Director, People Data

About Clear Street: 

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets.

We started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today's complex, global market. Clear Street's proprietary prime brokerage platform adds significant efficiency to the market, while focusing on minimizing risk, redundancy, and cost for clients. Our goal is to create a single source-of-truth platform for every asset class, in every country, and in any currency.

By combining highly-skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we're building the essentials to compete in today's fast-paced markets.

The Director of People Data & Analytics will lead Clear Street's people analytics strategy, transforming workforce data into actionable insights that inform decision-making and shape organizational strategy. This role is responsible for advancing data governance, analytics infrastructure, and reporting capabilities to ensure that leaders across the firm have access to accurate, timely, and meaningful workforce intelligence.

This individual will partner closely with People Operations, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and Engineering to deliver scalable analytics, predictive modeling, and insights that drive strategic planning and business performance.

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute Clear Street's people analytics roadmap in alignment with business growth, workforce planning, and talent strategy.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for data governance, reporting, and workforce analytics across the People function.
• Partner with executive leadership to provide analytics that support strategic decision-making and organizational effectiveness.

Data & Analytics Strategy

• Design and maintain enterprise-level HR dashboards and analytics covering headcount, turnover, compensation, performance, DE&I, and talent pipeline metrics.
• Collaborate with Finance and senior leadership to build workforce forecasting models and predictive analytics for talent demand and retention trends.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for business leaders through visualizations and presentations.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance in all people data reporting, aligning with GDPR, HIPAA, and internal audit standards.

Governance & Data Integrity

• Establish data standards, governance frameworks, and quality controls across all people data sources.
• Define and manage key data definitions and reporting protocols to ensure alignment across People, Finance, and Operations.
• Maintain oversight of permissions, access controls, and data retention practices to protect confidentiality and integrity.
  
  

Collaboration & Enablement

• Partner with Finance and People Operations to align analytics with compensation, headcount planning, and forecasting.
• Support cross-functional teams with ad hoc analysis and dashboards that drive decision-making and efficiency.
• Experience with HR and financial data environments (e.g., UKG, Greenhouse)
  
  

• 5-8 years of experience in HR analytics, workforce planning, or related people data functions.
• Proven expertise in workforce analytics, data visualization, and statistical modeling (e.g., Snowflake).
• Strong proficiency in BI and data tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Sigma, or equivalent platforms. 
• Deep understanding of HR data, metrics, and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate data into strategic insights for senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, or related field preferred

We Offer: 

The Base Salary Range for this role is $160,000-$200,000. This range is representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Clear Street. Where a candidate falls in this range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. This range represents Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation. The range stated does not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses or equity.

At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person. As such, we are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.

Our top priority is our people. We're continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We help each other through challenges and celebrate each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.