People Data & Analytics Manager – Workday Reporting & HR Analytics

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team

Join an innovative biopharmaceutical organization dedicated to advancing treatments for patients with serious and rare diseases. The People Operations team plays a critical role in supporting the organization's workforce through reliable HR technology, accurate workforce insights, and data-driven decision-making.

As the organization continues to modernize its HR operations and embrace emerging technologies, the People Data & Analytics function is central to delivering meaningful insights, improving reporting capabilities, and supporting business leaders across the enterprise.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced, hands-on People Analytics professional who thrives on independence, enjoys solving complex reporting challenges, and is comfortable navigating evolving business priorities. The role offers significant ownership of Workday reporting, HR dashboards, and workforce analytics while partnering directly with HR leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

What's In Store For You

• 100% remote opportunity, collaborating primarily during Eastern Time business hours.

• Full-time schedule of 40 hours per week.

• Long-term contract opportunity with potential for extension based on business needs and performance.

• Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099).

• Significant ownership of enterprise HR reporting, workforce analytics, and dashboards.

• Direct collaboration with HR leadership, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Legal, and other business functions.

• Opportunity to support an evolving People Operations environment undergoing enterprise-wide transformation.

• Exposure to innovative initiatives involving HR analytics modernization and emerging AI-enabled capabilities.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Independently lead the development, maintenance, enhancement, and troubleshooting of Workday reports and HR dashboards, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of workforce insights.

• Translate complex or ambiguous business requests into actionable reporting solutions by identifying relevant data sources, investigating requirements, and determining effective analytical approaches.

• Serve as a primary reporting partner to HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, Legal, and other stakeholders.

• Lead stakeholder discussions to gather requirements, clarify business objectives, recommend reporting approaches, and independently drive requests through completion.

• Develop and maintain HR dashboards and workforce analytics using Qlik or comparable business intelligence and visualization platforms.

• Analyze workforce information across HR systems, including employee, applicant, and historical workforce data, to support operational, strategic, and compliance-related reporting.

• Investigate reporting discrepancies, reconcile information across systems, and implement validation procedures to maintain data accuracy, integrity, and consistency.

• Manage recurring and ad hoc reporting requests, including workforce metrics, leadership reporting, internal audits, and federal and state reporting requirements.

• Identify trends, patterns, and opportunities within people data, translating complex information into actionable insights for HR leadership and business stakeholders.

• Partner with Workday technology specialists and HR functional teams to resolve reporting challenges and optimize the use of existing systems.

• Improve reporting processes, dashboard functionality, documentation, and standard operating procedures to support operational efficiency and reporting consistency.

• Navigate changing business priorities and incomplete requirements with sound judgment, initiative, and minimal supervision.

• Contribute ideas for enhancing future-state HR reporting and analytics capabilities, including opportunities to leverage automation and emerging AI technologies.

• Maintain strict confidentiality and appropriate handling of sensitive employee and organizational information.

Are You an Experienced Workday Reporting and People Analytics Professional Ready to Make an Impact?

• 5–10 years of progressive experience in HR reporting, People Analytics, HRIS analytics, workforce data management, or a closely related discipline.

• Extensive hands-on Workday reporting experience, including independently creating, maintaining, enhancing, and troubleshooting standard and custom reports.

• Strong technical knowledge of Workday Report Writer, Advanced Reporting, HR data structures, business objects, and reporting relationships.

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex reporting requests, from requirements gathering and data investigation through validation and final delivery.

• Proven success working in ambiguous environments where reporting requirements, data sources, or business processes may not be clearly defined.

• Experience independently leading stakeholder meetings, gathering requirements, and translating business needs into effective reporting solutions.

• Strong experience developing, maintaining, or enhancing HR dashboards using Qlik, Tableau, or comparable business intelligence tools.

• Solid understanding of HR processes, workforce metrics, and reporting requirements across functions such as Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, HR Business Partners, and Learning & Development.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including data reconciliation, discrepancy investigation, root-cause analysis, and reporting quality assurance.

• Ability to work with information from multiple HR systems or data sources to produce accurate and reliable workforce reports.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, data manipulation, and analytical reporting.

• Strong understanding of data visualization principles and the ability to communicate meaningful insights to technical and nontechnical audiences.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to independently facilitate discussions and recommend solutions.

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize multiple competing requests and deadlines.

• Proactive, resourceful, and comfortable taking ownership of deliverables with limited supervision.

• High level of professionalism, discretion, and commitment to maintaining confidentiality when handling sensitive employee data.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Reporting or Workday Pro certification, or progress toward certification.

• Direct experience developing and maintaining dashboards within Qlik.

• Experience supporting federal, state, legal, or regulatory HR reporting requirements.

• Previous experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or another regulated industry.

• Familiarity with additional HR systems and analytics platforms, such as Quantum Workplace, MAXQDA, or similar technologies.

• Experience supporting enterprise HR transformation, reporting modernization, or data governance initiatives.

• Knowledge of AI-enabled analytics, reporting automation, or emerging technologies that can enhance workforce insights and decision-making.