Head of HR Technology & People Analytics

Bright Horizons; Newton (MA); Hybrid; USD 199,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

RSUs

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Bright Horizons is seeking an Executive Director, People Intelligence & Technology to provide enterprise leadership for HRIS and analytics. The role drives a multi-year roadmap, governance, and scalable HR technology solutions across HR operations.

Hybrid work requires in-person presence at Newton, MA headquarters three days per week. The leader partners with HRLT, IT, Finance, Payroll, and business stakeholders to ensure data integrity, security, and regulatory compliance while enabling

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, IS, business, CS, 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

Leadership

HRIS

Workday

Analytics

Data governance

Reporting

Stakeholder management

Automation

AI-enabled capabilities

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/IS/Business/CS/Analytics or related field

Tools

HR platforms

Workday configurations

Job description

Bright Horizons is seeking an Executive Director, People Intelligence & Technology to provide enterprise leadership for HRIS and analytics. The role drives a multi-year roadmap, governance, and scalable HR technology solutions across HR operations.

Hybrid work requires in-person presence at Newton, MA headquarters three days per week. The leader partners with HRLT, IT, Finance, Payroll, and business stakeholders to ensure data integrity, security, and regulatory compliance while enabling