TransUnion

Director, Platform Partnerships

TransUnion$150K — $225K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in platform enablement or product operations within the financial services industry.
  • Strong people-leadership skills with a hands-on approach to developing talent and building teams.
  • Ability to define partnership strategies and drive execution while managing ambiguity.
  • Proven cross-functional leadership across multiple departments without direct authority.
  • Experience in a consultative role with strong structured communication abilities.
  • Exceptional organization and communication skills for managing complex initiatives at scale.
  • Familiarity with data privacy and compliance in financial services.

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the platform enablement strategy to scale product distribution.
  • Design operating models with standards and governance for consistent execution.
  • Develop partner-specific roadmaps with clear integration priorities and trade-offs.
  • Track platform performance and adoption signals to guide investment decisions.
  • Coordinate with internal teams to ensure execution readiness and delivery.
  • Ensure availability and documentation of TransUnion products in third-party environments.
  • Drive product adoption across platform ecosystems through collaboration with Sales and Marketing.

Benefits

  • Day-one eligibility for comprehensive health coverage including medical and vision.
  • Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance, with optional voluntary coverage available.
  • Support for family needs through adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match options and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Flexible time off policies and paid volunteer time to encourage work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Team Overview

This role leads the third-party platform partnership success team and is accountable for the overall success of TransUnion's product enablement on key third party platforms. The role ensures products are enabled, delivered, and adopted through strategic third party platforms by providing and orchestrating strategic direction and execution across Technology, Solutions (Product), Markets, Sales, Operations, and Legal.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
  • Define, own, and evolve the long-term platform enablement strategy required to scale product distribution through third-party platforms
  • Design and enforce the platform enablement operating model, including standards, governance, and foundational KPIs, to ensure consistent execution and adherence to TransUnion data handling, privacy, compliance, and third-party risk requirement
  • Develop and own partner-specific platform roadmaps as the annual operating plan, with clearly documented integration priorities, sequencing, dependencies, and explicit decisions and trade-offs
  • Define and track platform-level performance and adoption signals (e.g., enablement status, activation signals, implementation cycles) to inform roadmap and investment decisions
  • Own the internal operating cadence with Solutions, Markets and Sales for priority third-party platforms, coordinating working sessions, governance forums, and QBR support to ensure execution readiness, delivery and issue resolution
  • Ensure TransUnion products are implemented and available in third-party platform production environments, with clear documentation and sustainable support as partner platforms and integrations evolve
  • Be accountable for product adoption across third-party platform ecosystems by coordinating across Sales, Markets, Solutions, and Product Marketing to ensure readiness, clarity of what's live and what's coming, and effective execution
  • Maintain a current view of platform ecosystems and functionality, partner capabilities and markets served, and competitive enablement patterns to inform prioritization and strategic direction


Required Knowledge and Experiences
  • 10+ years of experience in platform enablement, ecosystem integrations, or product operations, including ownership of partner-platform roadmaps and operating models in the financial services industry
  • Proven people-leadership experience, including developing talent and building high-performing teams, with a hands on, player coach leadership approach, evidencing the ability to scale capability over time
  • Demonstrated ability to define partnership strategy and drive execution, translating ambiguity into clear standards, plans, and outcomes
  • Strong track record of cross-functional leadership and collaboration across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Privacy, and Support without direct authority
  • Experience operating in a consultative role, influencing stakeholders through structured communication, clear framing, and sound judgment
  • Exceptional organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage complex, interdependent initiatives at scale
  • Working knowledge of data privacy, compliance, and third-party risk considerations related to platform integrations and the financial services industry
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity, with a bias toward collaboration, structure, repeatability, and operational rigor
  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred


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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[redacted] 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.

Pay Scale Information:

The U.S. base salary range for this position is $150,100.00 - $225,000.00 annually. *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.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:
Director, Solutions Consulting

Company:
TransUnion LLC

About TransUnion

TransUnion is a consumer credit reporting agency. TransUnion collects and aggregates information on over one billion individual consumers in over thirty countries including "200 million files profiling nearly every credit-active consumer in the United States". Its customers include over 65,000 businesses. Based in Chicago, Illinois, TransUnion's 2014 revenue was US$1.3 billion.
Learn more about TransUnion
Size
10,200 employees
Market Cap
$10.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$343.1 million
Founded
1968
5 Year Trend
+11.7%
Revenue
$2.7 billion
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