Sr. Business Analyst, Talent Acquisition

General Motors is seeking a Talent Acquisition Business Analyst to deliver insights that elevate recruiting performance and guide strategic workforce decisions. The role involves partnering with various teams to tackle complex challenges through data analytics and modernizing operational reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Lead complex TA analytics projects and provide consulting support to stakeholders across Field TA, Recruitment Delivery, Sourcing, TA Operations, and Recruitment Marketing
• Deliver insights that assess hiring funnel performance, recruitment effectiveness, quality of hire, market intelligence, pipeline health, and TA operational efficiency
• Build strong relationships with TA leaders to understand business needs and provide insights through dashboards, reports, briefings, and executive‑ready storytelling
• Leverage Workday, TA platforms, Databricks/People Analytics data layers, and direct-query methods (SQL, views) to answer strategic business questions and build reusable data assets
• Partner closely with TA Solutions Enablement & People Analytics Reporting Team to improve reporting, data structures, system workflows, and data captured across TA platforms
• Develop actionable recommendations and support leaders through implementation and adoption
• Translate business strategy into TA measurement architectures
• Proactively identify gaps in TA processes, metrics, and data structures—and design scalable analytics solutions and operating rhythms that address them
• Influence outcomes by driving alignment, leading stakeholders through change, and championing data‑driven improvements across a complex, matrixed environment

Requirements:

• 5+ years of client facing People Analytics experience, with significant emphasis on TA technology, processes and analytics
• Strong communication and data storytelling skills, with the ability to influence leadership through insights and recommendations
• Deep understanding of TA data and processes, including requisition/candidate management, sourcing analytics, funnel analysis, recruitment marketing, quality of hire, and labor market intelligence
• Strong analytical capability with experience integrating multiple internal and external data sources to inform strategic talent decisions
• Experience building reports and dashboards using data extracted from Workday; familiarity with Workday TA data structures is required
• Knowledge of inferential statistics (correlation, regression) and how to apply them to business problems
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, I/O Psychology) or Human Resources; advanced degrees are a plus
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, or Python for analysis and visualization