Canva

Senior Data Scientist – People Analytics

Canva

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Australia

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Amazon RedshiftPythonSQLTableau

About the role

  • Continue building data foundation across People domains (performance, departures, workforce planning, payroll, etc.).
  • Drive data literacy and data-informed mindset among our diverse People stakeholders.
  • Generate actionable insights - we want cohesive, meaningful analysis rather than standard metrics without purpose.
  • Create insight-driven dashboards that clearly communicate business progress and are intuitive to use (no design background needed, just effective data visualisation).
  • Make complex data simple by building data models that make diverse sources accessible and easy to work with.
  • Strengthen data governance across People Org and improve data quality through best practices implementation.
  • Partner with analytics engineers to streamline data flow from warehouse to downstream reporting, enabling more effective team collaboration.
  • Enable stakeholder success by working closely together to tackle immediate business challenges.

Requirements

  • You have strong SQL and data wrangling skills and are familiar with Snowflake or Redshift.
  • You have strong competency in translating business requirements into key business metrics and building reporting dashboards with visualisation tools such as Looker or Tableau.
  • You have experience wrangling and analysing data using Python or R and bring a strong foundation in statistics or a STEM field.
  • You have strong communication skills - verbal and written - to break down complex topics into simple solutions and ideas.
  • Stakeholder management skills are vital in this role.
  • You have the ability to drive alignment with disparate stakeholders and rally them around a goal or vision.
  • You have experience across both highly integrated (e.g. Workday) ERPs and related HR platforms (eg: SmartRecruiters) is a nice to have.
  • You have hands-on experience using AI in your work to drive greater impact.
Benefits
  • Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
  • Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
  • An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
  • Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLdata wranglingdata analysisdata visualizationdata modelingstatisticsPythonRdashboard creationdata governance
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder managementcollaborationdata literacyproblem-solvingalignmentinsight generationbusiness acumenadaptabilitycritical thinking