Head of Global People Analytics - IDEXX Laboratories : Job Details

The People Analytics team is responsible for generating insights, analytics, and reporting that drive strategic decision-making across the organization. The Head of Global People Analytics is a critical leadership role designed to bridge sophisticated data analytics and human resources to champion a data-driven culture within the organization. This individual will lead initiatives to integrate analytics within HR practices, enhancing decision-making processes, operational efficiency, and employee engagement. This role is also responsible for the enterprise listening strategy, which includes measuring annual engagement and provide insights that strengthen IDEXX's culture and deliver on our employee value proposition.Responsibilities:

• Generate Insights & Storytelling. Build compelling stories and acts as consultative partner for HR and business leaders, advocating for data-driven decision-making across departments. Lead analysis and interpretation of people data to provide actionable insights for decision-making. Monitor workforce trends and patterns to identify potential issues or opportunities and provide proactive recommendations. Act as guide by looking forward to future trends in the workforce to help inform current people strategies.

• Collaboration & Influence. Act as a consultative partner and a key enabler for HR and business leaders to promote the use of data in driving HR excellence. Advocate for data-driven culture change across the organization, demonstrating the value of analytics in achieving business outcomes.

• Strategic Leadership. Create and deliver on a multi-year people analytics roadmap that meets IDEXX's evolving business needs, incorporates industry best practices (including the ethical use of AI in HR data), and leverages current tools (e.g., Tableau, Snowflake, AWS, Workday). Coach and develop the People Analytics team.

• Reporting and Data Access. Enable HR insights to be easily consumed by end users. Enable seamless access to HR data through custom and standard reporting, dashboards and data feeds. Maintain cloud data environment via Snowflake and AWS to enable complex data merging and analyses

• Compliance & Ethics. Champion the data privacy and governance rules and demonstrate exceptional judgement when dealing with sensitive data. Ensure all data analytics initiatives align with legal, regulatory, and ethical standards.

• Drive Awareness. Identify gaps and opportunities for upskilling and continuous learning within the HR team in the areas of data literacy, metrics, tools, and insights.

Qualifications:

• Master's or bachelor's with 8+ years of experience in People Analytics or related field
• Management/Strategy Consulting experience a plus
• Excellent storytelling skills (to technical and non-technical audiences) and ability to present complex data findings in a clear and actionable manner
• Strong experience in gathering, analyzing, and interpreting unstructured HR data and providing recommendations to leadership
• Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills with particular focus on HR business partners, DEI team, IT counterparts, business executives, and support functions
• Solid understanding of core HR processes and data security policies globally
• Proficiency in statistical analysis software and data visualization tools, such as Python, SQL, Power BI or Tableau
• Experience working with Workday or other HRIS data
• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to manage and develop a high-performing team

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in IDEXX. Why IDEXX?We're proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people. So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement. Let's pursue what matters together. IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.#LI-CB1