Remote People Data Analyst - HR Analytics & Insights

Eliassen Group; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a remote People Data Analyst on a contract basis to support People Analytics across HR data, talent, performance, and development. The role involves hands-on analysis of complex HR datasets, statistical modeling, and building scalable analytics solutions.

The analyst will collaborate with HR and business stakeholders, exploring AI-enabled analytics to accelerate insights while leveraging Workday data and other sources.

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

SQL

Python or R

Visualization tools

Statistical modeling basics

Tools

Workday

AI tools

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a remote People Data Analyst on a contract basis to support People Analytics across HR data, talent, performance, and development. The role involves hands-on analysis of complex HR datasets, statistical modeling, and building scalable analytics solutions.

The analyst will collaborate with HR and business stakeholders, exploring AI-enabled analytics to accelerate insights while leveraging Workday data and other sources.