Senior People Data & Business Analyst

As a Senior People Data & Business Analyst, you’ll play a pivotal role in transforming how our People function and wider business use data to drive strategic decision-making. You’ll be responsible for identifying, designing, and implementing forward-thinking People Analytics solutions that support business performance, employee experience, and organisational effectiveness.

With strong commercial acumen and a passion for solving complex problems creatively, you’ll deliver actionable insights that empower stakeholders to operate effectively in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment. You’ll also play a key role in championing data-led decision-making, helping to improve data literacy and upskill colleagues across the People function.

This is more than just an analytical role, it’s a business-critical position where your ability to connect the dots, consult effectively, and drive meaningful change will make a lasting impact.

What’s in it for you

– Join an agile and dynamic team where no two days are the same

– Play a hands-on role in shaping business outcomes and influencing key decisions

– Work across a variety of projects and stakeholders, gaining exposure to how everything interconnects

– Be at the heart of strategic change, with real opportunity to grow and expand your impact

– Leverage your commercial acumen in a role that blends analysis with consulting and action

– Thrive in an environment that values proactivity, ownership, and continuous learning

Hybrid working – 3 days a week from our offices in Newcastle

Key Responsibilities

Enable colleague experience

• Identify, scope and design People Analytics use cases, ensuring they are aligned to business goals/needs and appropriately prioritised.

• Work closely with senior stakeholders, define and document user stories, key metrics, success criteria and expected outcomes for data products.

• Work with cross-functional teams to translate business challenges into data-driven opportunities.

• Lead requirements gathering and documentation processes ensuring that all data products are delivered according to our Data Engagement Model and associated governance processes.

Evidence-led consulting

• Act as a strategic SME, leveraging analytics to influence the People Strategy and its execution at all stages of the employee life-cycle.

• Apply statistical modelling techniques to enrich and improve HR decision-making.

• Ensure all analytics projects and data products are aligned to strategic goals, both at an and HR and organisational level.

Data communication

• Develop data products from a customer-centric, user-friendly perspective.

• Translate complex workforce data and trends into clear, engaging and actionable recommendations for senior leaders.

• Articulate findings through a holistic, commercially-led lens.

Change management

• Develop and execute stakeholder management plans to ensure smooth implementation data products.

• Collaborate with People and business leaders to drive adoption of people analytics solutions.

• Create training materials and facilitate workshops to build data literacy within product user populations.

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience in Business Analysis and/or Data and Analytics, with relevant qualifications.

• Ability to interpret and bring together data from various sources and turn statistical insights into actionable recommendations.

• Significant level of experience in SQL, Excel, PowerBI, and/or similar tools, with an ability to quickly learn new software.

• Strong knowledge of data protection, information governance, and associated requirements

• Proactive, organised, and detail oriented.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment and to work through complex and sometimes ambiguous challenges

• Strong knowledge of broad People Function areas, and/or related domains.

• Working knowledge of software industry.

Your benefits

• Work away scheme for up to 10 weeks a year

• On-going training and professional development

• Paid 5 days yearly to volunteer through our Sage Foundation

• Flexible work patterns and hybrid working