Interim Head of Pricing
Job Description
Interim Head of Pricing – UK & Europe (12 month FTC)
Team Overview
The Pricing function supports TransUnion's UK & Europe commercial organisation by developing and implementing the group-wide strategic pricing initiative across the European market. The team partners with Sales, Solutions, Product, Finance, and other functions to establish pricing strategies and priorities across customer segments, product portfolios, and sales channels. Through competitive analysis, pricing frameworks, performance management, and data-driven decision-making, the function aims to deliver sustainable improvements in commercial performance and long-term business value. This role reports to the Senior Director of Global Deal Execution and currently manages a team of two.
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.
Role Overview And Core Responsibilities
- Lead the Pricing function across UK & Europe, setting its vision, strategic goals, execution priorities, operating model, and team development agenda.
- Build effective relationships with executive leadership, Sales, Solutions, Product, Finance, Business Intelligence, Legal, Compliance, and global pricing colleagues to align and deliver regional pricing priorities.
- Develop and implement value-based pricing strategies across customer, product, service, and sales-channel segments, ensuring alignment with TransUnion's evolving go-to-market strategy, customer value propositions, and commercial objectives.
- Establish and maintain pricing frameworks, price lists, policies, and procedures for existing and new products, embedding structured pricing assessment and market testing into product-development and business-case processes.
- Conduct competitive analysis and benchmarking to strengthen TransUnion's market position, inform business-development priorities, and provide actionable recommendations to commercial leadership.
- Partner with Marketing, Sales, and Product teams to incorporate pricing strategies into value propositions, campaigns, sales training, customer communications, and objection-handling guidance.
- Develop and deliver end-to-end customer repricing initiatives, working with Sales and executive leadership to identify suitable opportunities, incorporate targets into account plans, and monitor incremental revenue performance.
- Lead pricing input across lead-to-contract and renewal processes, including the Deal Desk for major clients and complex opportunities, standardized pricing for smaller customers, automated pricing tools, and consultation on commercial terms.
- Develop the pricing performance-management framework, analytical models, data sets, systems infrastructure, and reporting tools needed to monitor initiatives, improve pricing decisions, encourage adoption of best practices, and report progress to UK & Europe and divisional management.
Required Knowledge And Experiences
- Degree in a mathematics, finance or quantitative field. Qualified Accountant or MBA preferred.
- At least 10 years of commercial pricing experience in a value-based business-to-business environment, with a proven record of delivering initiatives that materially improve commercial performance.
- Advanced knowledge of B2B pricing strategy, financial analysis, modelling, and data-driven decision-making, with the ability to translate business strategy into commercially and financially viable operating plans.
- Demonstrated leadership and day-to-day people-management experience, including setting direction, developing team capability, and managing delivery across competing priorities.
- Experience working within a matrix organisation and effectively supporting, challenging, and influencing senior leaders and demanding stakeholders across commercial and support functions.
Required Technical Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for financial analysis, commercial modelling, pricing analysis, and data manipulation.
- Proficiency in Tableau for developing pricing intelligence, performance reporting, and data visualisation.
- Experience using Customer Relationship Management systems to support pricing, sales operations, pipeline, contracting, or renewal processes.
- Ability to develop and use analytical models, pricing tools, structured data sets, and performance-management frameworks.
- Ability to produce clear executive-level commercial analysis, pricing recommendations, metrics, and progress reports.
Preferred Skills
- Pricing experience within financial services or another complex, value-based B2B environment.
- A recognised accountancy qualification or Master of Business Administration.
- Experience using R, Python, or Alteryx for advanced data analysis, modelling, or process automation.
- Experience managing pricing operations, sales operations, customer repricing campaigns, or Deal Desk processes.
- Experience supporting complex commercial negotiations, executive-level customer meetings, or presentations for major clients.
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 and bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Global paid wellness days off and a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday
- A generous contributory pension scheme and access to the TransUnion Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Private health care and 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
Location: London, United Kingdom Employment Type: Full time Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract (FTC)
About the Company
TransUnion is a global information and insights company with over 12,000 associates operating in more than 30 countries. We make trust possible by ensuring each person is reliably represented in the marketplace.
We do this with a Tru™ picture of each person: an actionable view of consumers, stewarded with care.
Through our acquisitions and technology investments we have developed innovative solutions that extend beyond our strong foundation in core credit into areas such as marketing, fraud, risk and advanced analytics.
As a result, consumers and businesses can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good® — and it leads to economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for millions of people around the world.
At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver's seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that's why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.