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People Analytics Strategic Consultant

Mass Mutual

We are a building a world class People Analytics function and team which will be the analytics engine supporting HR and our business to build and sustain high performing teams. As a member of our team, you will use data and analytics to build products and derive insights for making better fact-based people and organization decisions. You will apply your strategic and analytical skills to the exciting new field of People Analytics to complex questions about how we should attract, develop, and retain talent across the enterprise and answer open ended questions. Be part of our journey to build a function which can provide insights and recommendations for current and future talent strategies. This is an exciting time to join this team.

The Team

People Analytics function is new at MassMutual with less than 2 years of its existence. This team currently has roles on the Workday reporting & data management and Data Science. This team has members with high degree of accountability, agility and technical expertise. The team is motivated to be part of the designing people strategies which are based on data insights. The culture of the team is based on learning where are individuals are participating in various learning opportunities internally and externally with continuous inflow of new ideas. Since its inception the team has focused on centralization of reporting and analytics activities within HR through streamlining the processes, automation and enhanced systems. The team is looked upon internally as problem solver and solution provider with predictive and prescriptive solutions.

The Impact:

  • Apply expertise in quantitative & qualitative analysis and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and help inform, influence and support talent decisions
  • Conducting Text & sentiment analysis and identifying key themes to drive actionable insights
  • Expertise in Web scrapping and integrating unstructured internal/external data sets to structured data sets to provide a holistic story
  • Conduct Organizational Network Analysis using passive data to understand resource utilization
  • Investigate ways to measure and visualize existing processes for internal efficiency analysis and stakeholder communication
  • Engage in multiple concurrent projects that require inputs from cross-functional stakeholders while balancing impact on business needs
  • Act as a consultant by understanding business needs, scoping data requests, synthesizing insights, and recommending solutions to key HR partners in collaboration with other members of the people analytics team
  • Leverage available tools, to drive analytics and enable client self-service on routine queries
  • Preparing educational material for various clients to promote self service
  • Expertise in creating dynamic and high end visualization to communicate data story effectively
  • Expertise in conducting statistical research on People data and providing future looking analysis and insights
  • Expertise in end to end storytelling from data, presenting and communicating effectively to stakeholders
  • Providing people reporting and analytics supports to wide variety of clients by creating reports and dashboards, supporting ad-hoc reports, providing support in targeted deep dive analysis
  • Providing data to external vendors such as survey information and maintaining documentation for various reports, processes, data quality and updating them based on changes

The Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree with at least 4 years of experience in analytics; Master’s degree with at least 2 years of experience in analytics
  • Must have at least 2 years in People Analytics experience
  • Experience in Statistical Modeling/Machine Learning/AI
  • Experience with Text and Sentiment Analysis
  • Python programming, Tableau, Microsoft Office and VBA programming experience
  • Experience of handling large volume of data and database management
  • Established analytic capabilities and a passion for solving problems
  • A strong sense of curiosity. Sharp verbal and written communication skills including presentations using Powerpoint
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous situations
  • Demonstrated teamwork experience

The Ideal Qualifications

  • Experience in Web Scrapping, Passive Data Management and Automation

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team

  • Regular meetings with the People Analytics Team
  • Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
  • Access to mentorship opportunities
  • Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
  • Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
  • Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical nosiness with industry leading pay and benefits

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People Analytics

PlaidAt Plaid, our mission is to empower innovators by delivering access to the financial system. Since 2012 we’ve helped tens of millions of consumers live a better financial life and over a thousand customers build a new financial future. Our customers range from startups like Stripe, Coinbase and Square to Fortune 500 enterprises like American Express and PayPal. Founded in 2012, Plaid has raised $300M of capital from major venture capital firms such as Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Index, Spark and NEA, as well as global financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs and Citi.
Plaid’s People Systems and Analytics team works with data across the entire employee lifecycle in order to surface insights that drive more impactful people decisions. As one of the first hires to this growing team, you will help build a robust analytics platform and strategy from the ground up. By leveraging both quantitative and qualitative signals across the employee lifecycle – recruiting, onboarding, development, engagement, rewards, and retention – you will help enable internal stakeholders to make better, data-backed decisions around Plaid’s workforce needs.
This role will have the opportunity to partner closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across People, Recruiting, Finance, and Operations. You will be responsible for building relationships with key business partners, developing reports and dashboards to meet business requirements, and turning your findings into useful recommendations and insights for the business. If you’re interested in using your passion for problem-solving and skill with People data to help build out the People Systems and Analytics team at Plaid, then let’s chat!

