ASML is a leading provider of advanced technological systems for the semiconductor industry. Part of their strategy is a people agenda that leverages data. The new Head of People Analytics will accelerate the transition to data-driven HR. They will lead and grow a team, build analytics capabilities, and drive business value with insights to help ASML continue expanding as one of the world’s most advanced tech companies.  

About ASML

As we enter an age of immersive computing, everybody and everything will be connected, and the lines between physical and digital worlds will continue to blur. Advancements in connectivity, AI, autonomous driving, and artificial neural networks will change the world. And ASML’s technological innovations will keep being a driving force behind these developments.

ASML is a leading provider of advanced technological systems for the semiconductor industry. Their extreme ultraviolet lithography technology uses light to print tiny patterns on silicon, which is essential to mass producing microchips. ASML’s portfolio includes the hardware, software, and services that enable manufacturers to produce faster, cheaper, and more energy-efficient microchips.

» ASML’s machines are the most complicated systems humans have ever built. » – The New York Times in a 2021 article

The lithography leader is headquartered in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, and employs forty thousand people in sixty offices, across sixteen countries. In 2022, ASML’s net sales exceeded twenty-one billion euros. The company expects to continue this growth with an anticipated annual turnover between thirty and forty billion euros by 2025.

Part of ASML’s vision is to develop a people strategy that revolves around leveraging data. Its HR department’s goal is to become more data-driven to foster high-quality decision-making on people topics throughout the organization. This is why the company recently established People Analytics as a new area of ​​expertise.

Vacancy: Head of People Analytics

The Head of People Analytics will shape ASML’s journey toward data-driven HR. They will update the people analytics roadmap, accelerate transformation, and drive value creation by delivering actionable insights. They report to the Head of HR Expertise & Services and will join the extended HR management team as a role model and trusted advisor for their peers.

» Our Head of People Analytics should be someone who goes beyond providing the numbers. They can connect the data with our business strategy and day-to-day operations and push for impactful recommendations.» – Christian Wilfling, Head of HR Expertise & Services of ASML

There is a significant demand for people analytics throughout the organization. It will be up to the Head of People Analytics to develop a plan to determine how and where analytics adds the most value, connect ASML’s overall corporate objectives to the HR strategy and manage all day-to-day business requests. Examples the role will take responsibility for include dashboarding and reporting, employee surveys, skill building of the HR community, big data integrations, developing a people analytics operation model, and connecting insights to processes, like talent management.

The Head of People Analytics will grow the current team of about ten direct reports, including Data Scientists, Reporting Specialists, and People Analytics Translators. They will lead, coach, and advise all their direct reports and the HR analytics community, and work with the extended HR organization to champion a data-driven approach. They will also collaborate with other teams, such as IT Big Data & Analytics.

The position is an excellent fit for a data and analytics professional who is as comfortable with the technical (eg, integrations and big data platforms) as well as the functional (eg, operating models and privacy) perspective. If they can combine conceptual thinking and strategy development with day-to-day management and prioritization, the Head of People Analytics will have the opportunity to build a new capability within one of the world-leading tech companies.

Interested? 

ASML is working with Top of Minds to fill this vacancy.
To express your interest, please contact Vivian Linker at vivian.linker@topofminds.com .