Hiring near our Irving, TX Center of Excellence with a flexible environment.About the role:The Director, People Data Platforms & AI is responsible for defining and executing the strategy for workforce data, analytics, reporting, AI, and data platforms across Human Resources. This leader will build and operate scalable data products that enable business intelligence, workforce planning, data governance, advanced analytics, and AI-powered employee experiences.
Working closely with HR leadership, Product Owners, Architecture, and Portfolio Delivery, the Director will transform people data into actionable insights that improve decision-making, drive operational excellence, and create measurable business value. The role serves as a strategic partner to Human Resources, ensuring data and AI capabilities are aligned with enterprise priorities and workforce outcomes.
What you will do:Strategy & Leadership- Define and execute the People Data & AI vision, roadmap, and multi-year strategy.
- Serve as the HR Technology leader for workforce analytics, reporting, AI enablement, and data platforms.
- Partner with HR executives to identify opportunities to improve business outcomes through data and AI.
- Establish product and platform strategies that support evolving HR capabilities and employee experiences.
- Build and mentor a high-performing team of data engineers, analytics professionals, and AI specialists.
Data Platforms- Own the enterprise people data platform and related ecosystem.
- Establish scalable data architecture, integration strategies, and platform standards.
- Drive modernization of workforce data capabilities to support self-service insights and advanced analytics.
- Ensure platform reliability, security, scalability, and performance.
Analytics & Insights- Establish a workforce analytics strategy that delivers meaningful business insights.
- Lead development of executive dashboards, reporting solutions, and decision-support tools.
- Create capabilities supporting workforce planning, talent analytics, diversity metrics, organizational health, and employee experience measurement.
- Promote data literacy and adoption across HR and business stakeholders.
AI & Innovation- Develop and execute the HR AI strategy.
- Identify and prioritize AI use cases that improve employee experience, productivity, and HR operational efficiency.
- Lead responsible AI governance, controls, and adoption practices.
- Partner with business leaders to pilot and scale AI-enabled solutions.
Data Governance- Establish governance frameworks for workforce data quality, security, compliance, and stewardship.
- Partner with Security, Privacy, Legal, and HR stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Define enterprise standards for metadata, reporting accuracy, and data management.
Product & Delivery Leadership- Support product delivery pods with analytics, reporting, data engineering, and AI capabilities.
- Collaborate with Product Owners and Solution Architecture to align priorities and roadmaps.
- Drive outcome-based delivery and continuous improvement practices.
- Establish metrics that measure business value, adoption, performance, and operational effectiveness.
What you will need:Required- 10+ years of experience in data, analytics, engineering, or technology leadership roles.
- 5+ years leading managers and technical teams.
- Experience building enterprise-scale data and analytics platforms.
- Experience delivering workforce analytics, business intelligence, or HR technology solutions.
- Strong knowledge of cloud data platforms, data architecture, and modern analytics ecosystems.
- Demonstrated success leading organizational transformation and change initiatives.
- Experience managing budgets, vendors, and strategic technology investments.
- Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred- Experience with Workday, HRIS, and Human Capital Management platforms.
- Experience with Databricks, Azure Data Platform, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, or similar technologies.
- Experience implementing AI, machine learning, generative AI, or predictive analytics solutions.
- Experience leading data governance programs.
- Master's degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
Don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles!
What you will get:- Competitive compensation.
- Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
- Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
- A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
- A chance to make an impact - your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
- Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
- 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
- Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
- 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
- Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
- Parental leave.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Gartner Gives Charity Match.
And much more!
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