People Analytics Manager

Currys PLC; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology retailer in the UK seeks a People Analytics Manager to enhance their People function with advanced analytics and reporting capabilities. The role involves leveraging PowerBI to create sophisticated data visualisations and ensure compliance with data governance standards. Candidates should have substantial experience in HR analytics, a strong understanding of data privacy, and excellent communication skills to influence decision-making across the organization. Join a vibrant People Team committed to continuous improvement and excellence.

Benefits

Company Pension Scheme

Performance based bonus

Private Health Insurance

Colleague Discounts

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in HR analytics or a related role.
• Expert proficiency in PowerBI and data visualisation tools.
• In-depth knowledge of GDPR and data privacy practices.
• Exceptional analytical and project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to align analytics with strategic business plans.

Responsibilities

• Drive the delivery of advanced HR analytics for strategic decision-making.
• Lead HR reporting and analytics strategy ensuring integration with people plans.
• Build complex HR analytics in PowerBI for intuitive visualization.
• Define and standardise critical people metrics for workforce planning.
• Advocate for HR analytics within technology partnerships.
• Ensure reporting tools meet future challenges and business growth.

Skills

HR analytics

PowerBI proficiency

Data privacy knowledge

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Project management

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Tools

Data visualization tools

Job description

Overview

The People Analytics Manager will support & advise on the People reporting and analytics strategy and lead the delivery, across the People function. This strategic role is critical in enabling sophisticated, data‑driven insights, identifying trends, and influencing strategic and operational People & business decisions, directly aligning with the Currys 3‑year people plan. Reporting to our People Portfolio Manager, you are empowered to own and drive our approach to progress our people analytics maturity, managing partnerships with other functions and 3rd parties.

Responsibilities

• Strategic People Analytics: Support the strategic direction of our people reporting and analytics initiatives, ensuring the delivery of advanced analytics that inform executive‑level decision‑making and align with the 3‑year People Plan.
• People Reporting & Analytics Management: Lead the evolution of the HR reporting and analytics capabilities & strategy, ensuring people analytics initiatives are seamlessly integrated with the People plan, providing actionable insights that support long‑term strategic HR objectives.
• Advanced Data Visualisation: Build complex HR analytics in PowerBI, blending, manipulating, and integrating vast data sets from diverse sources to achieve advanced and intuitive data visualisation for end users.
• People Metrics Definition: Define and standardise the critical people metrics required for effective workforce planning, people planning, and to support the core hire‑to‑retire processes, ensuring these metrics provide the foundation for all HR analytics and reporting.
• Technology Partnership: Serve as an HR analytics SME, collaborating with the technology data office (CDO) team to advance HR analytics maturity, including defining and planning the strategic automation of data processes and engineering requirements.
• Future‑Proof Reporting Tools: Ensure that our reporting tools are not only fit for purpose today but also equipped to meet future challenges and business growth, ensuring scalability, adaptability, and continuous improvement.
• Future Technology: Identify and pursue opportunities to collaborate with the CDO team to explore and define use cases for machine learning and generative AI. Serve as the central point of contact for the people team, ensuring seamless connectivity, enhanced productivity, and improved experience in these initiatives.
• Data Security & Governance: Ensure the delivery of people reporting and analytics, while upholding the highest standards of data privacy, security, and GDPR compliance. Responsible for data access control in accordance with Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and Role Based Permissions.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in HR analytics or a related analytics role.
• Expert proficiency in PowerBI and advanced data visualisation tools/data warehouses.
• In‑depth knowledge of data privacy and security practices, including GDPR.
• Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and communicate effectively across various seniority levels.
• Proven ability to align analytics with strategic business plans and future‑proofing initiatives.
• Relevant professional qualification desirable.

About the Company

At Currys we're united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK's best‑known retailer of tech, we're proud of the service our customers receive - and it's all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing. This is an exciting time to join a vibrant People Team and evolving People Operations function, who are driving an exciting transformation roadmap and continuous improvement of our people processes and colleague experience.

Benefits

We know our people are the magic ingredient in our success. That's why we reward you with benefits that go deeper than just the day‑to‑day. Benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and your career. They include Company Pension Scheme, Discretionary/Performance based bonus, Private Health Insurance and Colleague Discounts. Beyond that, we'll be with you every step of the way, enabling you to get the most out of your role, grow your skills your way, and see your career develop in the way you want. Be part of our talented People, Communications and Sustainability team and unbox your passion at the UK's best‑known retailer in tech. #LI‑Hybrid Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on‑going training and skills for life.