Senior People Analytics & Insights Lead

Cousera Internal Rehire Job Board; United States; Remote; USD 137,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Coursera is seeking a senior individual contributor to lead People Analytics, owning the analytics roadmap and building trusted data and reporting across the employee lifecycle. You will partner with HRIS, IT, and Finance to connect data and strengthen governance, influencing senior leadership with actionable insights.

The role emphasizes advanced analytics, AI opportunities, and building dashboards used by leaders to drive decisions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in people analytics, HR analytics, or a related field, with substantial experience applying analytics to People data and processes.
• Strong understanding of HR operations, employee lifecycle processes, and workforce and talent metrics.
• Experience with Workday or a similar HRIS, including how system configuration and business processes affect data quality.
• Experience integrating complex HR datasets and building sustainable pipelines with HRIS, IT, or data engineering teams.
• Advanced SQL and strong Python or R skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Databricks, Tableau, or similar platforms, with a track record of building reporting that leaders use to make decisions.
• Strong grounding in statistical methods, with the judgment to match the approach to the question and the data.
• Demonstrated success translating analysis into measurable improvements in efficiency, service quality, data accuracy, or employee experience.
• The ability to scope ambiguous requests, prioritize competing needs, and deliver independently.
• Clear, compelling communication with senior People and business leaders.
• Sound judgment with sensitive employee data and a commitment to privacy, fairness, and responsible AI.

Responsibilities

• Own the analytics roadmap and prioritize key workforce questions.
• Build trusted people data with reliable datasets and pipelines.
• Improve People processes by analyzing onboarding, changes, case management, and offboarding.
• Measure operational performance with metrics for service demand and cycle times.
• Deliver workforce insights with headcount, costs, org structure, hiring, and retention data.
• Apply advanced methods like forecasting and predictive techniques.
• Tell the story with dashboards and quarterly workforce insights reviews.
• Advance AI and automation responsibly with privacy controls and governance.
• Build capability by setting analytical standards and coaching colleagues.

Skills

People analytics

HR analytics

SQL

Data storytelling

Leadership communication

Tools

Workday

Databricks

Tableau

Python

R

Job description

Coursera is seeking a senior individual contributor to lead People Analytics, owning the analytics roadmap and building trusted data and reporting across the employee lifecycle. You will partner with HRIS, IT, and Finance to connect data and strengthen governance, influencing senior leadership with actionable insights.

The role emphasizes advanced analytics, AI opportunities, and building dashboards used by leaders to drive decisions.