Senior Manager, People Insights & Analytics

The Team:

Upstarts People Platforms & Programs team ensures that every Upstarter has a seamless and supportive experience across the employee lifecycle. This team brings together People Analytics Learning & Development HR Technology Program Management and HR Operations to create the systems programs and experiences that enable people to do their best work. From building scalable platforms and tools to designing growth and learning opportunities to delivering the operational excellence that keeps our people processes running smoothly People Platforms & Programs is the connective tissue that supports every stage of an Upstarters journey.

The Role:

As the Senior Manager People Insights & Analyticsyoull be a strategic analytics partner building robust dashboards and models conducting deep workforce analyses and delivering insights that shape how we attract retain and grow talent. Through innovative use of tools like Culture Amp Workday Prism Databricks and BI platforms you will ensure leaders at every level can make faster clearer and more impactful people decisions that drive both employee experience and business outcomes.

How youll make an impact

• Act as the strategic analytics partner for the People team and company leaders to uncover people related insights
• Build robust self-serve dashboards reports models and alerts to track metrics across the People data and enable self-serve people related decisions and processes
• Conduct in-depth analyses to identify key trends risks and opportunities across areas such as hiring attrition diversity and engagement; translate insights into clear actionable recommendations that inform people strategies and business decisions.
• Perform deep-dive analysis of engagement data to surface trends patterns and opportunity areas; distill insights into clear narratives that highlight drivers of engagement and inform targeted people strategies leadership actions and organizational initiatives.
• Drive process improvement and automation by evaluating championing and implementing new analytics tools advanced capabilities and AI-driven solutions that increase efficiency scalability and the strategic impact of people insights.
• Partner with stakeholders across HR and the broader business to understand evolving priorities translate them into analytics requirements and continuously enhance deliverables to ensure our insights are timely relevant and actionable.
• Proactively expand the use of data across the People organization by building data fluency driving adoption of self-serve dashboards and tools and empowering HR and business leaders to leverage insights in everyday decision-making.
• Conduct regular data audits and validations to ensure accuracy consistency and compliance across all People data systems safeguarding the integrity of insights that inform critical business and talent decisions.

Minimum Qualifications

• 6 years of experience in advanced analytics focused on delivering people-based insights and driving meaningful impact.
• Proven experience defining data strategy and architecture for People/HR systems including linking Workday/Prism data with enterprise platforms such as Databricks.
• Strong foundational knowledge of Workday HCM and reporting with the ability to translate business needs into scalable reporting solutions.
• Demonstrated expertise with Workday Prism and modern data warehousing solutions (e.g. Snowflake Databricks) to enable advanced analytics.
• Advanced skills in database modeling and pipeline development including JSON SQL and ETL/ELT pipeline configuration.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining integrations using APIs webhooks and middleware to ensure seamless data flows across systems.
• Solid track record in data modeling for HR analytics with proficiency in BI tools such as Workday dashboards Looker and/orTableau to deliver actionable insights.
• Demonstrated experience creating compelling data visualizations that effectively communicate insights and transform complex data into clear actionable recommendations for stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Comfort working in a high-growth fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.
• Background in fintech technology or AI related field is a plus.

Position location This role is available in the following locations: Remote

Travel requirements As a digital first company the majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. The majority of our employees can live and work anywhere in the U.S but are encouraged to to still spend high quality time in-person collaborating via regular onsites. The in-person sessions cadence varies depending on the team and role; most teams meet once or twice per quarter for 2-4 consecutive days at a time.

What youll love:

• Competitive Compensation (base bonus & equity)
• Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
• 401(k) with 100% company match up to $4500 and immediate vesting and after-tax savings
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous holiday vacation sick and safety leave
• Supportive parental family care and military leave programs
• Annual wellness technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
• Social activities including team events and onsites all-company updates employee resource groups (ERGs) and other interest groups such as book clubs fitness investing and volunteering
• Catered lunches snacks & drinks when working in offices

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