Onboarding and Activation Manager
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 90000 - 168750
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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What Well Bring:
At TransUnion were transforming how data and identity fuel activation across the advertising ecosystem. As part of our TruAudience platform youll lead a team responsible for the design implementation and optimization of activation onboarding pipelines that deliver precision speed and scale. Youll collaborate with product engineering and partner teams to shape the next generation of audience delivery solutions leveraging APIs automation and cloud technologies to enable a unified intelligent onboarding experience.Come be a part of our team youll work with great people pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
What Youll Bring:
A forward-thinking technical leader who combines strong data onboarding expertise with an API-first mindset and a passion for building scalable cloud-based ecosystems. Youre able to balance operational detail with strategic vision enabling your team to deliver consistent high-quality activation outcomes across an ever-evolving adtech landscape.
- 7 years of industry experience in adtech martech or data onboarding; 2 years in a leadership capacity for technical or client-facing teams.
- Strong understanding of data identity audience segmentation and taxonomy frameworks including mapping normalization and hierarchical transformation across DSP/DMP ecosystems.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into scalable technical workflows with strong project management and stakeholder communication skills.
- Track record of process automation including building reusable onboarding templates scheduling pipelines and implementing monitoring/alerting strategies.
- Cloud fluency across AWS GCS or Snowflake ecosystems: experience designing and optimizing data ingestion storage and transformation pipelines (S3 Lambda and SQL-based transformation).
- Fundamental understanding of ETL core concepts best practices governance and performance tracking.
- Experience mentoring technical staff and leading cross-functional initiatives that reduce delivery timelines and improve onboarding reliability.
- Proven expertise with API-driven integrations including REST/GraphQL architectures authentication standards (OAuth2 API Key) payload optimization and error-handling frameworks.
- Understanding of audience activation APIs (e.g. Google The Trade Desk LiveRamp VideoAmp etc.) and measurement interoperability.
- Experience integrating observability frameworks for API-based.
- Hands-on with Python SQL or Airflow for data orchestration.
- Experience with data governance and compliance frameworks (GDPR CCPA and IAB standards).
Impact Youll Make:
- Lead and scale the Data Enablement function owning the end-to-end process from partner intake and data mapping through delivery validation and performance optimization.
- Architect and oversee onboarding workflows leveraging APIs and cloud-native tools to drive automation reliability and repeatability.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to define feature requirements and feedback loops for configuration & troubleshooting tooling KPI tracking onboarding APIs taxonomy services and cloud strategy implementation.
- Own SLA performance for high-priority client and partner deliveries using data-driven metrics to monitor match rates ingestion success and delivery latency.
- Mentor and develop team members building a culture of curiosity accountability and continuous improvement.
- Represent the Activation function in roadmap discussions and strategic initiatives ensuring business alignment with TUs evolving data and identity ecosystem.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.
Adherence to Company policies sound judgment and trustworthiness working safely communicating respectfully and safeguarding business operations confidential and proprietary information and the Companys reputation are also essential expectations of this position.
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 up to 12 paid holidays per year health benefits (including medical dental and vision plan options and health spending accounts) mental health support disability benefits up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave adoption assistance fertility planning coverage legal benefits long-term care insurance commuter benefits tuition reimbursement charity gift matching employee stock purchase plan 401(k) retirement savings with employer match and access to TransUnions Employee Resource Groups. Spousal domestic partner and other eligible dependent coverage is available on select health and welfare plans.
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. Additionally in accordance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 TransUnion takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in all levels of employment and develops annual affirmative action plans. Components of TransUnions Affirmative Action Program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are available for review to any associate or applicant for employment upon request by contacting
Pay Scale Information :
The pay range for this position is $90000.00 - $168750 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 individuals 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 TransUnions annual bonus plan. Certain positions may be also eligible for long-term incentives and other payments based on applicable company guidance and plan documents.TransUnions Internal Job Title:
Manager I Data Science and AnalyticsCompany:
TransUnion LLCRequired Experience:
Manager
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About Company
Company Overview TransUnion is a leading global risk and information solutions provider. Our mission is to help people worldwide access opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life. We accomplish this by delivering solutions that help organizations optimize their risk-based dec ... View more
