Principal Analyst, HR Analytics
About The Position
The Principal Analyst, HR Analytics supports Human Resources Centers of Expertise (COEs) by providing workforce insights, reporting, analytics, and digital solutions across Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning and Development, and Inclusion, Diversity and Equity. The role serves as a subject matter expert in talent and workforce analytics, connecting HR priorities with operational, financial, and business performance. The analyst partners with HR leaders, program owners, analytics teams, and product teams to frame business questions, deliver actionable insights, and develop reporting and digital solutions that improve HR programs and decision-making. The position is onsite at Medtronic’s Operational Headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, four days per week, with one remote day per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in HR, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Business, or Data Science.
- Experience in HR, people, talent, or workforce analytics.
- Experience connecting workforce data with operational, financial, or business performance.
- Experience developing HR metrics, dashboards, reporting, forecasting, or program evaluation analyses.
- Experience consulting with executive stakeholders and translating complex analyses into actionable business recommendations.
- Experience developing, implementing, or optimizing digital, analytics, artificial intelligence, or self-service reporting solutions.
- Experience utilizing visualization software such as Power BI.
- Experience utilizing statistical software such as SPSS or R.
Responsibilities
- Partner with HR COE leaders and program owners to define business needs, analytical questions, hypotheses, and prioritized analytics solutions.
- Develop HR metrics, forecasts, dashboards, and reporting solutions to support workforce planning, demand forecasting, productivity, and performance measurement.
- Analyze governed workforce, operational, and financial data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and drivers across the employee lifecycle and business outcomes.
- Evaluate HR programs, processes, and implementations to measure impact, effectiveness, and opportunities for improvement.
- Translate complex analyses into clear visualizations, insights, and recommendations for executive, technical, and nontechnical audiences.
- Support the development, delivery, and optimization of HR digital and artificial intelligence tools, including translating user needs into product requirements and enhancement priorities.
- Improve reporting processes and expand scalable, self-service analytics capabilities across HR and business teams.
- Drive adoption of dashboards, tools, and digital capabilities through stakeholder engagement, training, feedback collection, and ongoing optimization.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
- Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
- Health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Health Savings Account.
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
- Life insurance.
- Long-term disability leave.
- Dependent daycare spending account.
- Tuition assistance or reimbursement.
- Simple Steps global well-being program.
- Incentive plans.
- 401(k) plan with employer contribution and match.
- Short-term disability.
- Paid time off.
- Paid holidays.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement, subject to IRS earning minimums.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
