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ID #44828844
State Illinois
City Chicago
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source TransUnion
Showed 2022-08-13
Date 2022-08-12
Deadline 2022-10-11
Category Et cetera
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M&A Information Security Director

Illinois, Chicago, 60601 Chicago USA

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What We'll Bring:At TransUnion, we have a welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. This gives our people the opportunity to hone current skills while building and discovering new capabilities.

TransUnion constantly analyzes market opportunities for growth through investments and acquisitions. To do this successfully requires a robust and mature M&A pipeline process. TransUnion's Information Security team plays a key part in M&A diligence and integration to ensure a clear and thorough understanding of risks associated with potential targets as well as appropriate planning and delivery of protection capabilities to acquired companies.

As an M&A Information Security Director, you will be part of the deal pursuit and integration teams that work across the globe, driving Information Security goals by helping to lead evaluations of investment and acquisition targets and, as applicable, their subsequent integrations.

Come be a part of our team and work with great people and cutting-edge technology.

What You'll Bring:
  • Security Diligence: Lead evaluating M&A targets' security posture-organizational structure, policies, processes, technical capabilities-based on TransUnion's Information Security playbook and standards. Working with M&A targets' technology and information security leaders, oversee execution of TU-led and 3rd party vendor assessments. Present findings to TransUnion's executive leadership. Ensure quality of deliverables-including diligence briefings, security integration plans and cost models-and their alignment with overall approach for business and technology objectives.
  • Security Integration Planning: Lead development of the security integration hypothesis including merging of organizational structure, processes and security capabilities. Lead planning of security integration programs based on results of M&A diligence and security assessments as well as your knowledge of TransUnion's security posture, technology capabilities, and lessons learned from previous integrations.
  • Integration Cost Model Development: Lead development of security integration cost models and financial forecasts while ensuring that they coincide and align with broader technology integration assumptions and milestones as well as TU's strategic direction for information security capabilities.
  • Security Architecture & Capability Planning: Working in conjunction of other parts of Information Security and technology teams, facilitate development of security architecture plans and designs in accordance with integration objectives to bring acquired companies up to TransUnion's on-premise and cloud security standards.
  • Security Posture Assessment Tooling: Help drive additional maturity and standardization in use of assessment tooling to evaluate acquired companies' security postures, particularly for cloud environments. Facilitate adoption of new tools and processes in the M&A playbook.
  • Collaboration: Closely collaborate across M&A teams and locations. Address issues expeditiously, define alternative solutions as needed, resolve conflict and create lasting, productive partnerships with stakeholders in acquired entities. Help ensure that resources and organizational structure exist to promote collaboration and meeting of integration objectives.
  • Communication: Convey goals and objectives to senior management and project team members in a clear and compelling manner. Actively listen during meetings and be comfortable clarifying ambiguity or technical areas beyond your comfort zone of knowledge. Produce concise presentations and other deliverables on a timely basis. Promote open communication within the project team.
  • Change Management: Recognize the impact culture has on success and, if needed, tailor communication and delivery approach to local M&A teams and stakeholders to achieve outcomes. Effectively position projects and their objectives within the context of acquisition priorities to executives and sponsors. Successfully operate within different organizational cultures and norms to achieve M&A objectives.
  • Additional responsibilities related to M&A Information Security Integration to be considered depending on the background and skillset of a successful candidate.

Impact You'll Make:
  • Interfacing with executive stakeholders
  • Lead evaluations of investment and acquisition targets and, as applicable, their subsequent integrations.
  • Educate the business and interact with various groups with in TU including, Information Security, Global Technology, and M&A Leadership.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, TransUnion has several safety protocols in place to protect associates, customers, and visitors. You may be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and/or to participate in certain work-related activities. Exemption is available to qualified candidates as a reasonable accommodation.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title: Director, InfoSec Governance

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