Manager, People Analytics

About the Role

As the Manager of People Analytics at Dentalcorp, reporting to the Senior Director of Operations Strategy & Insights, you will lead enterprise-wide workforce reporting and analytics. This role supports recruitment, performance, rewards, learning, talent management, operations, and organizational effectiveness. Providing timely and insightful data and analysis, you will empower leaders across a diverse, multi-location organization spanning Canada and the U.S. to make informed decisions and evaluate people-related investments.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver comprehensive people reporting, including weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reports.
• Create and maintain dashboards showing recruitment and workforce trends to provide visibility into organizational performance.
• Track metrics such as open positions, time-to-fill, vacancy rates, recruiter productivity, and hiring pipeline status.
• Apply statistical analysis to workforce data to validate hypotheses, quantify impacts, and detect meaningful trends.
• Oversee turnover, retention, and workforce stability reporting, including monthly reviews and leadership reporting.
• Analyze voluntary/involuntary turnover, regrettable losses, retention risks, tenure, and workforce movement.
• Utilize Workday exit interview data alongside other sources to uncover root causes of turnover and identify retention opportunities.
• Develop segmented reports (by region, role, tenure, leadership) to support targeted retention strategies.
• Deliver accurate reports to leadership including People Leadership Team, SLT, CEO, and Board.
• Continuously enhance reporting automation, dashboard usability, and data access.
• Collaborate with Recruitment and Operations Analytics teams for alignment in workforce insights.
• Lead analytics and modeling to support compensation, incentive, and reward programs.
• Analyze pay, performance, retention, and promotions to guide compensation decisions.
• Support annual compensation reviews through data-driven recommendations.
• Assess pay equity, internal equity, market competitiveness, and the effectiveness of reward initiatives.
• Evaluate learning, leadership, and talent programs' success and return on investment.
• Develop success metrics for leadership development, succession planning, and career progression programs.
• Identify organizational effectiveness improvement opportunities using data-driven insights.
• Connect workforce data to business outcomes and provide actionable recommendations on turnover, retention, and employee experience.
• Identify emerging workforce risks and deliver predictive insights.
• Create clear, user-friendly dashboards and visualizations applying strong data storytelling principles.
• Maintain consistent metric definitions and ensure data integrity across systems.
• Champion data governance and analytics maturity, improving automation and self-service reporting.
• Serve as the People function's subject matter expert in people analytics and workforce reporting.
• Build trusted partnerships with People, Recruitment, Operations Analytics, Finance, and business leadership teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5 to 8+ years of experience in people analytics, workforce analytics, business analytics, or related fields.
• Proven ability to develop intuitive dashboards and executive-level reports that are visually impactful and easy to use.
• Strong data visualization and storytelling skills to simplify complex information.
• Solid background in statistical and quantitative methods including trend analysis, regression, hypothesis testing, correlation, forecasting, and predictive modeling.
• Advanced proficiency with tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Workday Reporting, and Excel.
• Experience working within complex distributed environments such as healthcare, retail, hospitality, franchises, or multi-site organizations.
• Strong business acumen linking people data to operational and financial results.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills for engaging non-technical audiences.

Additional Information

Dentalcorp is Canada’s largest network of dental practices, dedicated to delivering excellent clinical outcomes and memorable experiences while enabling dentists to retain clinical autonomy and achieve growth. This newly established role offers a salary range of $90,000 to $105,000 CAD annually, complemented by up to 15% bonus and comprehensive benefits. The position requires working onsite four days a week (Monday to Thursday) with a remote option on Fridays.

Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada. Dentalcorp is committed to diversity and inclusivity and encourages applicants requiring accommodations to inform the recruiter during the hiring process.