Director, People Analytics

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

The Opportunity: Architect the Future of Data-Driven People Strategy at F5 

F5 is at a pivotal moment in its evolution, and we know that our success is driven by our people. To accelerate our strategy, we are seeking a trailblazing leader to build our People Analytics function from the ground up. This is more than a leadership role; it is a unique opportunity to be the architect and visionary for how F5 harnesses data and AI to cultivate a world-class, high-performing culture. 

Reporting to the VP of People Strategy & Experience, you will build the engine that powers our talent decisions. You will craft the narrative behind the numbers, providing trusted, predictive insights that will shape our approach to talent, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. If you are driven to build, innovate, and translate data into tangible business impact, this is your platform. 

How You'll Make an Impact: 

• Architect the Vision & Strategy: Design and execute a multi-year people analytics roadmap, defining the key questions we need to answer to drive business success. This includes establishing the official KPIs and metrics for the entire People & Culture function and creating a center of excellence known for its proactive, insightful contributions. 

• Be a Strategic Influencer & Storyteller: Translate data into influence. Acting as a core advisor to senior leadership, you will deliver compelling, data driven narratives and quarterly business reviews on topics like talent acquisition effectiveness, employee engagement drivers, DEI progress, and retention forecasts. Your insights will be the catalyst for critical decisions and strategic workforce planning. 

• Build & Inspire a World-Class Team: Lead the global team, developing and mentoring a multi-talented group of analysts. Foster a culture of intense curiosity and collaboration, coaching your team to move beyond technical execution to become strategic consultants and storytellers for their business partners. 

• Champion Our End-to-End Employee Listening Strategy: Own the architecture and execution of how F5 listens to its people. You’ll evolve our ecosystem of feedback tools, from annual engagement surveys and frequent pulses to lifecycle feedback (onboarding, exit). By applying advanced analytics and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to qualitative feedback, you will uncover the nuanced story behind the scores, ensuring we are not just hearing our employees, but actively translating their voice into meaningful improvements to the F5 experience. 

• Design the Foundational Data Infrastructure: Architect F5’s single source of truth for people data. You will lead the design and implementation of a scalable and secure data infrastructure, including evaluating and selecting the tech stack (e.g., analytics tools, visualization platforms). A key part of your mission will be to establish robust data governance and privacy protocols to build enterprise-wide trust and create intuitive, self-service dashboards for leaders. 

• Pioneer Advanced Analytics & Ethical AI: Push F5 to the forefront of talent innovation-- go beyond historical reporting to develop predictive models that help us solve our most complex challenges—from identifying key drivers of attrition to forecasting future leadership needs. Champion for ethical AI, ensur