What Excites Us

  • 5+ years of experience in analytics
  • Prior experience working with People data at a high-growth SaaS or platform company or at a top tier consulting firm
  • Experience with SQL, Excel, and data visualization tools (Tableau, Visier, Sisense, etc.)
  • Experience with People systems (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Glint, etc.)
  • Experience with survey development and design
  • Experience with system implementation
  • Ability to build strong partnerships, influence decisions, and communicate complex work in a clear and concise manner across a variety of audiences from our leaders to our employees
  • Experience working in high performance environments and driving initiatives to completion
  • High level of ownership, confidentiality, and attention to detail
  • Bonus points if you’ve taken a company public
  • Bachelor’s degree is required

What Excites You

  • Opportunity to build and scale all aspects of People analytics at Plaid in order to leverage key insights and drive data-driven decision making
  • Maintaining a deep knowledge of Plaid’s People systems and tools in order to access data and create meaningful reports
  • Designing and building dashboards and analyses that identify key insights into underlying business needs
  • Survey design, deployment, and analysis including employee engagement, performance reviews, and onboarding/exits to gain direct feedback from employees
  • Building relationships with internal stakeholders in the business to provide ad-hoc data analysis and support on People-related topics across the business
  • Build relationships with key business partners, help with requirement gathering sessions, and work on dashboards with specific metrics needed for the partners
  • Work on optimizing our reporting and dashboards to meet business requirements and create opportunities for automation, improvements and scalability

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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People Analytics Partner

Twitch Interactive, Inc.

You Will:

  • Analyze data to help influence people strategy across the company
  • Co-own the employee survey process with a focus on sharing/consulting on the methods and resulting data
  • Mentor people team members and business leaders regarding how to think about data
  • Translate talent and business issues into questions and hypotheses that can be tested with data
  • Attend HR Business Partner meetings, consulting and advocating for the use of data and ensures that it is well-incorporated
  • Analyze trends to ensure that Inclusion & Diversity goals are met throughout the company

About Us:
Launched in 2011, Twitch is a global community that comes together each day to create multiplayer entertainment: unique, live, unpredictable experiences created by the interactions of millions. We bring the joy of co-op to everything, from casual gaming to world-class esports to anime marathons, music, and art streams. Twitch also hosts TwitchCon, where we bring everyone together to celebrate, learn, and grow their personal interests and passions. We’re always live at Twitch. Stay up to date on all things Twitch on Linkedin, Twitter and on our Blog.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of People Analytics, the People Analytics Partner will expand the reach and role of data among leaders and managers at Twitch. They will empower HR leaders to integrate data into their daily workflow.

They will provide guidance and expertise on how data is used to improve our people strategy including inclusion & diversity, talent acquisition, retention, and development.
This Analytics Partner will join a team of one, with the opportunity to help shape the function based on their unique approach. You will provide facetime to the organization, socializing the more technical work of the department’s lead.

This role is for you if:

  • You’re excited to present in meetings with leaders across Twitch
  • You thrive off making the perfect presentation (slideshow, dashboard) for reporting analytics results to different business groups and being their teammate in understanding the value of our people analytics
  • You enjoy working with autonomy and shaping a new function
  • You love designing and analyzing an employee experience survey
  • You enjoy educating teammates on the topics of Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging and advocating for the role of data in growing all three.

Perks:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
  • 401(k), Maternity & Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Amazon Employee Discount
  • Monthly Contribution & Discounts for Wellness Related Activities & Programs (e.g., gym memberships, off-site massages, etc.),
  • Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Served Daily
  • Free Snacks & Beverages

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

You Have:

  • 3+ Years Related experience implementing, managing and integrating data analytics and visualization tools and programs for HR, preferably working with Workday, Greenhouse, Google Workspace, Tableau.
  • Analytical background and recent experience in business intelligence and data storytelling (visual communication, dashboard design, and written internal communications).
  • Eagerness to grow as a technologist and incorporate new tools into the practice of analytics
  • Experience working with senior team members
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or a related field, or equivalent experience

Bonus Points

  • Familiarity with advanced data tools or scripting languages (e.g., R, Tableau, Python, JavaScript)
  • Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem and toolset
  • Demonstrated net positive contributor to company community and culture above and beyond the core job