Director of Workplace Data Intelligence

This role will be based in Mountain View, San Francisco, New York, Chicago or remote. 

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. This role may be remote or hybrid. At LinkedIn, hybrid roles are performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. Remote roles are performed from the designated home work location upon time of hire, and any changes to this home work location requires a review of remote status and approval.

LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers and everyday millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities and gain insights. Our global reach means we make a direct impact on the world’s workforce in ways no other company can. We’re much more than a digital resume – we transform lives through innovative products and technology.

With multiple external influences impacting how we work, it is essential we understand how space is being used and how employees and teams can use space more effectively in the future to do the best work of their careers.  This role will have a direct impact on the Workplace Strategy at LinkedIn and help inform, iterate, and improve the programs and services we provide our employees. 

LinkedIn’s Workplace Team is looking for a Director of Workplace Data Intelligence to operationalize the use of data throughout the Organization.  This role will report to the Senior Director of Workplace Data and Analytics and will manage the team to develop the architecture, reporting, and tools required that inform our workplace strategy and real estate requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Workplace Data Intelligence functional areas requiring a blend of leadership and deep technical skills (functional areas includes Data Engineering (DE), Business Intelligence (BI), Gen AI (GAI) teams)
• Develop and maintain the data and analytics roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives; act as liaison with stakeholders at all levels in the business
• Manage and prioritize incoming work requests, balancing them against current projects and resources
• Prepare and deliver regular updates to leadership on project status, risks, and outcomes
• Build relationships with various departments to understand their data needs and align analytics initiatives accordingly
• Oversee the following functional efforts:
  • end-to-end delivery of data intelligence projects, ensuring timely completion and quality outcomes
  • data quality and accuracy of reports and dashboards
  • Development, build, and operationalization of a data governance model
• Develop a deep understanding of LinkedIn’s privacy and information security policies and drive all Workplace data privacy requests through appropriate reviews and approvals
• Develop a deep understanding of the business requirements and create solutions to solve these.  This includes functional business groups within LinkedIn (Engineering, Sales, Finance) and Workplace
• Provide Workplace with thought leadership on how we use data analytics to provide insights to both Workplace and Employees
• Manage software licenses and data integrations as needed to support Insights and related reports
• Travel required (approximately 10%)