People Data Analyst

About the role

The People Data Analyst will play a crucial role in transforming raw People and business data into actionable insights that inform decision-making across recruitment, organization, and growth strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and build dashboards and self-serve reporting (e.g. in Tableau, Superset) once the underlying data infrastructure is in place, and own their accuracy and adoption going forward
• Define and standardize core People metrics such as time-to-fill, attrition, span of control, headcount vs. plan, and similar in partnership with People leadership
• Translate business questions from People and Recruiting leadership, and executive stakeholders into clear analytical approaches, and deliver insights that directly inform decisions
• Partner with the People Systems Engineer and Data Engineering team to define and evolve the People data model
• Connect People data to broader business metrics (e.g. headcount vs. revenue or production output, productivity, cost per hire relative to business growth) to give business leadership a complete picture of how people investment tracks with company performance
• Partner with People Systems to identify and prioritize opportunities to use AI and natural language interfaces to make People data more accessible; helping non-technical stakeholders query and explore data without needing to build a new report each time
• Own data quality and governance for People analytics; establishing definitions, validating accuracy, and ensuring leadership can trust the numbers without having to double-check them
• Conduct ad hoc and deep-dive analyses (e.g. attrition drivers, hiring funnel efficiency, organizational design) that go beyond standard reporting to answer emerging business questions

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or people analytics, with a track record of delivering insights that influenced real business or People decisions
• Strong SQL skills and comfort working directly in a modern data warehouse (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) to build and maintain your own queries and data models, rather than relying solely on pre-built tables
• Hands-on experience building dashboards and reports in a BI tool such as Looker, Tableau, Superset including the underlying data modeling, not just the visualization layer
• Experience partnering with engineering or data engineering teams to define data models and requirements - you can speak both “business question” and “data model” fluently
• Demonstrated experience with core People/HR metrics and the employee lifecycle including recruiting funnel, headcount planning, attrition, compensation, performance and how they’re typically modeled
• Comfortable operating with high autonomy in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment — you can define your own roadmap in partnership with stakeholders rather than waiting for fully-scoped requirements

Qualifications

• Direct experience partnering with a People Systems or engineering function to define a People data model from the ground up
• Experience with Rippling or similar HRIS platforms, and familiarity with how ATS, finance, and workforce data typically integrate with HR systems
• Experience using AI tools (e.g. LLM-powered analysis, natural language querying over structured data, AI-assisted reporting) to scale analytics work and reduce manual reporting burden
• Experience supporting People analytics in manufacturing, defense, or other complex multi-population environments (e.g. exempt and non-exempt populations across multiple sites)
• Prior experience as the first or founding People analytics hire at a high-growth company, building reporting infrastructure rather than maintaining an existing one

Pay

The target salary range is 150,000 - 170,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Hadrian is an equal opportunity employer. The Company provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics.