Lead, Global People Analytics

What if you could redefine what’s possible?

The Opportunity

Your Impact

Stakeholder Partnership and Consulting

• Serve as a trusted People Analytics advisor to HR leaders, Centers of Excellence, and business stakeholders.
• Partner with stakeholders to determine the appropriate metrics, data sources, analytical approaches, requirements, and visualizations for business questions.
• Collaborate with technical teams and data owners to gather and consolidate data, reporting, and security requirements.
   

Data Quality, Governance and Strategy

• Lead the definition and governance of workforce metrics, including calculation methodologies and business rules.
• Partner with data owners and stakeholders to establish consistent definitions across global, regional, and functional reporting.
• Create and maintain metric dictionaries, Functional Specification Documents, requirements documentation, data-mapping rules, calculation logic, and decision records.
• Lead data-validation and reconciliation activities to confirm that analytical results align with source systems and approved business requirements.
• Investigate data discrepancies and coordinate their resolution among HR, IT, and Horizon teams.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate reporting, reduce manual processes, and introduce governed, scalable analytical solutions.
• Monitor stakeholder feedback and solution usage to identify opportunities for improvement, training, usability, and increased business value.
   

Workforce Analysis and Insights

• Analyze data from Oracle HCM to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and areas requiring further investigation.
• Translate analytical findings into practical recommendations, decision options, and proposed actions for HR and business leaders.
• Provide analysis across workforce composition, turnover and retention, talent acquisition, onboarding, internal mobility, Inclusion & Belonging, talent management, and other workforce priorities.
   

Solution Design and Dashboard Development

• Translate approved requirements into solution specifications for reports, dashboards, data models, analytical products, and other decision-support tools.
• Develop prototypes, mock-ups, and selected analytics solutions to validate requirements and demonstrate proposed approaches.
• Guide solutions through the complete deployment pipeline, including design review, development, testing, stakeholder validation, deployment, and adoption.
• Develop reporting solutions covering headcount and workforce composition, turnover and retention, Inclusion & Belonging, talent acquisition, onboarding, internal mobility, and workforce trends.
• Leverage existing data models and provide feedback to development teams to support continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain, when formalized models are not yet available, data models, data transformations, measures, KPIs, trend analyses, and executive-level visualizations. 
   

The Skills That Set You Apart

Essential

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in People Analytics, HR reporting, workforce analytics, or HR technology.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior stakeholders, facilitate complex requirements discussions, and align multiple stakeholder groups around a clearly defined business need and solution.
• Strong experience translating business questions into functional requirements, technical specifications, and reporting solutions.
• Strong understanding of workforce metrics, HR processes, data definitions, and reporting concepts.
• Advanced experience developing analytics and dashboards using Microsoft Power BI.
• Strong proficiency with DAX, Power Query, data modelling, and data visualization.
• Experience working with enterprise HR systems, preferably Oracle HCM or Oracle Cloud.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and workforce-data analysis.
• Ability to lead cross-functional work autonomously, coordinate global and regional requirements, and drive decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder-management, consulting, communication, and presentation skills.
   

Preferred

• Experience developing and governing enterprise or global People Analytics solutions and standards.
• Experience with Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence, or OTBI.
• Knowledge of HR data privacy, security, access controls, and demographic-data reporting considerations.
• Experience creating functional specifications and documentation for business intelligence and reporting solutions.
• Experience supporting HR Centers of Excellence such as Talent Acquisition, Inclusion & Belonging, Talent Management, Compensation, Performance, or HR Operations.
• A Business Intelligence, analytics, or data-governance certification is considered an asset.
   

Capabilities for Success

• Analytical and critical thinking.
• Data storytelling and visualization.
• HR and workforce analytics expertise.
• Business and technical requirements translation.
• Data quality and close attention to detail.
• Stakeholder consulting and relationship management.
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting.
• Project ownership and prioritization.
• Documentation and governance.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly to non-technical audiences. 
   

Why Choose WSP?

• Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
• A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it’s across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition — because your growth drives ours.
• Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

Compensation

Make Your Mark with WSP