People Data & Insights Engineer

Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

Wiley's People Insights team is investing in the systems, processes, and tools that support workforce analytics and reporting. As a People Data & Insights Engineer, you will help build, maintain, and improve data integrations, reporting solutions, and automation processes that enable the People function to make data-driven decisions.
 

Working closely with the Director of People Insights, HR Technology teams, and key stakeholders, you will support the delivery of accurate people data, help automate recurring processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of people analytics and AI-enabled reporting capabilities.
 

This role is ideal for someone with experience in Workday reporting, data integrations, and automation who is looking to further develop their technical expertise in a collaborative global environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain integrations between Workday, Crunchr, and other People systems.
• Create, modify, and maintain custom Workday reports and calculated fields to support business reporting needs.
• Support the development and automation of recurring reporting and data-management processes.
• Assist with data extraction, transformation, validation, and delivery activities across People systems.
• Help improve and streamline workflows using automation and AI-enabled tools where appropriate.
• Troubleshoot data, reporting, and integration issues in partnership with HR Technology and integration teams.
• Maintain documentation for reports, integrations, and recurring processes.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and support ongoing analytics initiatives.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of workforce data across systems and reporting outputs.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in HR technology, people analytics, reporting, data integrations, business systems, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience with Workday, including custom reports, calculated fields, reporting structures, or data management activities.
• Working proficiency in SQL, including joins, filtering, and basic data transformations.
• Experience using scripting or automation tools such as Python or R language, Power Automate, VS Code, or related technologies.
• Experience supporting data integrations or moving data between enterprise systems.
• Experience automating recurring processes, reports, or workflows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Workday integrations and/or Workday APIs.
• Experience with Crunchr or other people analytics platforms such as Visier, Culture Amp, Glint, or similar solutions.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled tools such as Claude, Copilot Studio, or similar productivity platforms.
• Experience working with HR, workforce, or employee data.
• Exposure to data pipeline or reporting automation concepts.

We power infinite possibilities.

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere. 

 

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives. 

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything. 

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom, Canada and USA based roles.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

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