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Director of People Programs, Systems & Analytics

LaunchDarkly· People
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Remote$129.9k - $210.2k + bonusFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Oversee strategy and execution for People programs, systems, analytics, and AI; build and manage a small team; establish governance, analytics, and responsible AI practices; partner with Legal, Security, and IT to improve reporting, employee support, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Design the vision, strategy, roadmap, governance, and operating rhythms for all People programs, systems, analytics and AI, aligning with business and People priorities; orchestrate organization-wide deliverables including OKRs and key projects; act as a visible leader within People.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a small, high-performing team, enabling clear partnerships and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with the Director, People Operations to optimize onboarding, offboarding, employee data, documentation, compliance workflows, employee support, and international operations through the HR tech stack with measurable analytics.
  • Design and evolve the People technology ecosystem to be integrated, scalable, secure, fit for purpose, and aligned to employee and business experience.
  • Establish standards for People data quality, definitions, governance, access, documentation, and stewardship; build trusted reporting and self-service insights.
  • Design an analytics strategy translating workforce data into executive-ready narratives and practical recommendations across headcount, attrition, hiring, organizational health, employee experience, and workforce planning.
  • Define a responsible AI strategy for People, including use-case prioritization, governance, human oversight, and adoption of solutions to improve reporting and efficiency.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate capability gaps into scalable learning experiences; measure participation, effectiveness, behavior change, business impact, and equity of access.
  • Lead change management for new systems, programs, policies, and processes; manage communications, training, stakeholder readiness, adoption, and post-launch improvement.
  • Manage vendors, dependencies, and tradeoffs; bring structure to ambiguity and maintain clear view of value, risk, and scalability.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in People Operations, including 5 years leadership across People Programs, People Systems, People Analytics, or similarly complex function.
  • Experience with selection and optimization of HRIS and Talent systems at small to large companies.
  • Track record of organization-wide project and program management, operating models, roadmaps, and cross-functional delivery at scale.
  • Experience developing data analytics, reporting, and dashboarding tools for HR/Talent with AI-enabled capabilities.
  • Experience managing and developing a team; strong cross-functional partnerships.
  • Experience designing or improving integrations across HR systems and connected People tools for reliable data flows.
  • Strong understanding of how People systems, processes, data, and programs fit together; improving HR tech, data quality, reporting, analytics, automation, or self-service decision support.
  • Practical experience evaluating or advancing AI use cases with attention to privacy, governance, accuracy, and human oversight.
  • Excellent written communication, prioritization, program management, and change leadership skills.

Skills

Required:People Operations leadershipHRIS/Talent systems optimizationData analytics and dashboardsAI governance for People data

Benefits

  • RSUs
  • health, vision, and dental insurance
  • mental health benefits
  • supportive, high-trust culture
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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