What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of People Analytics and Operations position at Notion?
About Us
Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.
In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.
About The Role
As Head of People Analytics & Operations for our People team, you’ll play a pivotal leadership role at the heart of Notion’s growth — driving strategic planning, operational excellence, and technology transformation across our People org. This isn’t just about making things run more smoothly (though you’ll do that too); it’s about reimagining how a modern People function can operate in a world where AI and human potential work hand in hand.
You’ll be the architect behind how we scale talent, optimize systems, and harness data — all in service of our mission to help teams everywhere work smarter. At a company that’s shaping the future of knowledge work, you’ll be leading the team that’s shaping the future of our work.
What You'll Achieve
Strategic Planning & Leadership: Partner closely with our Chief People Officer and People Staff Leads to craft our People strategy. Own the design and execution of scalable operations to drive our growth objectives.
People Analytics & Insights: Build and scale our People Analytics function, designing the pipeline of data from the ground up and translating complex inputs into actionable insights to drive strategic business decisions and measure the effectiveness of our people programs.
Technology & Innovation: Lead the integration of AI and emerging technologies across the People function — not only to eliminate manual, repetitive work, but to unlock smarter, faster, and more strategic decision-making. Partner with internal product and engineering teams to bring People-centric insights and use cases into the development of Notion itself, shaping how our product supports modern People and operations teams everywhere.
Team Development: Build and lead a lean, high-performing team who will collectively elevate Notion's people infrastructure.
Drive Sustainable Growth: Partner closely with our People Staff and business leaders to shape the future of Notion’s workforce, including Global expansion opportunities, headcount planning, and strategic programs.
Skills You'll Need To Bring
Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $300,000 - $360,000 per year.
By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy.
Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.
In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.
About The Role
As Head of People Analytics & Operations for our People team, you’ll play a pivotal leadership role at the heart of Notion’s growth — driving strategic planning, operational excellence, and technology transformation across our People org. This isn’t just about making things run more smoothly (though you’ll do that too); it’s about reimagining how a modern People function can operate in a world where AI and human potential work hand in hand.
You’ll be the architect behind how we scale talent, optimize systems, and harness data — all in service of our mission to help teams everywhere work smarter. At a company that’s shaping the future of knowledge work, you’ll be leading the team that’s shaping the future of our work.
What You'll Achieve
Strategic Planning & Leadership: Partner closely with our Chief People Officer and People Staff Leads to craft our People strategy. Own the design and execution of scalable operations to drive our growth objectives.
People Analytics & Insights: Build and scale our People Analytics function, designing the pipeline of data from the ground up and translating complex inputs into actionable insights to drive strategic business decisions and measure the effectiveness of our people programs.
Technology & Innovation: Lead the integration of AI and emerging technologies across the People function — not only to eliminate manual, repetitive work, but to unlock smarter, faster, and more strategic decision-making. Partner with internal product and engineering teams to bring People-centric insights and use cases into the development of Notion itself, shaping how our product supports modern People and operations teams everywhere.
Team Development: Build and lead a lean, high-performing team who will collectively elevate Notion's people infrastructure.
Drive Sustainable Growth: Partner closely with our People Staff and business leaders to shape the future of Notion’s workforce, including Global expansion opportunities, headcount planning, and strategic programs.
Skills You'll Need To Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, CS or related field, or equivalent experience
- 12 years of work experience, including progressive growth within strategy, operational, and analytical roles and at least 5 years experience at a high-growth technology company
- Deep curiosity of AI technology and fluency in streamlining operations using AI
- Systems thinker who has the ability to build and execute remarkably fast, with conviction, exemplary judgment and limited guidance
- A top talent magnet with proven leadership of cross functional and high performing teams
- Knowledge of SQL, Python, & statistical analyses
- Background of working with Notion
- MBA or advantaged degree in Math, Engineering or related field
Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $300,000 - $360,000 per year.
By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy.
Salary : $300,000 - $360,000
