[Hiring] Senior People Analytics Lead @Coursera

Role Description

You'll shape how your organization understands and manages its workforce through people analytics. Reporting to the Director of People Operations & Technology, you'll own the analytics roadmap, build trusted data and reporting capabilities, and translate insights into practical improvements across:

• Hiring
• Compensation
• Employee relations
• Operations

This is a hands-on individual contributor role with meaningful influence across the People team and no direct people management responsibility.

Qualifications

• Experience with people analytics, HR analytics, or a related analytical field, with substantial background applying analytics to People data and processes.
• Background in integrating complex HR datasets and building sustainable data pipelines in partnership with HRIS, IT, or data engineering teams.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Tableau or a similar visualization tool, with a track record of creating reporting that stakeholders use to make decisions.
• Background in statistical methods and research practices, with demonstrated judgment in selecting an approach appropriate to the question and available data.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate findings and recommendations clearly to senior People and business leaders.
• Demonstrated history of translating analysis into measurable improvements in process efficiency, service quality, data accuracy, or employee experience.
• Background in HR operations, employee lifecycle processes, and workforce and talent metrics.

Requirements

• Advanced Analytics: Essential for uncovering patterns, predicting workforce trends, and providing actionable insights from complex HR data.
• Data Storytelling: Required to communicate analytics findings and recommendations effectively to senior People and business leaders.
• AI Fluency: Enables appropriate application of AI tools to enhance people analytics capabilities and build future-ready analytical solutions.

Benefits

• Competitive, zone-based pay aligned to your location, experience, and role level across four U.S. pay zones.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Bonus and RSU equity programs.
• Global perks designed to help you grow and thrive wherever you are.

Company Description

Coursera and Udemy are now one company, bringing together two mission-driven brands to create the world’s most powerful platform for turning learning into progress. Together, we help more than 300 million learners and 12,000+ enterprise customers build the skills they need for a world being reshaped by AI.

AI is transforming how people learn, work, and grow, and the need for new skills has never been greater. By combining strengths, we can connect more people and organizations to the skills they need, when they need them.

We let you choose the best way to work, whether it’s from home, an office, or a collaboration space. We’re a globally distributed team that comes together intentionally for collaboration, complex problem-solving, and key milestones.