Principal Data Insight Analyst – People Analytics Data Journalism

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

Northrop Grumman's Enterprise Insights & Analytics organization is seeking a Data Journalist to join our Analytics organization.  This position will report to the Manager of Research & Insights. 

This role will sit in our Falls Church, VA location but we may also consider a hybrid or 100%virtual/teleworker arrangement for this position. 

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.

In this position, you will conduct quantitative analyses to uncover compelling stories and communicate findings through rigorous data journalism.  Through these efforts, you will enable HR leaders and business partners to make informed decisions across multiple areas of human capital including, but not limited to talent acquisition, culture, talent management, compensation and retention.

Keys to success:

• 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 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:

• Exploring potential stories by forming structured hypotheses, identifying patterns in data using quantitative methods, and deriving findings.
• Pitching data-driven stories that provide insight into workforce programs, initiatives and trends.
• Collaborating with other data professionals (e.g., analytics engineers, data scientists, behavioral scientists) to confirm and enhance preliminary findings. 
• Synthesizing and communicating results for executive audiences by capturing meaningful insights and takeaways from data.
• Driving projects from initial concept through deployment.
• Working directly with a wide range of stakeholders, including executive leaders and HR partners, to understand organizational needs and business questions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related professional experience - OR - a Master’s degree with 3 years of related professional experience - OR - a PhD with 1 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to extract and manipulate data from databases using SQL and write custom queries. Familiarity with common table expressions and building views.
• Proficient using an object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python or R) to conduct analysis and create visualizations.
• Ability to apply quantitative and statistical approaches to answer questions using data.
• Experience in executive data storytelling, writing compelling, concise, and insightful articles to communicate developed insights.
• Experience collaborating on projects with multiple teams, managing relationships, and communicating findings to audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience as a professional data journalist.
• Degree in a quantitative field (e.g., I/O Psychology, Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Economics) is preferred.
• Experience with people- or talent-related data.

Salary Range: $91,200.00 - $136,800.00

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.