Director, Strategy, Media & Entertainment

Posted:
9/11/2024, 11:19:20 PM

Location(s):
New York, New York, United States ⋅ Chicago, Illinois, United States ⋅ New York, United States ⋅ Illinois, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

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What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we have a welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. We are consistently exploring new technologies and tools to be agile. This environment gives our people the opportunity to hone current skills and build new capabilities, while discovering their genius.

Come be a part of our team – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products, and cutting-edge technology.

What You'll Bring:

  • 10+ years’ experience in business development, product development, sales, finance, or consulting within the media & entertainment advertising industry
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, finance, or economics preferred – or – strong financial experience and acumen
  • MBA is desired and strongly preferred
  • Experience in digital tech required with CTV/streaming/addressable media strongly preferred
  • Knowledge of insights of media measurement will have distinct advantages; similarly, candidates with first-hand experience around the specific challenges the industry faces around the evolution of identity, signal loss, audience segmentation are required
  • Ability to act independently, confidently make recommendations and decisions
  • Demonstrable ability to navigate complexity

Impact You'll Make:

This role will act as a key business partner on the Media & Entertainment team and is responsible for developing, refining, and executing strategic priorities to grow the business. This role will partner and collaborate with stakeholders across customer-facing sales, solutions, and account teams, as well as product, finance, and marketing teams. The Director, Strategy will have a point-of-view and experience of understanding the opportunities that come with the evolution of identity, audiences, and analytics for media brands, media agencies, ad tech platforms & data companies, publishers, and advanced TV companies.

  • Lead TransUnion’s effort to grow its business in the U.S. within the media & entertainment vertical, with accountability for strategizing, writing, and activating on the annual 3-year plan
  • Engage deeply with a cross-functional matrix to enable bookings and revenue
  • Stay closely aligned with industry trends and movements and create strategic partnership opportunities
  • Analyze key business drivers, competitive sets and market impact, identify macro-economic impacts, regulatory changes, disruptive innovations, and industry specific trends
  • Identify new product & solution opportunities, write opportunity briefs, and help influence strategic product prioritization
  • Drive strategy and content for thought leadership, industry events, PR agency engagement, and work closely with marketing and product marketing in GTM efforts
  • Manage monthly and quarterly revenue reporting processes
  • Adapt and prioritize tasks effectively to meet shifting priorities and deadlines
  • Maintain a high level of confidentiality, trustworthiness, and judgment in handling sensitive information
  • Partner closely with senior leadership to develop strategic direction for projects and planning

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.

Benefits:

TransUnion provides flexible benefits including flexible time off for exempt associates, paid time off for non-exempt associates, tuition reimbursement, additional (following any short-term disability) 10 weeks of parental leave with gradual return, adoption assistance, fertility coverage, spousal and domestic partner benefits, charity gift matching, employee stock purchase plan, retirement contributions with employer match, organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks, and access to TransUnion’s Employee Resource Groups. 

We are committed to being a place where diversity is not only present, it is embraced. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pay Scale Information :

The salary range for this position is $136,700.00 - $225,500.00. *The salary range for this position reflects the general range of compensation for this job and does not include our bonus incentive(s). This position is eligible for bonus incentive(s). 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, industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position, and market considerations.


 

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:

Director, Strategic Planning