Senior Manager at TransUnion

Job description

Description

At TransUnion, a leader in the information services industry, we've made a habit of impacting the world around us. Our commitment to technology is second to none. And because we constantly encourage new ideas and new thinking from our employees, our continued growth is assured. Our Johannesburg office is looking for Senior Manager: Project Management.

How You’ll Contribute

• Directs multiple departments and guides management and/or principal/expert employees who exercise significant independence and autonomy in decision making.
• Creates and continuously enhances operating policies and procedures that impact multiple disciplines and departments.
• Account for the budget, performance and results of medium to large sized teams and influences functional strategy if required.
• Manages experienced professionals who exercise high latitude and independence in their assignments.
• Exercises full management authority, including performance reviews, pay decisions, recruitment, discipline, termination and other human resources actions.

What You’ll Bring

• You will have a Project Management degree/diploma with at least 8 - 10 years experience of practical project management expertise in a corporate environment entailing full project/development lifecycles, implementation, and facilitation and testing with appropriate methodologies. Leads and directs multiple project teams engaged in the design, implementation and modification of IT projects that span across functional organisations.
• Must have demonstrated ability to manage, develop and motivate other employees. Should have demonstrated profound understanding of specific functional area. Strong problem solving and decision making abilities are critical. Have a strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a diverse team. Strong leadership capability with proven ability to function in a high paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, define, address and solve multi- dimensional issues of an ambiguous nature including those that affect operations, employees or finances.

What We Expect

Job Qualifications

• As Senior Manager in the Project Management team other key performance areas will include:
• Participates with other senior management to establish strategic goals, plans and objectives. Makes final decisions on administrative or procedural matters to ensure operations achieve their objectives.
• Contacts are typically with peers, subordinate management and senior management concerning projects, operational decisions and/or scheduling requirements that affect the scope of their responsibility.
• Interactions require special skills including negotiations and/or influencing senior leaders internally or externally regarding matters of significant importance to the organization.
• Develops guidelines, processes and procedures for assigned functional area. Responsible for resource allocation, including budget and employees.
• Makes strategic decisions based on company goals and objectives.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

What We Offer

• Credit Bureau Services
• We provides solutions that help credit grantors, businesses, insurance carriers and individual consumers make informed credit-based and risk decisions.
• Consumer Solutions
• We offer innovative risk management and marketing solutions to consumer-driven businesses namely banking, retail and telecommunications. TransUnion adds significant value throughout the consumer lifecycle from identifying potential customers, to customer management, including risk-scoring, fraud and identity, and collections.
• Commercial Solutions
• The extensive resources of both TransUnion and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) combine to offer information and insight on businesses locally and internationally. We offer a wide range of commercial credit risk solutions, including sales and marketing, and risk and supplier management.
• Insurance Services
• We provide services to the short-term, life and health care markets. Collaborative data pooling and analysis makes it possible for the short-term insurance industry to achieve a single, integrated view of policy and claims history, which is complimented with vehicle data from Auto Information Solutions.
• We are able to benefit all industry participants across the customer lifecycle, from acquisition to renewal, in managing claims and investigations whilst enabling clients to grow their market share and manage their risk exposure.
• Interactive Solutions
• For consumers, TransUnion provides the tools, resources, education and products to help actively manage their credit health and achieve their financial goals.
• Visit www.mytransunion.co.za or contact us via our Call Centre on 0861 482 482 for more information.
• Analytic and Decision Services
• TransUnion’s products and solutions built by dedicated teams of analytic, statistic and business process experts represent international best practice standards, and are designed to improve performance and minimise risk. We offer generic solutions informed by continuous market analysis, as well as customised
• solutions built to meet specific business needs. Delivery mechanisms include a highly flexible decisioning interface, as well as mobile channel solutions.
• Through full integration with our Credit Bureau, we have unrivalled visibility of multiple data sets of relevant and current information on consumers, businesses and assets. This allows us to offer you market-leading products and solutions that empower you to make objective, informed decisions across every stage of your customers’ credit cycle.

Auto Information Solutions

TransUnion Auto Information Solutions has set the standard in vehicle risk intelligence for the automotive industry in South Africa for over 50 years. We offer a suite of vehicle data solutions and mobile delivery channels across the entire value chain, which benefits the automotive, banking and insurance industries as well as the motoring public.