Director of People Systems & Analytics, AlphaSense
$190-211k
You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity
Market intelligence and search platform
Job no longer available
Market intelligence and search platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$190-211k
You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
AlphaSense's mission is to organise the world’s business information and leverage technology to enable companies to make smarter, faster, and more confident decisions.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in HR systems, data analytics, or a related field, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
- You are an accomplished People/HR system and reporting professional with a proven track record of Workday experience and creating success in a hyper-growth organization
- You have experience implementing and optimizing existing global technology resources such as human resources information systems (HRIS), applicant tracking systems (ATS), and database/reporting tools (bigquery, looker)
- You are a strong communicator with the ability to drive organizational change through partnership with operational and business leadership
- You’re obsessed with data, insights, and the creation of more sustainable work environments
- You are detail-oriented and have experience managing large, global, enterprise-wide system implementations
- You are a pragmatic and thoughtful business partner who understands the importance of teamwork and collaboration
- You are a skilled storyteller, with the ability to turn quantitative data into a qualitative tale
- You are a DEI champion and know how to use data to drive strategy
- You are a leader of leaders with the ability to inspire
What the job involves
- The Director, People Systems & Analytics, will lead the strategic design, implementation, and continuous improvement of HR technology systems and analytics that support the People Team and overall organization
- This role is pivotal in transforming data into insights that drive decision-making and support business objectives related to talent management, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness
- Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for the ongoing enhancement and optimization of Workday to align with organizational goals
- Own the oversight and process improvement related to People tools, including creating and driving an adoption strategy for new and existing tools to create a scalable roadmap
- Lead the HR systems integration during mergers and acquisitions, ensuring seamless merging of disparate HR systems, databases, and processes
- Partner with our Payroll team on the implementation and consolidation of global payroll systems
- Build and coach a team as the organization continues through a period of hyper-growth
- Measure and assess the effectiveness of People programs, goals, and KPIs
- Turn data into actionable insights to be leveraged in business recommendations and coaching opportunities
- Build predictive analytic capabilities for the People team and drive strong People capital management through talent insights
- Define and design workforce planning and job architecture methodologies and plans in partnership with key stakeholders
- Collaborate with IT, legal, and other departments to ensure a unified approach to data security and compliance across the organization
- Build and administer People compliance efforts around global employment labor law, document retention, and data privacy requirements across multiple regions (United States, United Kingdom, India, Singapore and Finland)
Our take
Manual research can be a serious pain: financial analysts spend hours every week searching through PDFs one keyword at a time, just to find a single usable insight. To remedy this, AlphaSense has built a smart search engine that slashes research time for analysts, using thousands of sources and a semantic indexing layer that can effectively query finance-specific language.
As a disruptor and market leader in this field, AlphaSense has few direct competitors, being most closely compared to Wolfram Alpha or LexisNexis. It helps that its tools are undoubtedly effective and valued by knowledge professionals: the company counts about 85% of the S&P 100 as customers and is trusted by J.P.Morgan, Microsoft, Credit Suisse and Google, among other major enterprises.
Having raised a large amount of funding over 2022 and 2023, AlphaSense has moved quickly to double down on its expansion in European markets, opening an office in Berlin to support this. With 2024 seeing investment from Singaporean EDBI, it has now set its sights on the Asia-Pacific region. As business intelligence will remain key for enterprises as they compete for market share, AlphaSense is well-placed for additional future growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jun 2024
$650m
LATE VC
Sep 2023
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Jaakko Kokko
(Co-Founder & CEO)Co-founder of Silecs (materials used in the microelectronics industry).
Raj Neervannan
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experienced executive. Previously CTO at Mastek and ChoicePoint, and CEO at Framesoft. Has an MBA from Wharton.
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