Associate Director, People Analytics

Job Family:

Data Science & Analysis

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

None

Guidehouse is looking for an experienced people analytics leader to join our people analytics function. The Associate Director, People Analytics role will report to the Executive Director, People Operations and lead a small team responsible for dashboard development across the employee lifecycle, data governance, and full stack HR reporting. This role will partner closely with other teams in Human Capital, Information Technology, Finance, Sales Enablement, Legal, as well as our Executive Leadership team and other stakeholders. The goal over the next year will be to scale our ability to provide insights on all aspects of the employee experience including employee attraction and selection, performance, growth, engagement, compensation, diversity, retention and people operations. The ideal candidate will have skills in scaling data services and driving self-service for stakeholders, execution rigor to deliver on established goals and people & executive stakeholder management in addition to expertise in data management, reporting and visualization.

What You Will Do:

• Lead the global strategy for People Reporting at the enterprise level and establish scalable solutions to support end users. This strategy should be closely tied to the IT data strategy.

• Influence and drive strategy to enable scale and alignment across multiple teams

• Understand key business needs, operationalize them into people metrics, and deliver them at scale

• Leveraging statistical techniques and predictive modeling, this role plays a vital part in enhancing the organization’s data-driven initiatives

• Build an architecture and monitoring mechanism across the data reporting landscape to have an “always on” sensing and response methodologies established

• Research and develop predictive analytic tools. Customize analytic solutions to specific client needs

• Develop and deliver self-service knowledge, dashboards and reports

• Refine and implement an end-to-end data quality framework to continuously improve data quality

• Ensure consistent methodology and alignment on data collection, definitions, metrics, and reporting across our tools and teams

• Manage all aspects of our people data queue, from process design to execution

• Establish an operational model to prioritize and support ad-hoc data requests

• Serve as the primary business owner that works with our Finance and IT teams to build, maintain and improve our people and finance data tools and products

• Grow, manage, & develop a high-performing cross-functional data solutions team

• Partner with Human Capital team members to enhance and promote effective use of self-service dashboards

• Demonstrate exceptional judgment and discretion when dealing with highly sensitive people data

• Develop quality training programs and a change management approach to improve adoption & business impact

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree; Four (4) years additional professional experience may be substituted in lieu of degree. 

• Ten (10) + years of prior relevant experience

• 5+ years of related experience in project implementations, business analysis, process design and managing customers

• Experience with large-scale data management, data structures, and data schemas (i.e., relational database structures)

• Knowledge of data visualization principles and experience conveying data

• Knowledge of industry trends with the ability to anticipate and evaluate their potential impact on the organization

• Broad knowledge of predictive analytic techniques and statistical diagnostics of models

• Communication, team building and leadership experience

• Experience in Tableau, SQL and HRIS systems

• Knowledge of HR business process fundamentals

• Proven proficiency in statistical software and coding languages and experience with graph databases and analytics (e.g., SPSS, R, SAS, Python, Cypher)

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts

• Experience with mergers and acquisitions

• The ideal candidate will have expertise in Workday Reporting, Workday Prism and Power BI.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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