Senior Talent Planning Analyst

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We're expanding our workforce planning capabilities to support how we grow and structure our teams. In this role, you'll help build and maintain the data foundation behind our headcount and capacity models, partnering with FP&A, Recruiting, and PBPs to keep workforce planning grounded in clean, trustworthy data.

What it asks for · 7

• 5+ years of experience in workforce planning, people analytics, FP&A, or a related analytical role
• Experience building or maintaining financial/headcount forecasting models, translating trends into forward-looking projections for capacity planning
• Proficiency in SQL and other data analysis tools, as well as dashboarding and standard BI tools such as Tableau
• Familiarity with position management concepts, ideally in Workday or a comparable HRIS
• Strong attention to data quality and detail: you maintain a healthy paranoia around the numbers and will proactively catch inconsistencies
• Clear communicator who can explain data and findings to challenging, non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable using AI tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT) to speed up analysis, automate repetitive workflows, and surface insights

What the job covers

• Automate and expand Datadog’s headcount-driven capacity modeling, improving the underlying data pipelines and insights that they surface
• Build and maintain data models covering headcount, positions, and hiring pacing, keeping them accurate as business context changes
• Own the position data audit process, establishing and maintaining a source of truth for open, filled, and planned positions across the business
• Support workforce forecasts by analyzing attrition, mobility, hiring, and promotion trends in partnership with the broader People Analytics Insights team
• Partner with our People Tech teams (HRIS, Recruiting Ops, developers) to shape the headcount management tech roadmap, driving for infrastructure and tooling that reduces friction and unlocks better data
• Serve as a point of contact for stakeholder questions on workforce planning data, handling day-to-day communications and support requests
• Contribute to the overall maturity of workforce planning at Datadog by improving how data is sourced, modeled, and shared
• Run external benchmarking analyses to inform headcount planning by researching labor market data, translating it into internal-ready insights, and publishing findings for stakeholders

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• data13×
• workforce planning5×
• headcount4×
• insights4×
• build3×
• capacity3×
• maintain3×
• models3×
• people analytics3×
• stakeholders3×
• support3×
• tools3×
• analysis2×
• automate2×
• better2×
• business2×

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