Manager, People Analytics

This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Manager, People Analytics.  The position can be based in any major WSP USA office. Be involved in projects with our Human Resource Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. With us you can!

Your Impact
As a Manager on the People Analytics/HRIS team, you must be eager to solve problems, have a strong interest in gleaning insights from analysis and the ability to influence decisions made by WSP leadership. Additionally, you should be able to handle multiple high-impact projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing front-end data visualization solutions and data exploration tools that empower stakeholders across the organization to make data-driven decisions. You will be the subject matter expert for HRIS systems, collaborating closely with HR, IT, and other departments to translate complex HR data into actionable insights.

Data Visualization and Analytics:
•    Maintain existing dashboards, including People and Culture and Talent Acquisition daily reports. 
•    Manage access to HRIS reports, ensuring content is limited and secure.
•    Lead the design and development of user-friendly, interactive front-end data visualizations, dashboards, and reporting tools to display HR data in a meaningful way.
•    Develop and optimize HRIS data exploration capabilities, enabling stakeholders to explore and analyze HR metrics with ease.
•    Work with HR leadership and department heads to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) and relevant metrics for reporting.
•    Ensure that data visualizations and dashboards are aligned with business goals, and are easily accessible and actionable for users across the organization.
Data Analysis and Reporting:
•    Analyze large datasets and HRIS reports to provide insights into workforce trends, compensation analysis, turnover, diversity metrics, and other relevant HR functions.
•    Translate complex HR data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership and HR partners.
•    Facilitate and action regular executive and global data request inclusive of data to Finance, and Quarterly People and Culture data for Global Team.  
•    Develop automated reporting tools and workflows to streamline HR data analysis.
•    Quickly respond to a variety of ad-hoc reporting requests from across the organization.
Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:
•    Partner with HR, IT, and business leaders to understand reporting and data needs, and translate those needs into technical specifications and solutions.
•    Provide training and support to HR users on how to access and interpret data visualizations and reports.
•    Serve as a point of contact for HR and business stakeholders seeking insights from HR data.
•    Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
Team Leadership:
•    Lead and manage a team of HRIS Analysts, ensuring alignment with departmental goals and providing mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities.
•    Oversee the team’s day-to-day operations, prioritizing tasks, managing workloads, and ensuring timely project delivery.
•    Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture focused on high-quality data-driven solutions. 
Continuous Improvement:
•    Continuously assess and improve HRIS data visualization solutions and processes, identifying opportunities for optimization, automation, and increased efficiency.
•    Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies related to data visualization, HRIS systems, and business intelligence tools.

Who You Are
Required Qualifications
•    Minimum of seven (7) years working with HRIS platforms, with at least 1 years in a leadership or team lead role. 
•    Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Data Science, related field and/or the equivalent relevant work experience.
•    Proven experience in designing and developing data visualization solutions and dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
•    Strong understanding of HR data structures and business processes (e.g., HR metrics, talent acquisition, employee lifecycle data).
•    Experience in report writing and analytics.
•    Experience with Agile/scrum methodology.
•    Advanced applied knowledge of MS Power Query, MS Power Platform and/or Power BI. 
•    Attention to detail and accuracy is essential.
•    Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to communicate complex data insights clearly. 
•    Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.
•    Able to manage multiple projects and priorities, including day-to-day administrative reporting, data extracts for vendors and support services with time-sensitive deadlines.
•    Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities.

Preferred Qualifications
•    Master’s degree in relevant field of study. 
•    Certifications in HRIS systems, data analysis, or business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
•    Experience with data modeling techniques, including star schema design.
•    Proficiency in SQL and database management.
•    Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and tools.
•    Ability to work with large datasets and optimize query performance.
•    Some experience using Python, R, Alteryx.
 

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. 
 

Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $86,700 – $154,330
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $86,700 – $144,870

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand.  Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.