What We'll Bring:

This role will support our mission to ensure data assets are fully understood and appropriately managed and accurate. The job leverages project leadership and collaboration to drive continuous improvement in our data management and data governance practices. Accountabilities for the role also include ensuring that decisions and changes around our data are fully-supported by facts and data, aligned with TU’s overall strategy, and addressing the needs of all stakeholders.

What You'll Bring:

How you’ll contribute:  ​ 

• Work with technology teams to analyze data requirements (functional and non-functional) and provide data architectural design solutions for business and technology initiatives 
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of data sources and data-gathering techniques 
• Design data structures, data models, and data pipelines, leveraging the support of subject matter experts to deliver business intelligence/data science capabilities for the organization 
• Create data models at all levels including conceptual, logical, and physical 
• Collaborate within an agile, multi-disciplinary team to deliver solutions 
• Developing knowledge and expertise on the people, practices and tools used at TransUnion to manage and govern our data assets 
• Working with business units to assign data governance roles and ensuring clear responsibility for ownership and stewardship of data assets 
• Developing, maintaining and supporting the widespread adoption of data dictionaries 
• Facilitating the development, implementation and communication of data standards 
• Designing and implementing enhancements to Data Governance processes 
• Collecting, analyzing and synthesing information from a variety of large and complex data sets to develop context and derive insight around data risks, issues and opportunities 
• Reporting on risks, issues and performance to senior stakeholders 
• Monitoring data incidents and assisting with investigation, root cause analysis and remediation activities 
• Championing an elevated understanding of Data Governance principles, processes and measurements 
• Utilize effective project management techniques to execute development efforts to timely and successful completion 
• Effectively translate business requirements into solution design 
• Utilize ETL tools to transform data and promote workflow automation 
• Utilize data visualization tools to produce efficient and visually appealing dashboards 
• Complete analytics projects related to Sales/Business Intelligence 
• Deliver analytic insights and recommendations in succinct and compelling presentations for internal customers and an executive audience. 

Impact You'll Make:

​​What you’ll bring:   

​This position requires a broad understanding of data. It requires someone who can work with a range of stakeholders to ensure data is governed appropriately, and can identify and suggest opportunities for data management improvement. 

• ​A passion for data governance and how it benefits an organization 
• ​Degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics or Computer Science discipline is required 
• ​Domo, Tableau CRM and/or Salesforce.com experience required 
• ​Expertise in database aggregation and reporting skills 
• ​Ability to facilitate discussions with groups of stakeholders with varying goals and accountabilities related to core business datasets 
• ​Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities with a focus on data-driven decision-making experience in the identification of risks, definition of plans to control/remediate risks, measuring risks, and reducing risks across data assets 
• ​Competent in defining, reviewing and challenging data management standards, practices, systems and controls 
• ​Strategic, conceptual thinker with proven ability to facilitate organizational and behavioral change 
• ​Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with a variety of technical and non-technical business stakeholders 
• ​Ability to articulate business issues without resorting to technical language 
• ​Comfortable presenting ideas and information to all levels within the organization  
• ​Strong organization and time management skills, specifically working to deadlines with multiple deliverables