Shuba Gopal
Dr Shuba Gopal is a consulting Senior People Analytics and Organizational Strategy Advisor at KS Insight and an experienced people analytics consultant who specializes in leveraging data science and predictive modeling to enhance workplace performance, innovation, and employee retention.
Her interdisciplinary practice combines statistical methods, behavioral science, and organizational psychology, with a particular emphasis on career and leadership development as key drivers of employee engagement and retention.
Fast facts
- Senior People Analytics and Organizational Strategy Advisor at KS Insight.
- Expert in data science, predictive modeling, and workplace analytics.
- Principal at Glean Signals LLC.
- Former leader in people analytics at Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
- Collaborated with faculty from Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, and Wharton.
- Known for innovative approaches using survival analysis, decision trees, and permutation testing.
- Doctorate in computational genomics.
- Published in Harvard Business Review and Strategic HR Review.
People analytics & organizational strategy
Dr Shuba Gopal is a consulting Senior People Analytics and Organizational Strategy Advisor at KS Insight and an experienced people analytics consultant who specializes in leveraging data science and predictive modeling to enhance workplace performance, innovation, and employee retention.
Her interdisciplinary practice combines statistical methods, behavioral science, and organizational psychology, with a particular emphasis on career and leadership development as key drivers of employee engagement and retention. She is known for her innovative approach, utilizing survival analysis, decision trees, and permutation testing to evaluate complex organizational challenges including ensuring pay equity and supporting innovative retention strategies.
Career and leadership development analytics
Shuba’s work places career and leadership development at the center of employee engagement and retention. She helps organizations diagnose the drivers of performance and professional growth using evidence-based measurement and statistically robust modeling techniques.
Industry leadership & collaborations
Shuba is Principal at Glean Signals LLC and previously helped create and scale the people analytics functions at Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She has collaborated extensively with leading academics from Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, and Wharton, integrating analytical insights into actionable organizational strategies.
Research & publications
Shuba holds a Doctorate in computational genomics and has published her research in Harvard Business Review, Strategic HR Review, and presented at major conferences including the Wharton People Analytics Conference, NEHRA, LeapHR, Strategic HR, and others.