blue is one of Europe's leading digital platform groups, operating across 17 countries with c.We are transforming our HR operating model - moving from a fragmented, locally-led function towards a data-driven, division-focused model built around three pillars: Centres of Excellence, Division High Impact HR, and HR Operations.
The HR Insights & Analytics Manager is a newly created role, sitting within the HR Centre of Excellence and reporting directly to the CHRO. This is a foundational hire: the person in this role will build the people analytics from the ground up, turning disparate data across 17 countries and multiple HR systems into clear, actionable insight for divisional and group leadership.
This role is critical to the success of the new HR operating model. Without reliable, consistent and well-presented people data, we cannot hold divisions accountable, identify risks early, or make the case for the investments and changes we need to make. Design and own the group-wide HR data and reporting framework, establishing consistent definitions, metrics and data standards across all divisions and countries
Lead the remediation of HiBob data quality - working closely with the HR Operations team to ensure clean, consistent input at source
Define and implement mandatory reporting standards across the business (headcount, attrition, vacancies, cost to plan, payroll accuracy)
Work with HR Systems and IT to ensure HiBob, Teamtailor, Culture Amp and other people systems are configured to support reliable analytics including the necessary integration work
Build and maintain division-level people dashboards, giving each divisional HR Director and CEO a clear, real-time view of their people metrics: headcount vs plan, attrition trends, open vacancies, time to hire, eNPS scores,



performance distribution, and payroll cost
Identify patterns and anomalies in people data that carry business risk or opportunity - proactively bringing these to the CHRO and divisional HR Directors
Develop group-level workforce planning models that give senior leadership visibility over headcount trajectory, cost evolution and talent risk
Link people data to business performance metrics, helping divisional CEOs understand the relationship between engagement, attrition, and commercial outcomes
Support the governance framework with regular reporting for the HRLT and Division/HR QBRs
Assess and develop AI and automation opportunities in people analytics — including predictive attrition modelling, hiring funnel analysis, and workforce cost simulation
Act as the internal expert and advocate for data-driven HR decision-making, challenging leaders where intuition is being used in place of evidence
5-7 years of experience in people analytics, HR reporting, or workforce intelligence - ideally in a complex, multi-country or multi-entity environment
Proven track record of building HR analytics capabilities from an early stage - not just inheriting and running an established function
familiarity with engagement survey tools (Culture Amp preferred) and ATS platforms
Background in a company that has gone through structural transformation, M&A; activity,



or a shift from a decentralised to a more integrated operating model is a strong advantage
Experience presenting people data and insight to senior business leaders, including CEOs and board-level audiences
Strong technical proficiency: advanced Excel/Google Sheets as a minimum; experience with BI tools (Power BI and Databricks, Zenlytic, Tableau or equivalent) strongly preferred; basic SQL or Python is an advantage
Ability to translate complex data into simple, visually clear narratives that non-HR audiences can act on
Strong business acumen — understands that people data exists to serve business outcomes, not HR process compliance
High attention to data quality and process rigour, with an instinct to fix root causes rather than patch outputs
Comfortable operating with ambiguity and incomplete data, making reasonable assumptions explicit and building in appropriate caveats
Strong stakeholder management skills — able to work across HR, Finance, divisional leadership and IT
it suits someone who is energised by creating something from scratch
Direct and confident communicator - able to push back on poor data practices and advocate for standards even when it creates short-term friction
Comfortable in a fast-moving, commercially-driven environment where priorities shift and speed matters
Contract: 12 months, possibility to turn into permanent after
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📌 Hr Insights & Analytics Manager (Ftc 1 Year) (Barcelona)
🏢 Team.Blue
📍 Barcelona