People Analytics Specialist (Remote Contract)

Eliassen Group; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a People Data Analyst for a remote contract role to support People Analytics across HR data, talent, performance, and employee development. You will work hands-on with complex HR data to identify trends, generate insights, and build analyses, including applying AI-enabled analytics for faster insight generation.

Applicants must be willing to work on a W2 basis with benefits including medical, dental, and vision, 401k with company match, and life insurance.

Qualifications

• Experience in People Analytics, HR Analytics, Workforce Analytics, or HR Data Analytics.
• Hands-on experience with HR datasets related to performance, talent, development, employee movement, workforce planning, or organizational data.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work independently with complex or imperfect datasets.
• Proficiency with SQL and advanced data analysis.
• Experience with Python or R for data analysis, statistical modeling, or automation.
• Experience with visualization tools.
• Working knowledge of statistical methods such as regression, correlation, segmentation, forecasting, or predictive modeling.
• Familiarity with enterprise HR platforms such as Workday and related people data environments.
• Ability to communicate analytical findings as clear business insights.
• Experience using or experimenting with AI and generative AI tools to improve analytical productivity is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large and complex HR and workforce datasets to identify patterns, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support People Analytics initiatives across performance management, talent management, employee development and career growth, workforce and talent trends, employee populations, and organizational effectiveness.
• Perform advanced analytics and statistical modeling as needed.
• Translate business and HR questions into structured analytical approaches.
• Develop insights that help leaders understand employee performance, talent movement, development, and workforce dynamics.
• Combine and analyze data across multiple HR systems and data sources.
• Partner with People Analytics, HR, People Technology, and business stakeholders to determine the best analytical approach.
• Build repeatable analyses, dashboards, models, and reporting to increase analytical capacity.
• Use AI-enabled tools and approaches to accelerate data exploration, analysis, synthesis, and insight generation.
• Identify opportunities where predictive analytics, statistical methods, or machine learning techniques could provide additional insight.
• Present findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions, and proactively explore what the data may be indicating beyond the initial request.

Skills

HR analytics

Data analysis

Statistical modeling

Independent work

Communication of findings

Problem solving

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Excel

Workday

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a People Data Analyst for a remote contract role to support People Analytics across HR data, talent, performance, and employee development. You will work hands-on with complex HR data to identify trends, generate insights, and build analyses, including applying AI-enabled analytics for faster insight generation.

Applicants must be willing to work on a W2 basis with benefits including medical, dental, and vision, 401k with company match, and life insurance.