People Analytics Manager

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world. Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture. If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.

The People Analytics Manager is an integral part of Latham’s Human Capital & Talent team. This role will be responsible for providing reliable workforce reporting, data governance, and actionable people insights across the firm, while designing and leading the development and maintenance of scalable People Analytics reporting infrastructure, processes, and standards to deliver consistent, reliable insights and enable self-service reporting capabilities. This role will be located in our Downtown LA office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• →Partnering cross-functionally to improve workforce data quality, strengthen data governance practices, and promote consistent data entry processes across systems
• →Collaborating with data teams to define data requirements, improve underlying data models, and standardize key workforce metrics, to support accurate and scalable reporting firmwide
• →Working closely with Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs) to understand their analytical needs, translate business questions into clear data and reporting requirements, and build their confidence in using people data to inform decisions
• →Overseeing and helping prepare clear documentation including process inventories, data dictionaries, and end-user guides
• →Developing executive-level reporting and presentations that translate workforce data into clear insights, compelling narratives, and actionable recommendations
• →Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• →Demonstrate exceptional and professional interpersonal skills (e.g., active listening), including superior written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with people at all organizational levels and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives
• →Exhibit the ability to take initiative and work both independently and in a team environment with a customer-service focus
• →Possess the ability to undertake large long-term projects, develop alternative methods to complete them, and implement solutions, prioritizing multiple demands and managing within a matrixed organization and the demonstrated ability to manage reporting projects end-to-end

And have:

• →A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Finance, Analytics, Human Resources, Economics, or a related field
• →A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in people analytics, HR analytics, business analytics, workforce planning, consulting, or a related analytical function
• →A minimum of seven (7) years of cumulative experience