Head of People Analytics & AI Product (Remote)

Canonical Ltd.; Zürich; Remote; CHF 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development budget

Bi-annual compensation review

40 days annual leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a senior leader to shape the People Data Science program, guiding a cross-disciplinary squad of data scientists, software engineers and UX designers. You will translate HR questions into actionable research objectives and build predictive, prescriptive insights.

You will champion the People Data Stack, ensure GDPR/privacy compliance and explore AI agents that surface insights to managers in real time, enabling data-driven decision-making across global operations.

Qualifications

• Background in data science, mathematics, or engineering with advanced statistics and data wrangling.
• Experience with databases (SQL) or software engineering.
• Strong coding/scripting in Python, R, or JavaScript; data visualization experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a squad of People Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and UX Designers as a product-focused team.
• Bridge HR business questions to technical research objectives and results.
• Drive predictive and prescriptive insights and steward the People Data Stack with GDPR/privacy compliance.
• Develop AI agents to surface real-time insights for managers and stakeholders.

Skills

Data science

Data engineering

Statistics

SQL

Python

R

JavaScript

English proficiency

Education

Advanced degree in a quantitative field

Tools

dbt

Airbyte

Superset

Trino

Docker

Kubernetes

Temporal

Ranger

Job description

Canonical is seeking a senior leader to shape the People Data Science program, guiding a cross-disciplinary squad of data scientists, software engineers and UX designers. You will translate HR questions into actionable research objectives and build predictive, prescriptive insights.

You will champion the People Data Stack, ensure GDPR/privacy compliance and explore AI agents that surface insights to managers in real time, enabling data-driven decision-making across global operations.