People Analytics Manager - Level 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems sector (NGSP) is seeking a People Analytics Manager 2. This position reports to the Corporate Manager, People Analytics, with a dotted line to the Space Systems HR Vice President. This role will sit in our McLean, VA location. We may also consider a remote worker for this opportunity.

At Northrop Grumman, People Analytics is a core domain within our Enterprise Insights & Analytics (EI&A) organization.  EI&A is a team of strategic analysts, scientists, engineers, and technologists who use science, research and data to identify strategic insights and create innovative analytic solutions for our business.

As the lead of NGSP People Analytics, you will be responsible for leveraging the entire range of our analytics capabilities to refine and enable the Space Systems Sector people strategy. In these efforts, you will help HR leaders and the business make informed decisions across multiple areas of human capital including, but not limited to talent acquisition, culture, development and retention.

Keys to success include:

• Being curious, detail-oriented, and ethically conscious.
• You seek to ask the right questions about our strategies, the business, and how we can use data to find solutions.
• You are a strategic thinker who can translate data to create well-informed decisions to enable better business outcomes.
• You want to drive positive change for our organizations, are candid and collaborative in taking on our most difficult analytics projects as well as the process and culture changes that accompanies them.
• You build deep and trusted partnerships at the working and organizational levels.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: 

• Serving on the Space Systems Sector HR leadership team to optimize the use of analytics in driving the sector people strategy.
• Serving on the People Analytics leadership team to bring sector specific business needs forward to inform our enterprise people analytics strategy.
• Leading the Sector team of insight analysts and data scientists.
• Conducting strategic analyses and research needed to enable Space Systems Sector human capital objectives.
• Integrating, tailoring, and applying corporate analytics capability for the benefit of the sector.
• Identifying and articulating team priorities based on business needs.
• Communicating results to an executive audience to effectively tell the data story.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience – OR – a Master’s degree and 6+ years of relevant experience – OR – a PhD and 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep curiosity and a willingness to pull the thread on difficult questions.
• Understanding of (or interest in) HR domain areas and metrics (such as talent acquisition, compensation, performance, learning and development, and HR metrics).
• Demonstrated experience using analytics to inform decision making.
• Experience in executive data storytelling, building compelling and concise presentations to communicate insights.
• Ability to extract and manipulate data from databases (e.g., SQL).
• Ability to use programming languages (e.g., R, Python) to conduct statistical analyses.
• Proficient in data visualization using Tableau or similar visualization tool(s).
• Experience collaborating on projects with multiple teams.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.  US Citizenship is a prerequisite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated people leadership skills in an analytics capacity.
• Degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Economics). 
• Understanding of competitive intelligence / research approaches. 
• Solid statistical understanding and exposure to more advanced analytics, such as machine learning.
• Knowledge of the aerospace industry. 

Salary Range: $125,500.00 - $207,100.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.