AI Summary
Lead a high-performing team that drives people insights, informs HR strategy, and elevates data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Key Highlights
Lead the development and execution of the team's strategic roadmap
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders
Manage performance, talent development, and career growth for the team
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Flexible work environment
Relocation assistance
4 days per week in the office
Job Description
Job Title: Director HR Data and Analytics
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Type: Full Time
Our client is looking for a seasoned Director – HR Data and Analytics to lead a high-performing team that drives people insights, informs HR strategy, and elevates data-driven decision-making across the organization.
We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX or Charlotte, NC. Relocation assistance is available for this position.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the development and execution of the team’s strategic roadmap, ensuring alignment with HR, functional, and enterprise priorities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders by delivering high-quality analytics, insights, and decision-support solutions.
- Manage performance, talent development, and career growth for your team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and high standards of delivery.
- Oversee the volume, quality, and business value of the team’s work, while ensuring compliance with risk, regulatory, and internal control requirements.
- Continuously evaluate industry trends and best practices, integrating them into processes, technology, and long-term HR data and analytics strategies.
- Act as a strategic thought partner and subject matter expert to HR and business leaders on people analytics, workforce insights, and data-driven decision support.
- Provide direction on work prioritization, capacity planning, and issue resolution, while encouraging innovation and continuous improvement.
- Partner with Technology teams to enhance core data, reporting, and information delivery capabilities and reduce dependency on manual/user-developed tools.
- Influence data, information, and application architecture decisions related to HR data, ensuring strong information governance and data management practices.
What You Have
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Data/Business Analytics, Data Science, Operations Research) or equivalent quantitative experience.
- Around 8+ years of experience in data and analytics, technical, or closely related business functions (or 6+ years with an advanced STEM degree).
- At least 3 years of experience leading or managing teams in analytics, BI, or data-focused environments.
- Experience overseeing teams conducting cost–benefit analyses and using outcomes to shape business intelligence and analytics solutions.
- Proven background guiding teams on large-scale, complex BI projects, including requirements gathering and solution design.
- Strong facilitation, collaboration, and consensus-building skills, with experience presenting to cross-functional teams and senior/executive leaders.
- Demonstrated expertise in business intelligence practices, methods, and structured problem-solving.
- Experience translating business needs into clear, actionable data and analytics requirements.
- Deep knowledge of regulatory compliance, risk management practices, and regulatory data considerations.
- Hands-on experience with BI and data platforms or SQL-based tools (e.g., Tableau, Business Objects, Snowflake, Hadoop, Netezza, NoSQL, ANSI SQL, or similar).
- Ability to embed strong storytelling and clear, concise presentation of complex technical topics into dashboards and analytics outputs.
What Sets You Apart
- Experience leading teams that design, build, and maintain data visualizations and dashboards using tools such as Tableau, QlikView, BusinessObjects, or similar.
- Familiarity with HR technology ecosystems, including HRIS platforms and HR data models related to HR Technology/Engineering and HR Data Architecture.
- Strong understanding of data modeling and data architecture concepts within the context of HR data, HR analytics, and people insights.
- Proven experience in direct people management, including coaching, mentoring, and performance management of analytics professionals.
- Knowledge of Business Architecture principles, with the ability to align HR data and technology solutions with broader business strategy.