Senior People Analytics Analyst - Howden Group Holdings
The Senior People Analytics Analyst will lead the data side of the People Analytics function. Working in close partnership with the HR side Analytics team - who act as business analysts - this role is responsible for translating people analytics requirements into robust, high quality data products, tools and insight.
Responsibilities
- Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, manage and develop a team of data analysts/specialists
- Set clear objectives, provide regular feedback and create development opportunities within the team
- Foster a collaborative, high quality delivery culture with a focus on accuracy, efficiency and continuous improvement
- Act as the senior technical authority within the team, providing guidance on approaches, methods and tools
- Technical Delivery & Hands On Analytics
- Oversee and contribute to the development and maintenance of core analytical products, including the People Dashboard, DE&I Dashboard and others
- Lead the team in working with large, complex and inconsistent HR datasets
- Review and QA team outputs before they reach HR side colleagues or business stakeholders to ensure a consistently high standard
- Contribute directly to complex or high priority analytical work, including ad hoc deep dives on topics such as attrition, workforce trends and DE&I
- Translate stakeholder and HR BA requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions
- Stakeholder & HR Side Partnership
- Serve as the primary point of contact between the data team and HR side analytics colleagues, ensuring requirements are well understood
- Participate in scoping and prioritisation conversations, push back where requirements are unclear or technically unfeasible and propose alternatives
- Communicate technical constraints, timelines and delivery risks clearly to non technical counterparts
- Engage directly with senior HR and business stakeholders where required, presenting data outputs and insight with clarity and confidence
- Strategy, Tooling & Governance
- Define and evolve the technical standards, tools and frameworks used by the data team
- Own data governance on the analytics side, maintaining master data principles, ensuring data integrity, confidentiality and security across all datasets
- Develop and document standard operating procedures for data handling, pipeline management and archiving
- Identify opportunities to improve the team's tooling, processes and ways of working in line with the broader HR and technology roadmap
- Work closely with HRIS, Finance and IT teams to ensure strong data collaboration and quality across source systems
Qualifications
- Proven experience in a data analytics, people analytics or business intelligence role, with prior experience managing or mentoring a technical team
- Strong technical skills across relevant tools and languages (e.g. SQL, Python, Power BI, Excel or similar)
- Experience operating in a project based or consultancy style delivery model, working from briefs or requirements defined by others
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical colleagues and non technical HR or business stakeholders
- High attention to detail and a strong commitment to data quality and governance
- Comfortable balancing hands on delivery with team leadership responsibilities
Benefits and Adjustments
We offer reasonable accommodations to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. In addition to the usual adjustments such as software, IT and office setups, we can also accommodate flexible hours or hybrid working where possible. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments, and we will be happy to assist.