Lead - People Analytics

Key Responsibilities Workforce Cost & Planning Analytics Own workforce cost analytics across current state, projections, and scenario modeling. Track and model in-year cost vs exit cost, factoring exits, backfills, hiring plans, and timing shifts. Build buffers and assumptions to ensure projected workforce costs stay close to actuals through the year. Partner closely with Finance and Rewards to support budgeting, AOPs, and leadership reviews. Dashboards, Reporting & Analytics Products Maintain and continuously improve existing People Analytics dashboards. Design and build new dashboards as requirements emerge across People teams. Primary tools: Power BI (strong DAX, data modeling, and performance optimization expected). Apply strong storyboarding, UX, and design principles to build user-centric, decision-ready dashboards. Ensure dashboards are intuitive, scalable, and aligned to leadership consumption needs. Advanced, Predictive & Proactive Analytics Build analytics capabilities that move the org from descriptive diagnostic predictive insights. Develop proactive views on: Attrition risk Hiring effectiveness Workforce mix and cost evolution Org design and capability gaps Partner with People Systems and HR Tech teams to embed insights into workflows where possible. Insights, Hypothesis Testing & Storytelling Act as a centralized analytics partner for the People Team on complex problem statements. Conduct org-level hypothesis-driven analyses and present clear insights with recommendations. Translate data into executive-ready narratives that enable action not just observation. Support leadership decks, board-level discussions, and strategic reviews with data-backed insights. Stakeholder Communication & Analytics Enablement Own the communication strategy for People Analytics initiatives. Proactively inform stakeholders about new dashboards, changes, and enhancements. Conduct demos, training sessions, and office hours to drive adoption. Enable decentralization of simple analytics by upskilling People teams to speak the metrics language. Systems & Data Foundations Work with HRMS and ATS systems such as SuccessFactors, Workday, Greenhouse, SAP Recruitment, etc. Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance across systems feeding analytics. Partner with People Systems to improve data structures and future readiness. Automation, AI & Analytics-Led Efficiency Identify opportunities across People Analytics and People Operations to reduce manual effort through automation, self-serve analytics, and AI-enabled workflows. Partner closely with People Systems, Technology, and Product teams to design and implement automated or agentic solutions for recurring analytics, reporting, and insight-generation use cases. Help evolve People Analytics from static dashboards to intelligent, action-oriented systems that proactively surface insights and recommendations. Continuously evaluate emerging analytics, AI, and agentic capabilities to improve speed, scalability, and decision quality for the People Team. Qualifications & Experience 5+ years of overall experience within HR or adjacent enablement functions. 3+ years of hands-on experience in Analytics and reporting. Strong experience with workforce cost analytics and planning. Advanced proficiency in Power BI and DAX. Solid understanding of HR systems (HRMS, ATS) and people data structures. Experience building predictive or proactive analytics is strongly preferred. Strong communication, stakeholder management, and storytelling skills. Preferred experience working with automation, AI-driven analytics, or agentic workflows to reduce manual reporting and improve operational efficiency. Comfortable operating in fast-changing environments with shifting priorities.