance Advisory function within the Risk and Compliance Department. You will set strategy, align resources, and guide senior business leaders through complex regulatory requirements affecting U.S.

products, sales, and operations. You’ll collaborate across Global Solutions, Legal, and Regulatory Exam teams, build organizational capability, mentor managers, and ensure timely, risk-based decision-making while advancing compliant innovation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of compliance experience in a highly regulated industry.
• 7+ years leading teams, including managers.
• Deep expertise in U.S. consumer protection laws (FCRA, UDAAP, GLBA, DPPA).
• Experience with U.S. privacy laws (CCPA) and implementation planning.
• Ability to navigate matrixed organizations and interact with regulators.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and priorities for U.S. Compliance Advisory.
• Advise senior leaders with risk-based guidance for compliant innovation.
• Oversee product development compliance from concept through lifecycle.
• Shape regulatory exam responses and manage issue remediation.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Regulatory risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Policy governance

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a highly regulated industry

Juris Doctor

Job description

Team Overview

The U.S. Compliance Advisory team provides practical, risk-based compliance advice to business stakeholders on regulatory obligations that apply to TransUnion's U.S. products, sales activity, customer questions and operations support. The team sits within the Risk and Compliance Department and partners closely with Global Solutions, U.S. Markets, Global Operations, Legal, Global Audit and Advisory, Global Technology and Data and Analytics. This role reports to the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer. 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.

Role Overview and Core Responsibilities

• Lead and set the strategic direction, operating model, priorities and key initiatives for the U.S. Compliance Advisory function, ensuring resources are aligned to the highest-impact business, regulatory and risk priorities.
• Serve as a senior strategic advisor to business leaders by providing timely, practical and risk-based guidance that enables responsible innovation while ensuring compliance with applicable U.S. regulatory obligations.
• Oversee compliance advisory support for product development through the Product Development Life Cycle, drive continuous improvement of approval and advisory processes, and partner with International Risk and Compliance and Global Solutions to expand the new product approval process globally.
• Lead enterprise assessment of new laws and regulations impacting U.S. products, customers, sales activity and operations, ensuring clear ownership, prioritization and execution of required implementation plans.
• Provide executive oversight for Issue Management by guiding business leaders through identification of control breaks, assessment of customer or consumer impact, root cause investigation and timely remediation of potential harm.
• Partner with Regulatory Exam Management to shape and support the company’s approach to regulatory exams, inquiries and enforcement activity, ensuring responses are coordinated, timely, risk-based and appropriately escalated.
• Build and maintain trusted executive relationships across Global Solutions, U.S. Markets, Global Operations, Legal, Risk and Compliance, Global Audit and Advisory, Global Technology and Data and Analytics to influence outcomes in a highly matrixed environment.
• Develop organizational capability by coaching, mentoring and leading the U.S. Compliance Advisory team, including managers, while assessing talent, succession, seniority, expertise and resourcing needs required to support current and future priorities.
• Own and strengthen policy governance, Cross Functional Leadership Team advisory support and Risk and Compliance Committee oversight by ensuring subject matter expert accountability, timely policy maintenance, effective escalation and consistent risk-based decision-making.

Required Knowledge and Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree and 15 or more years of compliance experience in a highly regulated industry, including successive leadership roles and seven or more years managing teams, including managers.
• Deep expertise in U.S. consumer protection laws, including Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), with the ability to apply that expertise to product, sales, operations and customer support decisions.
• Experience with U.S. privacy laws, including data broker laws, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other comprehensive state privacy laws, with the ability to assess business impact and lead required implementation plans.
• Experience navigating highly matrixed organizations and interacting effectively with senior leaders, regulators and external entities.

Required Technical Skills

• Working knowledge of the Product Development Life Cycle process and the ability to use it to guide compliant product development and continuous process improvement.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities, deadlines, action plans and stakeholder expectations concurrently.
• Ability to assess regulatory change, Issue Management, policy governance, regulatory exam support and enforcement-related obligations and translate them into practical business requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Juris Doctor degree, experience in financial services and experience interacting with federal regulators.
• Familiarity with AdTech and regulations governing the marketing industry, including experience evaluating the marketing of consumer financial services.
• Familiarity with telecommunications regulations, including Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations.
• Experience thinking creatively and innovatively when providing legal or compliance advice in a fast-moving business environment.

Benefits

• Benefits that support every part of your life: At TransUnion, we design benefits to help you feel well, do well, and plan well—from day one.
• For Your Health: Enjoy day-one eligibility for medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus supplemental plan options.
• Spousal, domestic partner, and other eligible dependent coverage is available on select plans.
• Choose tax-advantaged HSA and FSA accounts to make everyday care more affordable.
• For Your Protection: We've got your back with company-paid basic life and AD&D, optional voluntary life and AD&D for you and your family, and short-and long-term disability.
• You can also opt into a legal plan, pet insurance, and travel accident coverage.
• For Your Family: From adoption assistance and fertility planning coverage to caregiver support, we're here for every chapter.
• Access Dependent Care FSA for possibility of an employer match, a complimentary Care@Work membership, and up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave with eligibility for a thoughtful, gradual return.
• For Your Future: Build toward what's next with our 401(k) with employer match and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Tap financial wellness resources, career coaching, and optional long-term care insurance to plan confidently.
• For You: Grow and recharge with tuition reimbursement, flexible time off for exempt employees or paid time off for nonexempt employees, up to 12 paid holidays per year, commuter benefits, employee discounts, charitable gift matching, and paid volunteer time off, plus corporate volunteer events that make it easy to give back.
• For Your Wellness: Access 24/7 support including professional therapy, coaching, and emotional well-being programs alongside guided meditation and resources that support physical, mental, social, and financial wellness.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

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.

Additionally, in accordance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, TransUnion takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in all levels of employment and develops annual affirmative action plans. Components of TransUnion’s Aff...

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Adherence to company policies, sound judgment and trustworthiness, working safely, communicating respectfully, and safeguarding business operations, confidential and proprietary information, and the company's reputation are also essential expectations of this position.

Pay Scale Information

The U.S. base salary range for this position is $193,500.00 - $406,500.00 *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, fulltime non-sales positions may be eligible to participate in TransUnion’s annual bonus plan. Certain positions may be also eligible for long-term incentives and other payments based on applicable company guidance and plan documents.

Company Overview

TransUnion Overview: At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver's seat of their professional development- while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence. Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you'll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

Job Details

TransUnion's Internal Job Title: VP, Compliance

Company: TransUnion LLC