The Director, People Analytics leads the enterprise People Analytics function, owning the strategy, governance, prioritization, and delivery of all workforce analytics and reporting across HR. This role is responsible for establishing and enforcing enterprise data definitions and metric standards, managing analytics demand intake and resource allocation, driving the elimination of duplicative and legacy reporting, and ensuring leaders at every level have trusted, actionable workforce insights to inform talent and organizational decisions.
The function is organized into two complementary pillars — Data Governance & Reporting Standards (led by the Manager, People Reporting & HR Operations Analytics) and Workforce Analytics & Business Insights (led by the Manager, Talent & Workforce Analytics). The Director oversees both pillars, manages a shared pool of Hyderabad-based People Analysts whose day-to-day work is prioritized and funneled through the two managers, and partners with a US-based Senior People Analyst on complex, fast-turn executive requests for the executive leadership team, the HR leadership team, and other senior leadership. This role reports to the VP of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Management.
Enterprise People Analytics Strategy & Roadmap
- Define and execute the enterprise people analytics roadmap aligned to business priorities and HR Leadership Team and Executive Leadership information needs
- Establish analytics governance, standards, and operating principles that ensure ‘one version of the truth’ across all workforce metrics
- Drive long-term reduction of analytics cost, reporting technical debt, and duplicative reporting across HR
Analytics Demand Intake & Resource Allocation
- Own enterprise analytics demand intake, prioritization, and tradeoff decisions across competing stakeholder requests
- Establish clear intake processes that distinguish between standard reporting, ad hoc analysis, and strategic insight requests
- Allocate shared pool capacity and Sr. People Analyst bandwidth to highest-impact work while managing stakeholder expectations
Executive & HR Leadership Team Decision Support
- Deliver proactive workforce insights and analysis to the executive leadership team, HR leadership team, and other senior leadership
- Translate complex, ambiguous workforce questions into clear, actionable insights that accelerate decisions
- Provide analytical storytelling that connects people data to business outcomes
Reporting Standardization & Data Governance
- Own enterprise data definitions, metric governance, and exception management
- Drive report inventory, rationalization, and retirement to eliminate legacy reporting debt
- Partner with HRIS, Finance, and Enterprise Analytics to align workforce data architecture and ensure Workday serves as the trusted system of record
Team Leadership & Shared Resource Oversight
- Lead, develop, and performance manage the People Analytics team across US-based and Hyderabad-based resources
- Oversee the shared pool model — ensuring the two managers effectively prioritize and funnel work to Hyderabad-based People Analysts without direct stakeholder bypass
- Mentor managers, resolve prioritization conflicts between the two pillars, and ensure scalable, consistent analytics delivery
- 4 Year Degree / Bachelor’s in Analytics, Data Science, Business, Economics, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, or related field
- MBA or MS in Analytics or related graduate degree
EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS
- Including 5+ years leading analytics teams with management of distributed or offshore resources
- Demonstrated experience establishing analytics governance, reporting standards, and data strategy in a complex organization
- Experience influencing executive stakehodlers with data-driven insights and recommendations
- Multi-brand, multi-site, or large enterprise experience strongly preferred
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES
- HRIS platforms (Workday required), Power BI (required), Excel, and data visualization tools
- Executive communication, analytical storytelling, and stakeholder influence
- Data governance, metric standardization, and reporting architecture
- Strategic prioritization and tradeoff management
- Strong business acumen with ability to connect workforce analytics to business outcomes
Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.
We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.
