Senior Data Strategy Consultant, Marketing Solutions

TransUnion
London, United Kingdom
Last month
Seniority
Senior
Posted
25 Mar 2026 (Last month)

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What We'll Bring:

We Are TransUnion:

TransUnion is a major credit reference agency, and we offer specialist services in fraud, identity and risk management, automated decisioning and demographics. We support organisations across a variety of sectors including finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, gaming, government and insurance.

What You'll Bring:

We're looking for a Senior Data Strategy Consultant, Marketing Solutions to join our growing team.

This role reports directly to the Head of Data Strategy. The first 90 days will be intense training to learn the role's process, granular detail of tools & tasks, and how to perform independently across client accounts of varying complexity. The role will manage custom database curation & data stack creation (with the collaboration of the wider team) of 80+ clients globally, with databases involving 100 to 2,500 data feeds. It will also drive efficiencies in technical data processing and define the approach to solving complex challenges, as well as deliver training and maintain best practices to internal teams and external stakeholders.

Day to Day You'll Be:

Act as a technical data liaison between clients and our services team. Gather business and technical requirements to create data specifications

Lead conversations with client data owners and media agency partners to identify data and source systems. Acquire and assess client data from multiple sources

Guide clients and internal development teams with technical requirements and maintain documentation. Prepare data validation reports for clients and internal teams

Collaborate with other functional groups including data science, consulting, and product management

Identify ongoing risks and pain points throughout project and contribute to improving data acquisition practices, automated data pipelines, data validation methods, and related data tasks

Essential Skills & Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related analytical/technical field.

Track record years of experience in marketing, data, STEM, or related quantitative disciplines.

Ability to navigate across functional organizations and adapt to new/different situations.

Resilient work ethic with flexibility and nimbleness in terms of work planning.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Strong diagnostic skills to identify issues within data sets and propose solutions.

Proficiency in data analysis tools such as advanced MS Excel, SQL, Python, SAS, and R.

Understanding of ETL, data management, and data quality best practices.

Familiarity with cloud technologies and APIs.

Impact You'll Make:

What's In It For you?

At TransUnion you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business.

As well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:

26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with service)

Global paid wellness days off + a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday

A generous contributory pension scheme + access to the TransUnion Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Private health care + a variety of physical, mental and financial fitness wellbeing programmes such as access to mindfulness tools

Access to our diversity forums and communities so you can get involved in causes close to your heart

TransUnion - a place to grow:

If there's something on the list of essential / desirable skills that you can't quite tick off, don't let that put you off applying. We are open to exploring training and development opportunities for the right candidate to ensure you are successful.

We know imposter syndrome is real, lets confront it so we can continue to grow and thrive together

Flexibility at TU:

We recognise that our people need the freedom to balance their day-to-day lives with their work. This is why we've set out to create inclusive and flexible policies and practices for you to accommodate all your responsibilities and needs: children, family and beyond. If the role is advertised as full time, don't let this stop you from applying. Let us know if you're looking for a part time or flexible working arrangement and we can discuss this with you.

Additional support:

At TransUnion, we're committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all individual's talents and perspectives are valued. When you apply for a position with us, you're not just joining a team, you're becoming part of a community that celebrates differences and embraces equality. We understand that everyone has different needs, which is why we offer a range of reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to help you through the application process or to attend an interview with us by contacting (url removed)

Interview & Hiring Process:

Most of our recruitment processes are virtual, so you'll get to know our hiring managers and teams over the phone and through video. If we need you to attend a physical in person interview your recruiter will inform you of this.

We do not accept any unsolicited CV's from recruitment agencies. If you are a recruitment agency on our PSL our talent team will contact you directly should we require any assistance.

#LI-Hybrid

Find out more about Life At TU UK:

(url removed) 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.

TransUnion Job Title

Sr Consultant, Data Integration

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