Chief of HR Technology & People Analytics

Brighthorizons; Newton (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Horizons in Newton, MA seeks an Executive Director, People Intelligence & Technology to lead HRIS, People Analytics, reporting, and data governance. You will partner with HRLT and senior leaders to design a multi-year technology roadmap and ensure scalable, data-driven workforce insights across the business.

You will provide governance for Workday and related platforms, manage teams, oversee integrations, and drive improvements in data quality, security, and user experience while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, Analytics, or related field.
• 10 years Progressive experience in HR technology, HRIS, people analytics, systems management, and HR operations
• 7 years Leadership experience managing HRIS, analytics, reporting, and technology teams
• 5 years Advanced Workday experience including configuration oversight, security, reporting, business processes, releases, and optimization

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a multi-year people technology and analytics roadmap aligned to HRLT priorities, enterprise business objectives, and workforce strategy.
• Provide enterprise leadership for HRIS, People Intelligence, workforce analytics, reporting, integrations, data governance, and related HR technology capabilities.
• Serve as the senior functional owner for Workday, including configuration oversight, optimization, release management, security governance, reporting, integrations, and roadmap planning.
• Lead leaders and teams responsible for HRIS administration, people analytics, reporting, integrations, data governance, platform optimization, and technology enablement.
• Direct the development and delivery of workforce analytics, dashboards, scorecards, predictive insights, and executive reporting to support strategic business decisions.
• Establish enterprise standards for HR data governance, data quality, reporting consistency, privacy, security, audit readiness, and compliance.
• Partner with HR Centers of Excellence; People Practices, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards and IT, Finance, and business leaders to translate needs into scalable technology and analytics solutions.
• Identify and responsibly advance automation, AI-enabled capabilities, and digital employee experience solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, compliance, and service delivery.
• Oversee vendor relationships, technology contracts, service delivery, platform performance, investment planning, and budget management for HR technology solutions.
• Champion change management, training, communication, adoption, and success measures for HR technology initiatives and People Intelligence capabilities.

Skills

HRIS

People analytics

Data governance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, Analytics, or related field

Tools

Workday

Job description

Bright Horizons in Newton, MA seeks an Executive Director, People Intelligence & Technology to lead HRIS, People Analytics, reporting, and data governance. You will partner with HRLT and senior leaders to design a multi-year technology roadmap and ensure scalable, data-driven workforce insights across the business.

You will provide governance for Workday and related platforms, manage teams, oversee integrations, and drive improvements in data quality, security, and user experience while