People Analytics Manager - Level 2

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a People Analytics Manager to drive strategic HR decisions through data. This pivotal role involves leading a team of analysts to optimize the Space Systems Sector's people strategy. You will leverage your analytical expertise to inform talent acquisition, culture, and retention strategies, ensuring that data-driven insights enhance organizational performance. If you're passionate about using analytics to foster positive change and have a knack for storytelling through data, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Flexible Telecommuting Options

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in analytics or HR-related fields.
• Strong data manipulation skills and experience with SQL and programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics initiatives to inform HR strategy and decision-making.
• Communicate analytical insights to executives and stakeholders.

Skills

Data Analysis

SQL

R

Python

Data Visualization (Tableau)

Executive Data Storytelling

HR Metrics

Statistical Analysis

People Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Tableau

SQL Databases

Job description

Requisition ID: R10176322

• Category: Research and Sciences

• Location: McLean, Virginia, United States of America | Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

• Clearance Type: None

• Telecommute: Yes- May Consider Full Time Teleworking for this position

• Shift: Not Applicable (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

Northrop Grumman Space Systems sector (NGSP) is seeking a People Analytics Manager 2. This position reports to the Corporate Manager, People Analytics, with a dotted line to the Space Systems HR Vice President. This role will sit in our McLean, VA location. We may also consider a remote worker for this opportunity.

As the lead of NGSP People Analytics, you will be responsible for leveraging the entire range of our analytics capabilities to refine and enable the Space Systems Sector people strategy. In these efforts, you will help HR leaders and the business make informed decisions across multiple areas of human capital including, but not limited to talent acquisition, culture, development and retention.

Keys to success include:

• Being curious, detail-oriented, and ethically conscious.

• You seek to ask the right questions about our strategies, the business, and how we can use data to find solutions.

• You are a strategic thinker who can translate data to create well-informed decisions to enable better business outcomes.

• You want to drive positive change for our organizations, are candid and collaborative in taking on our most difficult analytics projects as well as the process and culture changes that accompany them.

• You build deep and trusted partnerships at the working and organizational levels.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Serving on the Space Systems Sector HR leadership team to optimize the use of analytics in driving the sector people strategy.

• Serving on the People Analytics leadership team to bring sector specific business needs forward to inform our enterprise people analytics strategy.

• Leading the Sector team of insight analysts and data scientists.

• Conducting strategic analyses and research needed to enable Space Systems Sector human capital objectives.

• Integrating, tailoring, and applying corporate analytics capability for the benefit of the sector.

• Identifying and articulating team priorities based on business needs.

• Communicating results to an executive audience to effectively tell the data story.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience – OR – a Master’s degree and 6+ years of relevant experience – OR – a PhD and 4+ years of relevant experience.

• Deep curiosity and a willingness to pull the thread on difficult questions.

• Understanding of (or interest in) HR domain areas and metrics (such as talent acquisition, compensation, performance, learning and development, and HR metrics).

• Demonstrated experience using analytics to inform decision making.

• Experience in executive data storytelling, building compelling and concise presentations to communicate insights.

• Ability to extract and manipulate data from databases (e.g., SQL).

• Ability to use programming languages (e.g., R, Python) to conduct statistical analyses.

• Proficient in data visualization using Tableau or similar visualization tool(s).

• Experience collaborating on projects with multiple teams.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance. US Citizenship is a prerequisite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated people leadership skills in an analytics capacity.

• Degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Economics).

• Understanding of competitive intelligence / research approaches.

• Solid statistical understanding and exposure to more advanced analytics, such as machine learning.

• Knowledge of the aerospace industry.

Salary Range: $125,500 - $207,100

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.

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.