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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a People Analytics - Insight Analyst/People Analytics - Principal Insight Analyst for our People Analytics team. The person hired into this role will sit in our Falls Church, VA location but we may also consider a hybrid or teleworker for this role.
People Analytics is a team of data scientists, behavioral research scientists, insight analysts, competitive intelligence analysts, and technologists who use science to drive insight and people strategy within the business. As a member of the People Analytics team supporting the Defense Sector, you will be responsible for guiding the organization with strategic analysis and providing meaning behind data.
As an analyst, you will be curious, detail-oriented, and ethically conscious. You seek to ask questions about people, the business, and how we can use data to find solutions. You are a strategic thinker that can translate data to create well-informed people decisions to enable better business outcomes. You want to drive positive change for our people, are candid and collaborative in taking on our most difficult analytics projects as well as the process and culture changes that accompanies them. You will collaborate across the sector and business to uncover data-driven insights to solve business challenges across the talent life-cycle and enable transformational change.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Creating strategic analysis by forming a structured hypothesis, identifying patterns in data using quantitative methods, and deriving insights that drive decision making.
- Driving projects from initial concept through deployment, leveraging opportunities for automation.
- Synthesizing and communicating results for executive audiences by capturing meaningful insights and takeaways from data.
- Working directly with a wide range of stakeholders, including executive leaders and HR partners, to understand organizational needs and business questions.
- Translating these questions into an analytical framework to form testable hypotheses.
- Partnering with analytics organizations to drive digital transformation strategy throughout sector functions and objectives.
- Creating data visualizations using common visualization capabilities (R or Python libraries, Tableau, Cognos, PowerBI etc).
- Using scripting languages like SQL and Python to integrate, wrangle, and manipulate large datasets.
- Using lightweight markup languages like Quarto Markdown to craft insights and strategic analysis.
- Leverage basic version control practices to publish your work internally.
- Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of related professional experience - OR - a Master's degree with 1+ years of related professional experience. Additional 4 years of experience can be used in lieu of degree.
- Ability to extract and manipulate data from databases using SQL and write custom queries. Familiarity with common table expressions and building views.
- Ability to apply quantitative and statistical approaches to answer questions using data.
- Proficient using an object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python or R) to conduct analysis and create visualizations.
- Proficient in data visualization using Tableau or similar visualization tool.
- Experience in executive data storytelling, building compelling, concise, and insightful presentations to communicate developed insights.
- Experience collaborating on projects with multiple teams, managing relationships, and communicating findings to audiences.
- Degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Economics) is preferred.
- Experience with people- or talent-related data.
- Foundational understanding or exposure to more advanced analytics, such as machine learning.
- Experience with data storage and retrieval techniques, ETL, and databases.
- Experience with U/X design principles.
- Experience interfacing with and presenting to executive audiences.
- Ability to work with the upmost confidentiality when applicable.
- Experience with Workday systems.
- Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of related professional experience - OR - a Master's degree with 4+ years of related professional experience. Additional 4 years experience may be used in lieu of degree.
- Ability to extract and manipulate data from databases using SQL and write custom queries. Familiarity with common table expressions and building views.
- Ability to apply quantitative and statistical approaches to answer questions using data.
- Proficient using an object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python or R) to conduct analysis and create visualizations.
- Proficient in data visualization using Tableau or similar visualization tool.
- Experience in executive data storytelling, building compelling, concise, and insightful presentations to communicate developed insights.
- Experience collaborating on projects with multiple teams, managing relationships, and communicating findings to audiences.
- Degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Economics) is preferred.
- Experience with people- or talent-related data.
- Foundational understanding or exposure to more advanced analytics, such as machine learning.
- Experience with data storage and retrieval techniques, ETL, and databases.
- Experience with U/X design principles.
- Experience interfacing with and presenting to executive audiences.
- Ability to work with the upmost confidentiality when applicable.
- Experience with Workday systems.
Salary Range 2: $88,600 - $146,300
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.