Data Analytics Senior Analyst – Recruiting Analytics, Research & Competitive Intelligence - Contractor Role

Salesforce•Indianapolis, IN

5d•$99,400 - $163,500

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a consultative, strategic, data-savvy analyst to join its Recruiting organization. The role sits at the intersection of market research, competitor analysis, and talent acquisition, translating complex data and insights into recommendations that support strategic business decisions and organizational growth. The analyst will research talent-market trends and competitor hiring activity, develop actionable hiring strategies and leadership recommendations, support recruiting stakeholders with timely research, and build resources, tools, and dashboards that make intelligence accessible. The role also partners with Workforce Planning, IT, and Data Engineering on the approach and system needs for Recruiting Analytics and Competitive Intelligence, and works to identify opportunities to use AI agents to accelerate insight delivery and improve quality. This is a contractor role.

Requirements

3–5+ years of experience in consulting, data analytics, market research, or recruiting intelligence.
Experience turning ambiguous questions into structured problem statements and scoped analyses.
Strong analytical and data-storytelling skills, including the ability to turn complex data and analyses into compelling executive-level narratives.
Experience with competitive-intelligence frameworks, research methodologies, and benchmarking, and translating findings into actionable insights.
Experience using LinkedIn Talent Insights (LTI) to pull and analyze talent flows.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Collaborative mindset and ability to manage multiple stakeholder requests and shift direction as priorities change.
Passion for talent strategy and the competitive hiring landscape.
Prior Talent Intelligence or Talent Mapping experience.
Experience with Tableau or other data-visualization tools.
Curiosity and willingness to grow and upskill in relevant tools and technical languages.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a Recruiting or HR organization.
Experience with Revelio, Draup, Lightcast, or other market-standard competitive-intelligence platforms.
Experience with Workday ATS and HCM.

Responsibilities

Translate ambiguous recruiting competitive-intelligence questions into structured problem statements and scoped analyses, identifying relevant data sources and metrics and ensuring the work addresses business questions.
Conduct ongoing competitive intelligence and market research on talent-market trends and competitor hiring movements using benchmarking frameworks.
Turn research findings into data-backed hiring strategies and clear leadership recommendations, and monitor outcomes over time.
Partner with recruiting teams and organizational stakeholders, managing incoming intelligence and research requests and supporting strategic workforce decisions with timely research.
Develop and maintain resources, tools, and dashboards that make intelligence accessible and actionable for the recruiting team.
Automate manual reporting processes to scale insight delivery.
Work with Workforce Planning, IT, and Data Engineering to determine approaches and system needs for Recruiting Analytics and Competitive Intelligence strategy and data accuracy.
Identify and implement opportunities to use AI agents to accelerate competitive-intelligence information and analysis delivery and improve insight quality.