Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
People analytics has become a core operating function in modern SaaS, where product velocity and recurring revenue models depend on reliable capacity planning and clear signals on organizational health. This role stands out because it is positioned to formalize how a SaaS company measures the people side of scale, from engagement and performance to mobility and attrition, and to translate those signals into leadership decisions.
For a SaaS career, the long-term value is the combination of analytics craftsmanship and business partnering. Owning a people data strategy, building dashboards and models, and shaping a reporting roadmap develops skills that transfer across SaaS operators: metric design, data governance, stakeholder influence, and narrative building from imperfect systems. The remit also touches compensation analysis and survey methodology, adding depth in areas that frequently become high-impact as SaaS organizations mature.
This is best suited to a practitioner who prefers building foundations rather than only maintaining reporting. It will fit someone comfortable working across HR, finance-adjacent questions, and executive audiences, and who enjoys balancing rigor with practical decision support. Candidates motivated by turning messy operational data into repeatable frameworks will find the scope aligned.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
We are seeking a results-oriented People Analytics Lead who is passionate about people data and improving employee experiences. You will own the People Team’s data strategy and will be instrumental in providing actionable insights to leadership to drive informed decisions and improve organizational effectiveness. You’ll work across engagement surveys, performance data, organizational health metrics, and talent analytics to unlock value from our data ecosystem. You’ll also be hands-on in building tools, dashboards, and frameworks that elevate how we scale as a global company.
What you'll do
- Build Airtable’s people analytics strategy—defining core metrics, reporting sources, and scalable approaches to create compelling and actionable stories to drive insights and decision making across the people lifecycle.
- Partner closely with HRBPs and business leaders to identify talent trends, surface risks, and generate insights across hiring, attrition, performance, internal mobility and employee engagement.
- Build a roadmap and prioritization process for continued development of our reporting and analytics capabilities across all people systems
- Own the process of conducting regular equal pay analyses to identify and address any gender or other statistically significant pay gaps, ensuring fair and equitable compensation practices.
- Build and maintain dashboards, data models, and tools that transform complex people data into scalable, intuitive and decision-ready insights.
- Explore and apply modern analytics tools, AI, and innovative techniques to expand the value of our insights and make reporting smarter, faster, and more impactful.
- Support key People programs (Talent Reviews/Calibrations, Engagement/Pulse Surveys, etc.) with subject matter expertise and data that drives alignment, clarity, and results. Bring rigor to methodology, analysis, and action planning support.
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in People Analytics, Data Science, HR Strategy, or related roles.
- Proven ability to build and scale analytics capabilities from scratch—you’re comfortable with ambiguity and know how to find the balance between structure and meeting the needs of the moment.
- Hands-on experience with survey design and analytics, including methodology, interpretation, and driving action.
- Fluency in data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Looker, or similar) and a strong sense of data integrity and storytelling.
- Strong understanding of People data and employee lifecycle processes (talent acquisition, talent development, rewards, workforce planning, DEI, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to influence with data—you know how to communicate complex insights in clear, compelling ways.
- Deep curiosity and a builder’s mindset—you experiment, iterate, and bring creative ideas to life.
- Familiarity with Workday, Gem, Greenhouse and other people tools
- Experience in high-growth or global tech environments is a plus.
Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
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