Senior People Analyst

Summary

Join Western Digital and contribute to our mission of unlocking data's potential. This People Analytics role requires strong HR knowledge, data manipulation skills (SQL and Python/R), and expertise in data visualization. You will partner with HR and stakeholders to conduct impactful research, translate data into compelling insights, and advise senior executives. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in People Analytics, Talent Management, or related fields, along with advanced data analytics expertise. Western Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, and more.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of the HR landscape (e.g., functions and processes) and existing challenges and best practices
• Proficiency in SQL and another data manipulation programming language (e.g. Python, R)
• Expertise at telling stories with data and familiarity with at least one visualization tool (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI etc.,)
• 5+ years of experience working in People Analytics, Talent Management, Organizational Development and/or Consulting to organizations
• 5+ years of experience working with people data (e.g., survey data, HR data, psychological study data, human behavior data) in an applied setting
• 2+ years of experience in Advanced Data Analytics
• Understanding of advanced statistical methods (e.g., regression, cluster analysis, HLM, social network analysis, text analysis, longitudinal methods, etc.)
• An understanding of the SaaS business model and key metrics
• Experience conducting research in organizations, including research design, data collection, statistical analysis, interpretation of results, and making actionable recommendation

Responsibilities

• Partner with HR team members, leaders, and stakeholders across Western Digital to develop a deep understanding of current and emerging HR use cases and challenges, identify priorities for research and execute impactful research projects
• Translate data into compelling and easy-to-understand insights, stories, and narratives that resonate with a non-technical audience
• Drive projects or programs which have had proven impact on business strategy and performance through your analytics skills
• Craft analysis into well-written and persuasive content
• Advise, present to, and serve as a thought partner to senior executives

Preferred Qualifications

Strong cross-functional collaboration skills

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit
• The Applause Program
• Employee stock purchase plan
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents