People Analytics Consultant

Manulife • Boston, MA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The People Analytics (PA) Consultant serves as a strategic, client-facing partner to designated business segments and People Centers of Excellence. This role focuses on deeply understanding business priorities, translating them into high-impact people analytics opportunities, and embedding data-driven decision-making into day-to-day people and business processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Psychology, HR, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years experience in people analytics, workforce analytics, HR analytics, management consulting, HR, or a related field, with demonstrated exposure to client-facing or stakeholder partnership work.
• Strong consulting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate ambiguous business questions into clear analytical approaches and actionable insights.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with stakeholders at multiple levels, including HR leaders, business leaders, and PeopleComms Centers of Excellence.
• Strong communication and data storytelling skills, with the ability to clearly articulate insights, implications, and recommendations to non-technical audiences.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple requests or projects, balancing stakeholder needs with available capacity and impact.
• Comfort working with people data, metrics, and dashboards, and a solid understanding of how people data can inform workforce and talent decisions.
• High degree of curiosity, learning agility, and comfort operating in evolving environments and operating models.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Analytics, Data Science, Organizational Psychology, HR, Business, or a related field.
• Experience operating in a matrixed or global organization, supporting multiple stakeholder groups simultaneously.
• Familiarity with common people analytics domains such as talent acquisition, retention, engagement, workforce planning, performance, inclusion or skills.
• Experience enabling self-service analytics through dashboards, tools, or data products (e.g., Workday reporting, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms).
• Exposure to change management, capability building, or upskilling efforts related to data-driven decision-making.
• Prior experience working in or alongside HR functions, HR Business Partners, or PeopleComms Centers of Excellence.
• Awareness of external people analytics trends and emerging practices, with the ability to translate them into practical, business-relevant applications.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary People Analytics consultant and point of contact for aligned business segments and/or People Centers of Excellence, building trusted, long-term partnerships.
• Develop a deep understanding of clients’ strategies, priorities, operating context, and key people challenges.
• Proactively identify and shape high-impact people analytics opportunities that support client strategies, moving from problem definition through insight to action.
• Partner with clients to prioritize demand, ensuring People Analytics capacity is focused on work that delivers the greatest business and people impact.
• Deliver analytics solutions by: Enabling clients to self-serve through existing dashboards, tools, and products, Conducting analyses directly where appropriate, Orchestrating work across the broader People Analytics team to bring the right expertise to each problem.
• Act as a subject-matter expert on People Analytics products, tools, and service offerings, and stay current on external people analytics trends, translating them into practical applications for clients.
• Embed people analytics insights and capabilities within client organizations through effective storytelling, change management, and influence.
• Upskill client teams and leaders to build confidence and capability in using people data as part of regular decision-making and planning processes.
• Coach consultant colleagues on deeper understanding of our data and share wins in your client groups to enable your peers to scale.
• Champion data-driven decision-making by sharing success stories, case studies, and examples of impact that reinforce the value of People Analytics across the organization.
• Help refine the People Analytics consultant operating model and strategy, working with client groups to operationalize it.

Benefits

• health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans.
• various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year
• full range of statutory leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level