Sr. Business Analyst, Talent Acquisition

The Role  

GM Talent Acquisition is seeking a Talent Acquisition Business Analyst to deliver insights that elevate recruiting performance, guide strategic workforce decisions, and strengthen the candidate experience. 

You’ll partner with TA leadership, Recruiting Delivery, Sourcing, Recruitment Marketing, People Analytics, and Solutions Enablement to tackle complex challenges through data. Your work will turn analytics into clear recommendations, influence TA strategy, and deepen a culture of data‑driven decision making across the enterprise. 

You’ll bring an AI‑first mindset to modernize operational reporting, speed up insight delivery, and unlock automation and predictive capabilities. You’ll also operationalize demand planning with TA leaders and change management partners—ensuring hiring forecasts, capacity planning, and resource allocation are aligned, actionable, and embedded into daily decision making. 

If you thrive at the intersection of consulting, analytics, and data storytelling, this role offers high visibility and the chance to shape the future of Talent Acquisition at GM 

What You’ll Do  

• 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 is preferred. 

Compensation:

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws.

The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.

• The salary range for this role is $105,600 - $140,700. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.