People Analytics Lead

Overview

This role is for a People Analytics Lead located in the United States, responsible for building and leading a workforce analytics function designed to support strategic decisions within a fast-growing, global company. The successful candidate will transform employee data into actionable insights to guide areas such as hiring, organizational design, retention, and workforce planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and manage the people analytics function including frameworks, processes, tools, and reporting standards from foundation onwards.
• Lead analytics initiatives across headcount planning, retention, hiring performance, compensation analysis, and organizational health metrics.
• Create and maintain self-service dashboards and reporting tools for People teams and leadership to access meaningful workforce analytics.
• Analyze data to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities linked to recruitment, employee engagement, organizational structure, and retention.
• Collaborate closely with People leaders and business stakeholders to support workforce planning, budgeting, and strategic growth.
• Translate complex workforce data into clear, actionable recommendations rather than basic reports.
• Standardize definitions, governance protocols, and data quality practices across HRIS, applicant tracking systems, and other people data sources.
• Work with technical teams to enhance data quality, accessibility, and reliability to support analytics efforts.
• Provide senior leadership with strategic insights to influence workforce-related decision-making.

Candidate Profile and Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in people, HR, or workforce analytics roles.
• Track record of developing or scaling people analytics capabilities in dynamic, fast-growing organizations.
• Proficient in SQL and experienced with analytics tools such as BigQuery, Looker, Tableau, or equivalents.
• Ability to derive impactful insights that guide hiring, retention, organization design, and overall business strategies.
• Solid understanding of workforce metrics, compensation analysis, talent trends, and employee lifecycle analytics.
• Strong communication skills to effectively present insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Autonomous in setting analytics priorities, building measurement frameworks, and delivering transformative solutions.
• Familiarity with systems such as Workday, HiBob, Ashby, Snowflake or similar platforms preferred.
• Background in industrial-organizational psychology, statistics, data science, or related fields is advantageous.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, meticulous attention to detail, and adaptability to ambiguity and rapid changes.

Benefits and Work Environment

• Chance to define and construct a people analytics practice from scratch.
• Engagement in a high-impact, evolving environment focused on AI and technology advancements.
• Flexible, distributed work culture prioritizing contributions and impact over location.
• Annual discretionary stipend for professional development to foster career growth.
• Annual discretionary social travel allowance to promote employee connections.
• Company-wide annual offsite events hosted in various global locations.
• Monthly stipend for co-working expenses for employees working outside major hubs.
• Collaborative, innovative, autonomous, and excellence-driven culture.

Additional Information

The applications for this position are managed by a partner company who will handle all further steps including interviews and assessments. The hiring decision resides solely with the partner. An AI-powered process is used to match candidates fairly and efficiently. Data privacy and processing comply with applicable laws including GDPR, with options to exercise data rights. AI tools assist in application review but do not replace human judgment.