Senior Director - Data & Analytics - IT

- Firm understanding of the global macro-technology trends, and the evolution and applicability of these trends as they apply to the business domain that TransUnion operates in.

- Visionary in understanding the anticipating the intersection of technology advancements, customer preferences, and business outcomes.

- Ability to start with the business strategy to understand the why and the what and develop an engineering approach to translate that into the how that builds extensible frameworks and architectures that tackle a range of future opportunities that help our customers do things quicker, easier, cheaper, and through a self-service enabled approach.

- Partner with solution owners, market owners, and product owners to help us balance the need for moving quickly to tackle immediate client opportunities to create a stable, scalable platform and technology capabilities.

- Ability to collaborate with Business Executives, Architecture, Delivery and Product teams to define & execute the architectural strategy for TransUnion.

- Knowledge & experience in designing & deploying cloud-native applications in both private & public cloud hosting environments.

- Obsess over creating amazingly intuitive customer experiences using Human Centered Design techniques.

- Like being on the cutting edge of new technology and determining which innovations are transformational in achieving delightful customer experiences.

- Can confidently communicate your strategy across large organizations to influence stakeholders to align behind the objectives

- Strong leadership and team-building skills, including the ability to lead architecture discussions with global teams operating in an Agile / Scrum delivery model.

- Ability to drive global organizational change, balance business requirements with IT initiatives, provide technical leadership, & manage execution of critical initiatives.

- Ability to facilitate the development of an architectural vision with a compelling narrative and financial analysis that supports and aligns to the business and technology strategy.

- Exceptional communication skills with global & diverse audiences - Strong critical thinking and analytical skills.

- BS or MS in Computer Science with 17+ years minimum equivalent experience in a strong technical IT environment.