Manager, Workday People Strategic Insights
About The Position
Manages the People Insights function, delivering workforce analytics, reporting, and insights that enable informed business and talent decisions. Partners with HR, Finance, and business leaders to address workforce challenges through data-driven analysis and consultation. Leads team intake, prioritization, and delivery, ensuring resources are aligned to strategic priorities while building capabilities that expand access to meaningful workforce insights. As the Manager, Workday Strategic People Insights, you’ll sit within the Total Rewards and HR Operations team and lead three direct reports supporting a mature Workday HCM environment. This role is ideal for a people leader who can translate complex workforce data, reporting needs, and analytics capabilities into actionable insights that help HR and business leaders make informed decisions.
Requirements
- BA or Adv. Degree
- 8+ Years of Experience; In lieu of degree, 10+ years exp.
Nice To Haves
- Expertise in Workday Prism, Report Writer, Composite Reports, Worksheets, and Calc Fields
- Experience in advanced data and visualization tools, strongly preferred (i.e. R, Tableau, etc.)
- Knowledge of Peakon, ideal
Responsibilities
- Manage the People Insights function, providing leadership, direction, and oversight for workforce analytics, reporting, dashboards, and insights that support organizational priorities.
- Execute the People Insights strategy and roadmap, translating organizational priorities into team objectives, work plans, and measurable outcomes.
- Own intake, prioritization, resource planning, and service delivery processes for the People Insights function, balancing strategic initiatives, recurring deliverables, ticket-based requests, and stakeholder consulting needs.
- Partner with HR, Finance, and business leaders to understand business needs and deliver data-driven recommendations that support talent, workforce planning, and business decisions.
- Establish and manage the operating model for the People Insights function, including intake, prioritization, resource allocation, service delivery, performance metrics, and stakeholder communications.
- Provide escalation support and delivery oversight for complex analyses, high-priority initiatives, executive-level requests, and People Insights projects.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing People Insights team while establishing standards for analytics, reporting, consulting, and stakeholder support.
- Promote and evolve Workday reporting and analytics capabilities while ensuring appropriate governance, data quality, security, compliance, and continuous process improvement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs
- Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance
- Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education
- 401k match including an annual company contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
