Principal HR Analytics Lead

Medtronic plc; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc in Minneapolis, MN, is seeking a Principal Analyst, HR Analytics to deliver workforce insights and digital solutions across HR COEs. This hybrid onsite role partners with HR leaders and analytics teams to frame questions, produce actionable insights, and drive improvements in HR programs and decision making.

The role requires a strong background in HR analytics, dashboards, and forecasting, with hands-on experience in data visualization tools like Power BI and statistical software

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of relevant experience OR advanced degree and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Advanced degree in HR, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Business or Data Science
• Experience in HR, people, talent, or workforce analytics.
• Experience connecting workforce data with operational, financial, or business performance.
• Experience developing HR metrics, dashboards, reporting, forecasting, or program evaluation analyses.
• Experience consulting with executive stakeholders and translating complex analyses into actionable business recommendations.
• Experience developing, implementing, or optimizing digital, analytics, artificial intelligence, or self‑service reporting solutions.
• Experience utilizing visualization software such as Power BI
• Experience utilizing statistical software such as SPSS or R
• For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with HR COE leaders and program owners to define business needs, analytical questions, hypotheses, and prioritized analytics solutions.
• Develop HR metrics, forecasts, dashboards, and reporting solutions that support workforce planning, demand forecasting, productivity, and performance measurement.
• Analyze governed workforce, operational, and financial data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and drivers across the employee lifecycle and business outcomes.
• Evaluate HR programs, processes, and implementations to measure impact, effectiveness, and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate complex analyses into clear visualizations, insights, and recommendations for executive, technical, and nontechnical audiences.
• Support development, delivery, and optimization of HR digital and AI tools, including translating user needs into product requirements and enhancement priorities.
• Improve reporting processes and expand scalable, self‑service analytics capabilities across HR and business teams.
• Drive adoption of dashboards, tools, and digital capabilities through stakeholder engagement, training, feedback collection, and ongoing optimization.

Skills

HR analytics

Dashboards

Forecasting

Data visualization

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Advanced degree in HR/Analytics

Tools

SPSS

R

Job description

Medtronic plc in Minneapolis, MN, is seeking a Principal Analyst, HR Analytics to deliver workforce insights and digital solutions across HR COEs. This hybrid onsite role partners with HR leaders and analytics teams to frame questions, produce actionable insights, and drive improvements in HR programs and decision making.

The role requires a strong background in HR analytics, dashboards, and forecasting, with hands-on experience in data visualization tools like Power BI and statistical software