Job Specifications
Snapshot
We are looking for someone who is passionate about enabling every employee to do their best work, by bringing a data lens to strategic business problems around our People & Culture strategy.
If you are looking for a role that blends HR and analytical skills this is the role for you.
There are two profiles that would be great for this role:
Profile 1: You’ve been working in an HR role for a number of years, you have learnt some analytical skills to make you even more effective. You would really like to level up your technical skills and try a full time data role.
Profile 2: You are an experienced data analyst or data scientist working in the HR space or really interested in the space.
This role is a Fixed-Term contract, ending in December 2026.
Note: This role focuses on leveraging data analytics and data science techniques – particularly advanced SQL and statistical methods – to drive strategic decisions and generate insights, NOT deep machine learning model development.
About Us
Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
The Core Analytics Team (CAT) are a full stack data science team that organise, model, and deploy data to guide Google DeepMind strategy & decisions, blending our technical skillset with rich stakeholder relationships to deliver impact.
The role
This role will focus on driving data-driven decision-making in our People & Culture teams.
You will build strong relationships with key stakeholders to understand the key challenges and opportunities, and build data solutions to drive tangible organizational outcomes.
You will become a key strategic partner understanding areas well enough to propose, champion changes and drive them to completion.
You will work with internal AI tools to scale your work across a larger stakeholder base.
Areas of work could include: employee engagement, retention, recruitment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Partnership: Work directly with stakeholders, including senior leaders, to identify, scope, and prioritise high-impact analytical questions.
Analysis: Conduct rigorous, end-to-end analyses to uncover insights, model trends, and answer complex questions.
Data Storytelling & Communication: Translate complex analytical findings into clear, compelling narratives and actionable recommendations for diverse audiences (technical and non-technical) through presentations, reports, and dashboards.
Enablement & Monitoring: Develop and maintain tools (dashboards, reports) to provide ongoing visibility into key metrics and empower stakeholders with self-service analytics where appropriate. Assess how these assets can be improved or streamlined using AI.
Identify Data Needs: Collaborate with stakeholder teams to highlight data gaps and advocate for the collection of telemetry needed to improve future analyses and decision-making.
Team Contribution: Share knowledge, contribute to the team's analytical roadmap, and help improve our overall processes and best practices.
What We Can Offer You:
Direct Strategic Impact: Your analysis and recommendations will directly inform critical investment and strategic decisions, influencing our ability to achieve our mission.
Leadership Exposure: Work closely with senior leaders and key decision-makers, honing your communication and influencing skills.
Collaborative Environment: Be part of a supportive and highly skilled data & analytics group, learning from peers and contributing to a culture of analytical excellence.
About You
There are two profiles we think would be great for this role:
Profile 1: You’ve been working in an HR role for a number of years, you have learnt some analytical skills to make you even more effective. You would really like to level up your technical skills and try a full time data role.
Profile 2: You are an experienced data analyst or data scientist working in the HR space or really interested in the space.
Please specify which profile you fit in your cover letter.
Essential Skills For Both Profiles
Stakeholder Partnership: Strong track record of building relationships, presenting recommendations clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences, including senior leadership, and influencing to ensure your recommendations are acted upon.
Delivery & Execution: You operate at Pace. You are able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritise effectively, and deliver high-quality insights in a dynamic environment. You are comfortable working independently and taking ownership.
Domain Interest/Experience: Experience with or a strong interest in People & Culture (HR, recruiting, performance, talent or employee engagement).
Essential Skills for Profile 1: P&C to Analytics
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About the Company
We’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
Our long term aim is to solve intelligence, developing more general and capable problem-solving systems, known as artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Guided by safety and ethics, this inve...
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