Senior Manager and Head - People Analytics

Spot Your Leaders & Consulting; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Spot Your Leaders & Consulting in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Manager and Head of People Analytics to transform analytics from reporting to strategic workforce intelligence. You will own the data ecosystem and analytics strategy, partnering with CHRO, HR, CIO, and business leaders to create a unified people intelligence platform that enables faster, smarter workforce decisions.

The role requires guiding the team to adopt AI-enabled analytics, define governance, and deliver actionable insights that

Qualifications

• 10+ years of analytics or data-driven strategy experience.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and structured thinking.
• Experience in People Analytics, workforce planning, or data products is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define vision, operating model, and roadmap for People Analytics.
• Build unified data foundation by integrating HR and business sources.
• Lead AI and advanced analytics adoption for workforce insights.
• Deliver strategic business insights beyond descriptive analytics.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI/Tableau

AI/LLM

Job description

Senior Manager and Head - People Analytics

The company seeks to transform People Analytics from a reporting function into a strategic workforce intelligence capability. This role will own the design and evolution of people data ecosystem, analytics strategy, AI-enabled decision, and workforce insights agenda.

The role will partner closely with CHRO, HR Leadership Team, HR Tech, CIO, Finance, Talent Acquisition, Learning, and Business Leaders to create a unified people intelligence platform that enables faster, smarter workforce decisions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Build the Future State People Analytics Function

• Define the vision, operating model, and roadmap for People Analytics.
• Shift the team from reporting and metrics production toward insight generation
• Establish a hypothesis-driven analytics approach aligned to business outcomes.
• Identify workforce intelligence use cases that directly impact growth, productivity, retention, deployment, and profitability.

2. Create a Unified People Data Foundation

• Design and drive the integration of multiple HR and business data sources into a scalable analytics architecture.
• Partner with HR Tech, IT to develop a single source of truth for workforce data.
• Eliminate manual data collation through automation/ modern data platforms.
• Define common business definitions, metrics, and governance standards.

3. Lead AI and Advanced Analytics Adoption

• Leverage AI, LLMs, modern analytics technologies to improve workforce insights.
• Identify opportunities to automate analysis, reporting, and executive reporting.
• Develop use cases such as: Predictive attrition, Skill supply-demand forecasting, Deployment intelligence, Leadership effectiveness analytics, Learning ROI analytics
• Drive experimentation with new AI-enabled workforce planning capabilities.

4. Deliver Strategic Business Insights

• Move beyond answering: "What happened?" to To answering: "Why did it happen?" And:
• "What should we do next?" Examples: Drivers of regretted attrition, Critical skill shortages,
• Talent acquisition funnel optimization

5. Act as an Internal Workforce Consulting Partner

• Challenge assumptions through data and insight.
• Frame business problems into analytical questions.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Influence decisions through compelling storytelling and executive communication.

6. Build Capability Within the Team

• Coach analysts to think beyond reporting.
• Establish analytical problem-solving frameworks.
• Introduce modern tools including AI-powered analytics.
• Develop a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and business impact.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Must Have

• 10-15+ years experience in Analytics, Workforce Analytics, Business Analytics, Strategy, Consulting, Data Products or a related field.
• Strong understanding of analytics-driven business decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior business leaders.
• Strong problem solving and structured thinking skills.

Preferred:

• Experience in one or more of People Analytics, Workforce Planning,
• Management Consulting, Data Strategy, Analytics Product Management, Enterprise Data &
• AI Transformation

Technical Expectations:

• Technical Expectations: Understanding of: SQL/Python, Power BI / Tableau, AI / LLM
• applications, Workforce Analytics methodologies

Important: This is not expected to be a hands-on coding role, but the individual must be capable of architecting solutions and engaging effectively with technical teams.