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Synopsys

People Analytics Specialist

Synopsys
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senior full-time $89,000-$134,000 Austin, Texas

First indexed 18 Sept 2026

Description

You are a People Analytics Specialist at Synopsys, a leading engineering solutions company. Your role involves making data work for people, ensuring it is accurate, accessible, and answers key questions.

You will work on people analytics that inform how a 30,000-person global company thinks about its workforce. The team is collaborative, and what you build will matter.

Responsibilities

  • Support the administration and configuration of Visier, the people analytics platform, including building metrics, dimensions, data pipelines, and security settings
  • Validate and troubleshoot data quality issues across the people analytics environment to ensure integrity and reliability
  • Serve as the first point of contact for incoming team requests and tickets, triaging, resolving, or escalating as needed
  • Own and maintain recurring reports and Power BI dashboards focused on workforce planning and headcount data
  • Collect, clean, and prepare data from multiple HR systems to support analyses, dashboards, and reporting needs
  • Design and develop dynamic dashboards and reports that communicate findings clearly to HR leadership and stakeholders
  • Contribute to documentation and continuous improvement of analytics processes, tools, and data governance practices

The Impact You Will Have

  • Keep the people analytics platform reliable and trusted by resolving issues and maintaining high data quality standards
  • Enable faster, better decisions by delivering timely, accurate reports and dashboards to HR and business leaders
  • Improve team responsiveness by owning the intake and resolution of day-to-day requests
  • Strengthen workforce planning through consistent, well-maintained reporting and data visualization
  • Support a culture of data-driven decision-making by making people data easy to access and understand
  • Help safeguard the security, quality, and ethical use of employee data across all analytics processes

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years relevant work experience in HR, Analytics, or related field
  • Solid analytical skills and a genuine interest in working with data to solve problems
  • Familiarity with data analysis tools such as Excel and SQL; exposure to R or Python is a plus
  • Exposure to or hands-on experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Visier, or Tableau
  • Strong attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy and quality
  • Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain data clearly to non-technical audiences
  • Familiarity with HR systems such as HRIS or ATS, or interest in workforce and people data is a plus
This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/austin/people-analytics-specialist/44408/100789338944