Analytics Lead - Talent Analytics

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.

Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.

For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

We’re looking for a Lead Analyst who is passionate about our mission of Money Without Borders to join our People Analytics team. The People Analytics team empowers our People tribe to elevate our Wisers' experience by leveraging data and insights.

In this role, you will partner with our global Talent team - specifically Talent Development, Performance Management, Workforce Strategy, and Talent Acquisition - to drive data-based decision-making and deliver impactful insights across the entire talent lifecycle. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing function and drive actionable insights within a team that is serious about using data to shape the future of work.

This is an AL1 role. For more information on our Analytics Career Map and levelling structure, click here.

What you will be working on

• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with senior stakeholders across Talent to solve key business questions and hypotheses, employing consulting techniques to prioritize analytical projects effectively according to impact.

• Team Leadership: Lead a small team of analysts embedded in the Talent function, actively supporting their development and driving their collective impact.

• Full-Lifecycle Insights: Aggregate data from a range of People systems to derive actionable insights. Use the power of storytelling to deliver recommendations that empower the team and Wise to make informed decisions.

• Strategic Measurement: Support the development and implementation of the Talent KPI tree, integrating these within reporting pipelines and strategic projects

• Project Governance: Embed analytical thinking and assessment into our People projects; working with your project manager partner to lead the prioritization of Talent projects and manage the playback of their impact

• Advanced Analytics: Apply data science techniques to connect Talent data points with broader business metrics, such as Performance and Productivity outcomes

• Operational Health: Provide critical insights to assess the health of the Talent function, conducting detailed analysis of operational metrics to understand the impact on our Wisers’ experiences

• Infrastructure and Tooling: Work across our full tool stack (Snowflake, APIs, Visier) to build out our data infrastructure and solve complex problems

• Innovation: Partner with People Technology and Talent on data-related activities to evolve processes toward automation and agentic AI

• Capability Building: Play a key role in upskilling the analytical capabilities of the People Tribe at scale, ensuring data is interpreted correctly across our self-serve products

• Proven Track Record: You have at least 5 years of experience scoping, building, and delivering impactful People Analytics solutions, with a specific focus on Talent (Recruitment and Performance data)

• Technical Proficiency: You are proficient with SQL and comfortable with data pipeline management tools such as Snowflake, dbt, Git, and Airflow - your technical skills will be evaluated. 

• Advanced Toolkit: You have experience in advanced analytics and data science techniques (e.g., ML, AI) using R and/or Python

• Master Storyteller: You are an excellent communicator, able to translate complex data into compelling narratives that drive executive action

• Data Architect: You have experience designing and owning data assets; you can build complex data sources and leverage visualization tools to democratize data

• Stakeholder Management: You know how to partner with senior leaders and work effectively across cross-functional teams

• Adaptable: You thrive in a dynamic environment, adapt quickly to changing priorities, and are always looking for opportunities for continuous improvement

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.

Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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