People Analytics Sr Project Manager
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager, People Insights and Analytics (PI&A) drives end-to-end delivery of strategic workforce analytics initiatives and cross-functional people data projects across DaVita. The role scopes, plans, and executes complex analytics projects, partnering with stakeholders across People Services and Operations to turn business questions into actionable insights and data solutions. It champions project management best practices, coordinates timelines and deliverables, facilitates cross-functional alignment, and ensures analytics initiatives deliver measurable business impact on time and within scope. Depending on the candidate’s qualifications and experience leading professional business analysts, the role may be structured as a people manager position. The role is ideally based at DaVita’s Denver headquarters, with in-office expectations three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Remote candidates may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 4–6 years of professional experience in project management, program management, or analytics consulting, focused on data, BI, or HR initiatives.
- Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional projects in ambiguous business environments.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, tight deadlines, and diverse stakeholder groups.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including experience presenting project updates and analytical outcomes to leadership.
- Advanced proficiency with project management software such as Jira, Asana, Smartsheet, or Monday.com, and productivity tools including MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Workspace.
Nice To Haves
- Project management certification such as PMP, PMI-ACP, or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).
- Master’s degree or MBA.
- Experience managing projects in People Analytics, HR Operations, or enterprise systems such as Workday, Visier, One Model, or Anaplan.
- Working familiarity with analytics concepts, data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI, and SQL or relational databases.
- Background in management consulting or healthcare industry operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of people insights and analytics projects, from intake, scoping, and requirements gathering through analysis, delivery, and post-implementation review.
- Develop project plans, milestones, resource schedules, risk mitigation strategies, and status dashboards for concurrent analytics workstreams.
- Manage project scope, identify interdependencies, track bottlenecks, and resolve blockers across cross-functional teams.
- Implement project management frameworks such as Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or Waterfall to optimize workflow efficiency and team velocity.
- Serve as the primary liaison among business stakeholders, People Services Centers of Excellence, HR Business Partners, and technical analytics teams.
- Translate business and talent questions into structured analytical requirements and actionable project milestones.
- Lead project kickoffs, working sessions, design reviews, and steering committee meetings with senior leadership.
- Partner with operational leaders to ensure analytics deliverables address business needs and support data-informed decision-making.
- Coordinate with analytics specialists and data engineers on dashboards, predictive models, and recurring reporting solutions.
- Monitor deliverables for data integrity, analytical rigor, and alignment with enterprise data standards and platforms.
- Drive user adoption, training, and change management for newly launched people analytics tools and dashboards.
- Evaluate project outcomes and stakeholder feedback to refine reporting processes and analytics workflows.
- Synthesize project status, analytical milestones, and key findings into executive updates and presentations.
- Communicate timelines, deliverables, and recommended next steps clearly to stakeholders.
- Manage project documentation, repositories, governance guidelines, and reporting roadmaps.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package supporting health, wellness, and financial well-being.
- 401k match.
- Healthcare coverage.
- Award-winning professional development and leadership training opportunities.
- Competitive total rewards package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
