People Aanalyst

Position Summary 

The People Analyst serves as a strategic workforce analytics partner to Human Resources Centers of Excellence (COEs) and HR leadership by delivering actionable workforce insights that support business and talent decisions. This role leverages workforce data, statistical analysis, workforce research, and business knowledge to identify trends, evaluate outcomes, and develop recommendations across the employee lifecycle. 

The People Analyst partners closely with stakeholders in Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Reward and other HR functions to understand business challenges and translate them into analytical approaches and meaningful workforce insights. The role combines consulting, workforce analytics, data storytelling, and technical expertise to support evidence-based decision-making and organizational effectiveness. 

Success in this role requires the ability to independently gather and analyze data, identify meaningful findings, and develop compelling narratives and executive-ready presentations that enable stakeholders to communicate workforce insights and recommendations to senior leadership. 

This position acts as the lead analyst on complex workforce analytics initiatives, independently managing projects from problem definition through insight delivery and executive presentation development. 

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES 

People Analytics Consulting 

• Serve as a trusted analytics advisor to HR COEs and HR leadership, clarifying business challenges, analytical objectives, and measures of success. 

• Lead complex analytics engagements from problem definition and requirements discovery through insight delivery and presentation development. 

• Translate workforce questions into practical analytical frameworks, hypotheses, and recommendations. 

Analysis and Insight Development 

• Conduct analysis across all sub functions of Talent COE 

• Apply descriptive and basic inferential statistics to identify relevant patterns, differences, relationships, and workforce outcomes. 

• Acquire, prepare, validate, and analyze workforce data using Power BI, Excel, or Python; build supporting visualizations and analytical solutions. 

• Use SAP SuccessFactors and other approved sources while applying appropriate data-quality, privacy, security, and governance controls. 

• Partner with HR Reporting Analysts and technical teams for production reporting, recurring data pipelines, and complex data requirements. 

Data Storytelling and Communication 

• Develop executive-ready presentations, briefing materials, narratives, and recommendations that stakeholders can use with senior leadership. 

• Convert analytical findings into concise stories that explain business context, key insights, implications, risks, and recommended actions. 

• Create clear visualizations and communicate analytical concepts effectively to non-technical audiences. 

• Use Microsoft Copilot and other approved AI-enabled tools to accelerate analysis and content development in accordance with responsible AI and information-security requirements. 

Continuous Improvement 

• Improve analytical methods, reusable tools, survey-analysis capabilities, and stakeholder adoption of People Analytics. 

• Promote data literacy and consistent interpretation of workforce metrics across HR. 

• Evaluate emerging practices and technologies that can improve insight quality, efficiency, and business value. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Education 

• Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Data Analytics, I/O Psychology, Statistics, Information Systems, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field. Equivalent professional experience in People Analytics, Workforce Analytics, HR Analytics, Business Intelligence, or a related analytical discipline may be considered in lieu of a degree. 

Work Experience 

• Typically, 8+ years of experience in People & Culture, Finance, People Analytics, Workforce Analytics, HR Analytics, Business Intelligence, consulting, or a related analytical role.
• Experience consulting with HR stakeholders, independently conducting analyses, and developing executive-facing presentations is strongly preferred. 

Languages 

• English required. Additional language skills are beneficial. 

Other Skills 

• Strong consulting, facilitation, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management capabilities. 

• Knowledge of workforce analytics, HR metrics, descriptive statistics, and basic inferential statistical methods. 

• Working proficiency in Python and SQL for data preparation, validation, analysis, automation, and visualization. 

• Experience using Power BI, SAP SuccessFactors, and Qualtrics for workforce analysis and insight development. 

• Exceptional data storytelling, presentation development, and executive communication skills. 

• Understanding of data models, table relationships, joins, transformation methods, data governance, privacy, and responsible AI practices. 

• Ability to manage confidential workforce data and independently balance multiple analytical engagements