Senior People Analytics Analyst

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves more than 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

About the Role:

As a People Analytics Business Partner, you'll be the bridge between data and business decisions for your assigned function. You'll partner with business leaders to identify workforce challenges, translate them into analytical questions, and deliver insights that drive better people decisions. This role combines deep analytical expertise with strong consulting skills to help leaders understand and act on people data.

Why This Role Matters

Your work will directly shape how leaders make decisions about their teams. You'll help answer critical questions like what drives top performer success, how to optimize hiring processes, and where to focus retention efforts. This is a chance to see your analytics expertise translate directly into business impact in a high-growth environment.

What You'll Do:

Business Partnership & Consulting

• Serve as the dedicated people analytics consultant for your business function, building strong relationships with leaders and HR partners
• Identify opportunities where data can solve business challenges, from hiring strategies to team effectiveness
• Cross-functional partnership with business teams, HR Business Partners and other HR COEs to deliver insights that drive org strategic initiatives
• Translate complex analyses into clear stories and actionable recommendations for business leaders

Analytics & Insights Development

• Design and execute analyses that answer critical business questions about workforce trends and effectiveness
• Build and maintain analytical products that give leaders visibility into key people metrics
• Conduct deep-dive analyses on specific challenges like attrition drivers or hiring effectiveness
• Use statistical methods to evaluate the impact of HR programs and initiatives
• Drive adoption of people analytics tools and insights across your function

Data Management & Quality

• Ensure high data quality and consistency in people analytics for your business area
• Partner with our data warehouse team to improve data collection and accessibility
• Define standard metrics and calculations for consistent reporting
• Build scalable solutions that can be replicated across other business functions

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience in a people analytics or data science role.
• Strong proficiency in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and querying.
• Demonstrable skills in statistical programming languages such as R or Python for data analysis and modeling.
• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities where people insights can solve business challenges
• Experience in designing and executing analyses to answer critical business questions about workforce trends and effectiveness.
• Excellent consulting and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into clear stories and actionable recommendations for business leaders.
• Experience in partnering with business leaders to identify workforce challenges and translate them into analytical questions.
• Master's degree in a quantitative field like I/O Psychology, Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or a related area.

 

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

United States$86,400—$129,000 USD

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