Senior Data Analyst, Workforce Strategy

Aurora Innovation•San Francisco, CA

4d•$115,000 - $167,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Aurora is seeking a Senior Data Analyst, Workforce Strategy to join the Operations Excellence team in San Francisco, CA. This role will focus on forecasting, allocating, and optimizing all operations headcount to align resource plans and schedules with hiring and vendor engagement strategies. The analyst will be instrumental in shaping the company's staffing and vendor management strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze data, identify trends, and develop plans to support operational goals. This position requires strategic thinking, workforce needs analysis, and the ability to drive progress in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in data science, management consulting, investment banking, engineering operations, FP&A, or strategic operations, ideally in a fast-scaling tech environment.
Bachelor’s degree and / or work experience in a quantitative field (e.g. Operations Research, Business Analytics, Economics, Math, Statistics, Finance).
Exceptional Excel / Gsheets financial modeling skills, SQL, Python and statistical modeling skills and working with business intelligence tools (e.g., Mode, Tableau).
Experience building/maintaining data pipelines and DBT models.
Strategic mindset with ability to balance detailed analysis with big-picture thinking.
Track record of multi-functional leadership and excellent stakeholder management to drive rapid, effective execution across the organization.
Strong executive presence with demonstrated ability to communicate complex analyses clearly to senior stakeholders.
Superior attention to detail.
Ownership mentality to drive issues and tasks to completion, with a strong bias for action.

Responsibilities

Partner with Operations, Strategy, Recruiting, and Finance leaders to forecast and align headcount needs against organizational strategy and roadmap.
Build sophisticated financial and operational models that connect business drivers to staffing requirements, recruiting / vendor management plans, and budget implications.
Build intuitive dashboards, metrics, and reports that highlight staffing utilization, labor productivity constraints, and capacity gaps.
Partner with senior Operations and Finance leaders to develop scenarios balancing service levels, cost optimization, and growth objectives.
Apply probabilistic modeling, Python-based simulation modeling, and artificial intelligence to simulate cost & efficiency trade-offs and resource optimization.
Lead monthly headcount data analysis and vendor management strategy reviews to synthesize headcount performance inputs from multiple stakeholders into cohesive strategic recommendations.
Analyze large, disparate datasets to uncover statistical trends in labor productivity and attrition.
Monitor workforce KPIs and identify program gaps or execution issues that impact profitability and scalability.
Improving data integrity and automating manual reporting workflows to increase functional efficiency.