Vice President, Business Analytics

Job Description:

The Opportunity:

As the Vice President of Business Analytics, you will be responsible for defining and managing the analytical vision, strategy, and outcomes for the team as well as partnering across the full organization to drive towards strategic company & department-level goals.

You will lead the charge in transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive decision-making across the company. You will partner with leaders from Product, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and E-commerce to understand their goals and data needs to shape the experimentation, dashboarding, and predictive analytics roadmaps. This role is pivotal in shaping our data strategy, building data sets, and evangelizing the adoption of centralized data products across the company. You will need to be able to get in the weeds to solve complex issues as well as lead company-wide understanding and execution of our strategy at all levels of the organization.

This is a hybrid role requiring at least three days a week onsite in our Framingham, MA HQ office

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Strategy Leadership: Spearhead the development and implementation of a comprehensive analytics strategy aligned with organizational goals. Identify opportunities to leverage data for strategic advantage and drive business growth.

• Data Integration and Modeling: Oversee the modeling of data from disparate sources across the organization, including Oracle, Salesforce, Heap, and others, into a centralized analytics platform. Lead efforts to model raw data, extract meaningful insights, and translate them into actionable recommendations.

• Product Integration: Collaborate with product teams to embed data-driven insights into our products and services. Ensure that analytics capabilities are seamlessly integrated into our offerings, enhancing value for both internal and external stakeholders.

• Dashboard Development: Drive the creation of intuitive dashboards and reporting tools that empower internal users to make informed decisions and enhance customer interactions. Streamline data access and visualization to improve operational efficiency.

• Data Evangelism: Champion the importance of centralized data products across the organization. Influence leaders at all levels to embrace data-driven decision-making and instill a culture of trust and reliance on data-driven insights.

• • Problem Solving: Actively engage in both strategic planning and detailed, hands-on problem-solving. Be agile in addressing issues that impact the effectiveness of the analytics function.
• • Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with other executive leaders to integrate analytics into all facets of the business.
• • Training and Development: Foster a data-first culture within the company by leading educational initiatives and training programs that enhance data comprehension and utilization across the organization.

Qualifications:

• Experience: Seasoned veteran with a proven track record in business analytics and data management. Demonstrated experience in building and scaling data analytics capabilities within a dynamic organization.

• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in data modeling, analysis, and visualization tools. Hands-on experience with data platforms such as Oracle, Salesforce, Heap and many others.

• Leadership Skills: Strong leadership abilities with the ability to influence and inspire teams across the organization. Proven experience in driving change and building consensus among stakeholders.

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into data-driven solutions. Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for leveraging data to drive innovation and business growth.

• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable evangelizing the value of data analytics and fostering a data-driven culture.

Join Us: If you're a seasoned analytics professional who thrives on the journey of transforming data into actionable insights, and you're passionate about driving organizational change through data-driven decision-making, we want to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of analytics at Workhuman and unlock the potential of data to drive business success.

The Company:

At Workhuman our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals' differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don't think you "check every single box" above, please still consider applying. We're looking for a human who is collaborative, and innovative with a growth mindset. We love what we do because we're shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world's leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.

Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:

• We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large sized workplace category. We were also recognised as a Best Workplace for Women and a Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

• In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium sized workplace category.

• We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as a Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work and U.S. Best Places to Work.

• There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman cloud across 180 countries.

• Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation and Imagination.

Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based on solely on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.