Team Overview
The Consumer Lending team is responsible for growing TransUnion's consumer lending business, with a primary focus on non-depository lenders, including fintechs and alternative lenders. The team serves as a central hub across Sales, Solutions, and Marketing, bringing market and customer insights into commercial priorities, solution development, and go-to-market execution. The team is led by the Consumer Lending business leader.

This role will own the thought leadership agenda for Consumer Lending by identifying the market questions that matter most to customers and sellers and determining how TransUnion data can help answer them. This role will report into the SVP of Strategic PlanningThis 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

• Own the research agenda for Consumer Lending thought leadership as TransUnion's recognized authority on the segment - identifying the high-priority industry questions and converting them into structured analytical frameworks that leverage TransUnion's proprietary data assets and external market signals.
• Serve as a named, externally recognized TransUnion voice on fintech, BNPL, and non-depository lending dynamics; author and champion externally published white papers, executive briefings, conference presentations, and digital content that advance the market's thinking and TransUnion's standing within it.
• Apply demonstrated creativity and ingenuity to abstract, non-routine problems - designing novel decompositions, indices, and comparative frameworks where established methodologies do not exist or are insufficient.
• Direct the analytical work of two offshore analysts (India) and coordinate with U.S.-based analytical partners - scoping the work, setting quality expectations, and prioritizing - and act as a technical resource and informal mentor to less-experienced colleagues across the team. (These are matrixed working relationships, not direct reports.)
• Interpret and anticipate regulatory, competitive, and macroeconomic developments (CFPB actions, state-level rate caps, bureau-bypass dynamics, charter conversions, alternative-data underwriting), surfacing internal and external business challenges before they crystallize and advising senior leadership on the implications for TransUnion's commercial strategy.
• Use persuasion to gain acceptance of new or contrarian positions - negotiating editorial and analytical stances with Marketing, Communications, Legal, and senior business leaders, and defending commercially sensitive points of view on the strength of the evidence.

Required Knowledge and Experiences

• 10+ years experience in financial services strategy, management consulting, market intelligence, corporate development, or analytics leadership, with demonstrable depth in consumer lending, fintech, or adjacent credit ecosystems. (Master's degree or MBA may substitute for up to two years of experience.)
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MA/MS in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, or a quantitative discipline) strongly preferred
• An established, externally recognized body of published thought leadership - white papers, industry research, executive-grade points of view, or equivalent - with a portfolio available on request.
• Deep working knowledge of the U.S. consumer credit ecosystem: bureau dynamics, alternative data, fintech and BNPL business models, non-depository lending economics, and the regulatory environment shaping each.
• Advanced executive communication - written, verbal, and visual - with the ability to render complex, technically dense material credible and accessible for C-suite and external audiences.

Required Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word to review quantitative information and create executive-ready presentations, reports, and sales enablement materials.

• Ability to work with structured data tables and analytical outputs and translate findings into clear business narratives; programming languages and hands-on query development are not required.

We're also looking for the preferred skills below. Whether you are proficient or could use some brushing up, we're happy to support your career development and growth in:

• Experience publishing or authoring insight-based content, internally or externally, such as market reports, newsletters, executive communications, presentations, or thought leadership.

• Experience directing or collaborating with offshore or global analytical teams, particularly colleagues with varying familiarity with U.S. markets and work styles.

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.

Pay Scale Information:

The U.S. base salary range for this position is $112,500.00 - $187,500 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:
Advisor, Strategic Planning

Company:
TransUnion LLC