People Analytics Partner

Wärtsilä is an innovative technology company known for being a forerunner in the Marine and Energy markets. Every day, we – Wärtsilians - put our hearts and minds into turning Wärtsilä's purpose of enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services into reality.

We want to transition the world towards a decarbonised and sustainable future. By pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology, we can make it work. Together, we can create new business opportunities and more sustainable future that we can all be proud of. Want to join the ride?

The People Analytics Partner serves as a strategic advisor to senior business and HR leaders across Marine, Energy and Group Functions, enabling data informed decisions on workforce, talent, organizational effectiveness and future workforce priorities.

By combining business acumen, consulting expertise and advanced analytics, the role translates complex business challenges into actionable workforce insights and recommendations. The People Analytics Partner partners closely with leaders to identify opportunities, address organizational challenges and maximize the impact of people-related investments and interventions.

Beyond delivering insights, the role plays a key part in advancing Wärtsilä's People Analytics capabilities. This includes shaping the People Analytics roadmap, supporting the evolution and adoption of Visier, onboarding new workforce data sources and ensuring that analytics solutions continue to meet evolving business and HR needs.

The role also acts as a catalyst for data-informed decision-making, helping build analytical capabilities across HR and promoting innovative approaches to address future workforce and work challenges.

We are ideally looking for an individual based in Finland to connect and align with senior stakeholders and group corporate functions and operate across global timezones, but would consider other European locations.

Key accountabilities:

1. Strategic Workforce Advisory & Business Partnering

- Partner with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners and COEs across Marine, Energy and Group Functions to identify strategic workforce challenges and opportunities.

- Shape and influence workforce, talent and organizational decisions through data-informed insights and evidence-based recommendations.

- Act as a trusted advisor on workforce composition, talent flows, retention, competences, leadership effectiveness and employee experience.

- Support business strategy execution by translating strategic priorities into workforce analytics and actionable recommendations.

- Facilitate strategic discussions with senior stakeholders, challenge assumptions and guide decision-making through data and evidence.

- Lead complex analyses to identify workforce trends, risks and opportunities impacting business performance.

- Deliver end-to-end people analytics projects, from problem definition and stakeholder engagement through analysis, recommendations and implementation support.

- Develop predictive, diagnostic and scenario-based analyses to support proactive workforce decisions.

2. People Intelligence & Analytics Platform Development

- Lead the onboarding and integration of new data sources into Visier, including talent, learning, engagement, organizational effectiveness and workforce planning data.

- Collaborate with HR COEs and business stakeholders to define business requirements and prioritize analytics development initiatives.

- Drive the development of scalable analytics solutions, dashboards and self-service capabilities.

- Contribute to the People Analytics roadmap, ensuring alignment between business priorities, HR strategy and technology investments.

- Champion data governance principles and support the continuous improvement of workforce data quality, accessibility and trust.

- Partner with HR Technology, Data Governance and Process Owners to continuously enhance Wärtsilä's People Analytics ecosystem.

3. Capability Building, Innovation & Thought Leadership

- Promote data-informed decision-making across HR and business communities.

- Build analytics capabilities within HR by educating stakeholders on workforce insights, analytics methodologies and best practices.

- Stay current with external trends in People Analytics, AI, workforce intelligence and employee listening.

- Drive the adoption of new analytics capabilities and innovative approaches to workforce decision-making.

- Contribute to the evolution of People Analytics methodologies, governance and operating models.

Experience & Qualifications:

Required

- Significant experience in People Analytics, Workforce Planning, HR Consulting or a related analytical role.

- Experience partnering with senior business and HR leaders in a global organization.

- Proven track record of leading complex analytics or consulting projects from concept to implementation.

- Experience working with workforce data, analytics platforms and visualization tools.

- English is our common business lannguage, fluency in both written spoken English is mandatory.

Preferred

- Master's in Business, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Psychology or a related field.

- 8-12+ years of relevant experience in consulting, People Analytics, Workforce Planning or HR Strategy.

- Experience with Visier and modern HR analytics ecosystems.

- Experience in predictive analytics, employee listening and organizational effectiveness.

- Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics and future workforce trends.

Why join us?

We at Wärtsilä believe in empowerment, ownership and taking responsibility of our work. We support each other’s growth, and co-creation is the true basis of our innovation. We have courage to see opportunities and take initiative.

We are authentic and honest, and we strongly believe in that by being your own true self you can accomplish so much more. We don’t always get it right the first time, and if mistakes are made, we make sure to learn and grow from them. We want everyone to voice their opinions freely. That is why we have built an environment that empowers you and everyone around you, and where you can feel safe and cared for. Are you eager to be part of this ambition?

We have an amazing team, and we are excited about our work and the impact it has on building sustainable societies. We are looking to find a colleague with this shared passion for smart technologies and a sustainable future.

Contact & next steps:

We hope to hear from you soon by submitting your application through our careers portal. We aim to keep you updated on the process throughout.

For further questions, please reach out to Jason Crouch, Talent Partner, via email at [email protected] with any questions related to this position (only for questions from direct job applicants, applications through email will not be recorded or responded to).  Note we are not considering agency partner support or EU visa sponsorship at this time.

Welcome to join us in shaping the decarbonisation of marine and energy!

Last application date: 25/10/2026

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.

Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.

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