People Analyst

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

What We’re Looking For:

The HR People Analyst plays an integral role on the People Analytics team by deriving, synthesizing, and presenting insights from our human capital data. These insights influence crucial problem solving and decision making for the HR team and business leaders across 2U. The People Analyst is a proactive and autonomous individual contributor who can apply people analytics industry best practices, stakeholder feedback, and technical acumen to a variety of people analytics projects.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• • Support 2U in developing data, reporting, and analytics in ways that support attracting, onboarding, retaining, and developing top employees
  • Effectively handle confidential employee data with care, respect, and privacy
  • Deliver excellent customer service in response to people analytics requests by proactively delivering accurate, timely, and actionable people insights to our customers
  • Support efforts to improve data fluency, empowering stakeholders to effectively understand, interpret and apply data
  • Build and execute surveys across the employee lifecycle
  • Retrieve data from both systems (e.g. Workday, Greenhouse) and databases (e.g. Snowflake) using a combination of report building and SQL queries; collaborate with the HRIS team to ensure reliability and validity of information and reports
  • Use reporting and analytics tools to maintain, improve, and develop people analytics products through a lens of data storytelling
  • Lead, develop, and grow a partnership with 2U HR leaders to provide them with the insights they need to effectively understand and action people data
  • Interpret and communicate complex analytical principles in simplistic terms to varied audiences through formal reports 
  • Apply people analytics industry best practices, stakeholder feedback, and technical acumen to a variety of people analytics products
  
  
  
  
  

   

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

• • Relevant degree in Economics, Computer Science, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Statistics, Data Analytics, Human Resource Management, or a related field.
  • 2-5 years’ experience directly related to the specified responsibilities.
  • Expert proficiency in Google Sheets, Slides, and Forms; advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint also critical.
  • Working knowledge of Workday, Greenhouse, Snowflake, and Tableau, or the proven ability to learn and master new systems quickly.
  • Working knowledge of employee listening survey platforms (e.g. Qualtrics, WorkTango)
  • Demonstrable creativity; the capacity to produce aesthetically professional visuals, and an aptitude for compelling and persuasive storytelling.
  • The ability to “zoom in” and “out”, balancing detail with informed strategic perspective.
  • Strong HR acumen; a sound understanding of each component of the employee lifecycle
  • Superior written and verbal communication, with experience presenting professionally and translating technical projects to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Intrinsic drive to exceed defined expectations and objectives, and the energy to constantly pursue optimization and people analytics innovation.
  • Recommended: Experience with SQL, R, or Python

While this position is open to remote candidates across the U.S., we will prioritize those who live in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area and who are available to come into our Headquarters in Arlington, VA two days a week.

Benefits & Culture

Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow

We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, U.S.benefits include: 

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