Chief People Analytics & Technology

Bright Horizons Children's Centers; Newton (MA); On-site; USD 199,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and ParP

401(k) retirement plan

Long-term and short-term disability

Life insurance

Money-saving discounts and financial规划

Tuition assistance and education co@"

Caregiving support and resources for 


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Job summary

Bright Horizons seeks an Executive Director, People Intelligence & Technology to lead HRIS, people analytics, reporting, and data governance, aligning technology with HR strategy and enterprise objectives.

The role requires in-person work at Newton, MA HQ three days per week, with partnership across HRLT, IT, Finance, and business leaders to deliver scalable solutions and data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• 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

HR technology leadership

Workforce analytics

Data governance

HRIS management

Leadership

Executive stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HR/IS/Business Administration/CS/Analytics

Workday Pro certification (preferred)

Tools

Workday

HRIS

Analytics platforms

SQL / data querying

BI tools

Job description

Bright Horizons seeks an Executive Director, People Intelligence & Technology to lead HRIS, people analytics, reporting, and data governance, aligning technology with HR strategy and enterprise objectives.

The role requires in-person work at Newton, MA HQ three days per week, with partnership across HRLT, IT, Finance, and business leaders to deliver scalable solutions and data-driven decisions.