General Dynamics UK Limited
HR Data, Analytics & Digital Transformation Lead
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Job Description
Role Overview
The HR Data, Analytics & Digital Transformation Lead will be instrumental in modernizing the HR function through the enhancement of people analytics, workforce insights, automation, data governance, and digital innovation capabilities. This role transitions HR from report production and system administration to proactive insight generation, decision-making improvement, process optimization, and future workforce anticipation.
Responsibilities
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People Analytics & Workforce Insights:
- Develop HR analytics capability by identifying workforce trends, risks, opportunities, and predictive insights to support strategic decision-making.
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Power BI & Data Visualisation:
- Design, develop, and maintain dynamic dashboards, meaningful visualisations, and self-service reporting tools for timely, accurate, and actionable people data access.
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Automation & Process Optimisation:
- Identify, prioritise, and deliver opportunities to automate repetitive HR activities, streamline workflows, improve process efficiency, and reduce manual effort across HR services.
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AI & Digital Innovation:
- Explore, assess, and support the responsible deployment of AI-enabled HR solutions, Copilot capabilities, intelligent automation, and emerging technologies to enhance HR service delivery and employee experience.
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Data Governance & Architecture:
- Strengthen HR data governance by improving data standards, integration, quality controls, reporting architecture, and enterprise-wide data management practices.
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Product Ownership & Technology Strategy:
- Contribute to the HR technology roadmap by managing digital products, prioritising enhancements, measuring benefits realisation, and ensuring systems meet evolving business needs.
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Strategic Business Partnering & Consulting:
- Partner with HR, IT, business leaders, and external vendors to understand workforce challenges, identify technology-enabled solutions, and advise on future-state operating models.
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Change & Transformation:
- Support digital transformation by developing adoption strategies, embedding new ways of working, enabling users, and ensuring changes are sustained at scale.
Qualifications
- Strong experience in HR systems, people analytics, workforce reporting, data visualisation, or digital HR transformation.
- Practical experience using Power BI or similar business intelligence tools to develop dashboards, analyse trends, and communicate insights clearly.
- Ability to translate complex HR data into meaningful business narratives, recommendations, and evidence-based actions.
- Good understanding of HR processes, employee lifecycle data, workforce planning, talent acquisition, talent management, and HR operations.
- Experience identifying and delivering automation, process improvement, or workflow redesign opportunities.
- Knowledge of data governance principles, data quality management, reporting standards, and system integration considerations.
- Awareness of responsible AI principles, including ethical use, human oversight, data protection, bias mitigation, and compliance requirements.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner effectively with HR, IT, business leaders, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, deliver improvements through structured planning, and contribute to longer-term technology roadmaps.
- Excellent communication, consulting, and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge existing ways of working and recommend practical solutions.
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Personal Attributes
- Analytical and curious, with a strong interest in using data to solve business problems.
- Innovative and forward-thinking, with a practical approach to applying technology, AI, and automation in HR.
- Collaborative and consultative, able to build trusted relationships and work across functional boundaries.
- Change-oriented, comfortable challenging current processes and supporting others to adopt new ways of working.
- Detail-focused, with a strong commitment to data accuracy, integrity, compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Committed to mentoring and developing team members to broaden capability, strengthen knowledge sharing, and enhance overall team effectiveness.
Additional Information
- Salary: Between £56,000 and £70,000 depending on experience, plus flexible benefits package and bonus.
- On-Site Requirement: Minimum of 2 days per week.
- Benefits:
- Compressed nine-day fortnight with every other Friday off.
- Personalized career development plan with regular progress reviews.
- Flexible working environment with flexible benefits.
- Diversity & Inclusion: We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits and maintaining a diverse workplace.
- Disability Confident Employer: We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.
- Security Clearance: All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to Work checks.
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