People Operations Project Analyst

About the role

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future. We’re looking for a People Operations Project Analyst to help us advance employee initiatives, backed by data analytics. If you get a thrill out of translating employee feedback into actionable insights, keeping projects running like clockwork, and making a data-driven impact on company culture, you'll fit right in. In this role, you’ll apply project management methodologies to execute and measure initiatives across the entire employee lifecycle. If you thrive on turning qualitative feedback into quantitative metrics, building clear project roadmaps, and driving measurable people operations improvements, this role offers the perfect balance of analytical rigor and human-centered impact. This is a hybrid position working from either our Arlington or Herndon, VA office.

Responsibilities

• Own: Apply formal project management frameworks (PMP/Agile) to own - scope, track, and execute - end-to-end People Team (People Operations, Human Resource, and Talent Acquisition) initiatives.
• Data Excellence: Establish and maintain clear reporting (Tableau / Excel / Survey Monkey) for our People Operations.
• Organizational Development: Map and optimize key touchpoints across the employee lifecycle (e.g., mentorship, employee experience, workshops, virtual training, HR initiatives).
• Love our People: Design and implement engagement strategies, recognition programs, and feedback mechanisms.
• Lead: Act as a change management project lead to help our team smoothly adopt organizational shifts and new HR initiatives.
• Listen: Design, launch, and analyze new hire and engagement surveys, exit interviews, and support other channels of two-way communication.
• Impact: Translate raw workforce data into actionable insights and executive dashboards.
• Team Excel SME: Support complex formulas, basic data analysis, and making spreadsheets work magic for the People Team.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in data analysis, project coordination, or People Operations

Qualifications

Background or strong interest in humans at work and numbers

Skills

• Hands-on experience with tools like Tableau, SurveyMonkey, data reporting and organization (Google Suite & Box)
• Solid advanced to mid-level Excel skills are essential
• Ability to break apart tasks and align stakeholders towards a goal

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Tuition assistance
• Professional development

Pay

The projected salary range for this position is $75,000 - $100,000 USD (annualized). This is a general guideline; actual salary is based on education, experience, knowledge, skills, geographic location, contract affordability, and organizational requirements.

Schedule

This is a hybrid position, with work locations in Arlington or Herndon, VA.