Senior People Data Analyst

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, United States
Full-time
$85,000 - $95,000
Posted Nov 12, 2026

Job description

Base Salary: $85,000 - $95,000

Who we are:

Illumia is an industry leader in bringing the best integrated technology solutions to education, healthcare, and business campuses worldwide. Illumia was built on the collective expertise of two legacy cultures, and brings together people, technology, and insight to pioneer the art of the experience across the communities we serve. Be a part of this exciting organization and improving the lives of people doing mission-critical work.

This position is hybrid if local to our office in   Alpharetta, GA  or  Scottsdale, AZ.

Alpharetta, GA  - 1125 Sanctuary Parkway, Ste 220, Alpharetta, GA 30009

Scottsdale, AZ  - 18700 N. Hayden Rd, Ste 230, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

Why join our team?

We strive to provide the best customer experience in the industry and have succeeded with a single, strong motivating principle: We serve our user community.

Our success and growth are directly attributed to our people. Our newly named company is dedicated to fostering a culture of integrity, respect, and continuous personal development. We maintain an entrepreneurial spirit, where creativity, innovative problem-solving, and learning agility drive our day-to-day actions.

Job Summary:  

Leads data and analytics projects and owns People & Culture analytics and business intelligence reporting. Builds and maintains dashboards and recurring reports on workforce trends such as headcount, turnover, retention, hiring and compensation, and turns the data into insights and recommendations for People & Culture leaders. Helps leaders communicate findings to executives through presentations and data storytelling. Works across data from the Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and Culture & Engagement, acts as a cross-functional analytics partner to each of these teams.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

•Lead data and analytics projects for People & Culture from requirements through delivery, coordinating partners, timelines and outputs.

•Own Power BI dashboards and recurring reports on headcount, turnover, retention, hiring, compensation and other workforce trends, with outputs ready for executive review.

•Consolidate data from the HRIS, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and Culture & