People Analytics

ABOUT US:

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We’re hiring Notion’s first People Analytics to architect the foundation of how we use data to power our vision of creating a ubiquitous company. You’ll be the hands-on builder who designs our data model, reporting layer, and analytics practices, while partnering with People, Finance, and Exec leaders to drive insights on hiring, org health, performance, compensation, and retention. This is an IC role with significant ownership and visibility, ideal for someone who loves starting from 0→1 and scaling impact.

WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE:

- Iterate on our people data stack and definitions across HRIS, ATS, performance, engagement, and finance headcount data. Establish trustworthy, privacy-aware data pipelines and a single source of truth for key metrics.

- Build core dashboards and recurring reports for executives and People leaders covering headcount, IDEA, attrition, performance and promotion, and compensation health.

- Lead analyses that influence decisions on workforce planning, organization design, performance cycles, and retention strategies. Translate findings into clear recommendations and narratives.

- Define metric definitions, documentation, and governance. Create self-serve capabilities and training so partners can access the right views with confidence.

- Implement privacy, ethics, and responsible use standards for people data. Partner with Legal and Security on appropriate access controls and reviews.

- Establish the roadmap for people analytics at Notion and the criteria for future team growth.

SKILLS YOU'LL NEED TO BRING:

- 8+ years of hands-on analytics experience with demonstrated ownership of people analytics, business analytics, or similar domains in a high-growth environment.

- Strong data modeling and SQL skills with experience building reliable datasets and dashboards in tools such as Looker, Tableau, Mode, Hex, or similar.

- Proficiency working with HR systems and data (specifically Workday). Able to reconcile disparate data sources and define clear metric logic.

- Ability to translate complex analysis into crisp, actionable insights for senior audiences. Excellent storytelling, visualization, and stakeholder partnership.

- High judgment on sensitive people data, with a strong bias for privacy, compliance, and ethical use.

NICE TO HAVES:

- Experience as the first or early analytics hire building from scratch.

- Familiarity with modern data stacks and pipelines, including dbt, Fivetran/Stitch, Snowflake/BigQuery, or equivalent.

- Background in industrial-organizational psychology, labor economics, or experimentation methods applied to people topics.

HOW YOU'LL WORK:

- Role type: Individual contributor with senior-level scope and executive exposure

- Collaboration: Close partnership with People, Talent Acquisition, Finance, and functional leaders across EPD and GTM

- Location: Onsite on Anchor Days in our hub office, with additional in-office days as needed

We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base salary range for this role is $235,000 - $285,000 per year.

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