Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. The Manager of People Analytics will lead a specialized team to transform workforce data into strategic insights and products that enhance decision making and innovation across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a specialized squad of People Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and UX Designers
- Bridge the gap between "HR-speak" and "Dev-speak", ensuring engineers understand the human behavioral intent behind the code
- Move beyond descriptive metrics (e.g., turnover rate) to predictive and prescriptive insights (e.g., predicting attrition risk based on "Time-Product" engagement data)
- Act as the "Translator-in-Chief". Take complex data models and turn them into compelling narratives
- Lead the development of AI Agents that can surface insights to managers in real-time
- Ensure the "People Data Stack" is secure, GDPR/privacy-compliant, and acts as a "Single Source of Truth" across all People related offerings, products and services
- Identify opportunities to leverage "High Tech" solutions in our People offerings, and free up more time for "High Touch", human involvement, thereby maximizing human value
Skills
- Background in data science, mathematics, or engineering, skilled in advanced statistics, data wrangling/science, databases (SQL, etc.) or software engineering
- Strength in coding/scripting languages (Python, R, JavaScript, etc.), software engineering, visualization (e.g. Superset, Tableau), and automation
- Ability to translate business questions to key research objectives
- Ability to identify the best methodology to execute research, synthesize and analyze findings
- Proven ability to lead and drive others to execute against well planned roadmaps, with a strong mentor/coaching mindset
- Willingness to examine the status quo and be resilient in the face of challenges
- Ambition to build tomorrow's AI/Data stack in open source
- An exceptional academic track record from high school and university
- Business level written and spoken English
- Sincere personal motivation aligned with our mission
- International travel 2-4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long
- Experience with Airbyte, Ranger, Superset, Temporal, or Trino
- Basic understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Agentic Engineering
- Product management
- User experience and design
Benefits
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Bi-annual compensation review
- Company recognition rewards
- 40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and our All Company holiday periods
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, with Priority Pass for lounge access
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