Director, People Analytics

Inspire•Atlanta, GA

23h

About The Position

The Director, People Analytics leads the enterprise People Analytics function, owning the strategy, governance, prioritization, and delivery of all workforce analytics and reporting across HR. This role is responsible for establishing and enforcing enterprise data definitions and metric standards, managing analytics demand intake and resource allocation, driving the elimination of duplicative and legacy reporting, and ensuring leaders at every level have trusted, actionable workforce insights to inform talent and organizational decisions. The function is organized into two complementary pillars — Data Governance & Reporting Standards (led by the Manager, People Reporting & HR Operations Analytics) and Workforce Analytics & Business Insights (led by the Manager, Talent & Workforce Analytics). The Director oversees both pillars, manages a shared pool of Hyderabad-based People Analysts whose day-to-day work is prioritized and funneled through the two managers, and partners with a US-based Senior People Analyst on complex, fast-turn executive requests for the executive leadership team, the HR leadership team, and other senior leadership. This role reports to the VP of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Management.

Requirements

4 Year Degree / Bachelor’s in Analytics, Data Science, Business, Economics, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, or related field
MBA or MS in Analytics or related graduate degree
10+ years in analytics
Including 5+ years leading analytics teams with management of distributed or offshore resources
Demonstrated experience establishing analytics governance, reporting standards, and data strategy in a complex organization
Experience influencing executive stakehodlers with data-driven insights and recommendations
HRIS platforms (Workday required), Power BI (required), Excel, and data visualization tools
Executive communication, analytical storytelling, and stakeholder influence
Data governance, metric standardization, and reporting architecture
Strategic prioritization and tradeoff management
Strong business acumen with ability to connect workforce analytics to business outcomes

Nice To Haves

Multi-brand, multi-site, or large enterprise experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Define and execute the enterprise people analytics roadmap aligned to business priorities and HR Leadership Team and Executive Leadership information needs
Establish analytics governance, standards, and operating principles that ensure ‘one version of the truth’ across all workforce metrics
Drive long-term reduction of analytics cost, reporting technical debt, and duplicative reporting across HR
Own enterprise analytics demand intake, prioritization, and tradeoff decisions across competing stakeholder requests
Establish clear intake processes that distinguish between standard reporting, ad hoc analysis, and strategic insight requests
Allocate shared pool capacity and Sr. People Analyst bandwidth to highest-impact work while managing stakeholder expectations
Deliver proactive workforce insights and analysis to the executive leadership team, HR leadership team, and other senior leadership
Translate complex, ambiguous workforce questions into clear, actionable insights that accelerate decisions
Provide analytical storytelling that connects people data to business outcomes
Own enterprise data definitions, metric governance, and exception management
Drive report inventory, rationalization, and retirement to eliminate legacy reporting debt
Partner with HRIS, Finance, and Enterprise Analytics to align workforce data architecture and ensure Workday serves as the trusted system of record
Lead, develop, and performance manage the People Analytics team across US-based and Hyderabad-based resources
Oversee the shared pool model — ensuring the two managers effectively prioritize and funnel work to Hyderabad-based People Analysts without direct stakeholder bypass
Mentor managers, resolve prioritization conflicts between the two pillars, and ensure scalable, consistent analytics delivery