Team Lead, People Systems & Analytics
Wrike
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Ireland
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About the role
- Own configuration, governance, and optimization of UKG while ensuring strong integration across the broader People tech stack.
- Lead lifecycle workflow redesign (recruiting through offboarding) to improve automation, ownership clarity, and transparency.
- Reduce manual friction through improved sequencing, validation controls, and automation triggers.
- Maintain structured documentation and version-control practices (e.g., GitHub-based configuration tracking) to enhance auditability and transparency.
- Balance long-term systems architecture with day-to-day configuration, troubleshooting, and stakeholder support.
- Lead design and delivery of dashboards and reporting for HR, Finance, and executive stakeholders.
- Build scalable reporting frameworks using tools such as Tableau, SQL/BigQuery, or similar analytics platforms.
- Define and standardize metric definitions, data dictionaries, and cross-system reporting logic.
- Strengthen reconciliation between HRIS, payroll, and finance systems to improve data integrity.
- Embed reporting into strategic workforce planning and decision-making conversations.
- Identify and implement automation and AI/LLM use cases across lifecycle workflows and reporting.
- Replace manual processes with structured system logic and automated validations.
- Introduce scalable self-service models, knowledge bases, and integrated help flows.
- Evaluate governance, risk, and compliance guardrails when deploying AI-enabled solutions.
- Build and sequence a clear People systems roadmap aligned to business growth and modernization priorities.
- Conduct lifecycle audits to identify system gaps, integration issues, and scalability risks.
- Prioritize enhancements based on impact, readiness, and long-term sustainability.
- Manage vendor relationships, release planning, and system upgrades across the People ecosystem.
- Lead and develop one HR Systems & Analytics Analyst.
- Set clear priorities, operating rhythms, and quality standards.
- Review reporting outputs, automation logic, and workflow design to ensure scalability and accuracy. Maintain high service standards for system performance, reporting reliability, and stakeholder responsiveness.
Requirements
- You've directly configured and optimized enterprise HRIS platforms (UKG or similar).
- You understand integrations, workflow logic, system trade-offs, and governance controls.
- You've built reporting infrastructure or dashboards using tools such as Tableau, SQL, or similar platforms.
- You understand metric definitions and reconciliation discipline.
- You have implemented automation or AI-enabled workflows in operational environments.
- You understand both opportunity and risk and think in scalable system logic.
- You approach People systems like a product owner — defining requirements, sequencing enhancements, balancing trade-offs, and delivering measurable impact.
- You've led individuals or small teams while remaining technically engaged.
- You coach, review, and elevate others while contributing directly.
- You operate effectively across regions, compliance environments, and distributed teams.
Benefits
- 25 calendar days of paid vacation
- Parental Leave: 26 Weeks Maternity / 4 Week Paternity
- 2 Volunteer Days
- Bike-to-Work Scheme
- Health Insurance (Employees + Dependents)
- Life Insurance
- Income Protection
- Pension Scheme
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
configurationgovernanceoptimizationworkflow redesignautomationreportingdata integrityAI-enabled workflowssystem logiclifecycle audits
Soft Skills
leadershipprioritizationcoachingstakeholder supportcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationstrategic thinkingadaptabilityquality standards