People Data Platform & Analytics Leader

Candidate; Washington; Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Time off plans

Parental leave options

Retirement options

Education reimbursement

In-office perks

Job summary

Zscaler is seeking a Sr. Manager of People Data Infrastructure and Platforms to lead the evolution of our workforce data ecosystem. Hybrid role at Santa Clara, CA or Bellevue, WA, reporting to the VP of People & Culture AI and Data.

You’ll bridge architecture and business execution, enabling AI-powered workforce insights and scalable self-service analytics. You will mentor a high-performing team and drive measurable business impact by delivering trusted data, governance, and analytics products

Qualifications

• 8+ years in People Analytics, workforce analytics, data engineering, BI, or analytics products.
• 3+ years of direct people management experience leading technical and analytics talent
• Strong cloud data architecture with hands-on Snowflake experience
• Proven track record with Visier, Workday, Tableau, or Power BI
• Experience improving data quality and metric governance

Responsibilities

• Manage and scale the People data foundation across our enterprise data ecosystem, overseeing workforce data models, pipelines, and data quality on Snowflake to deliver certified, trusted workforce data
• Establish and enforce data governance and metric certification standards, driving alignment toward single-source-of-truth definitions for core People metrics across the enterprise
• Lead the development, delivery, and adoption of scaled workforce analytics products on platforms like Visier and Snowflake, shifting recurring reporting away from spreadsheets and into intuitive self-service experiences
• Partner closely with People AI and technology teams to build governed data layers and semantic architectures that enable AI models and agents to reliably generate workforce insights
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of data and analytics professionals, cultivating a product-oriented mindset focused on measurable usage, operational rigor, and business impact

Skills

AI/ML concepts

People analytics

Data engineering

BI tools

Data governance

Leadership

Cloud data architecture

Tools

Visier

Workday

Tableau

Power BI

Snowflake

Job description

Zscaler is seeking a Sr. Manager of People Data Infrastructure and Platforms to lead the evolution of our workforce data ecosystem. Hybrid role at Santa Clara, CA or Bellevue, WA, reporting to the VP of People & Culture AI and Data.

You’ll bridge architecture and business execution, enabling AI-powered workforce insights and scalable self-service analytics. You will mentor a high-performing team and drive measurable business impact by delivering trusted data, governance, and analytics products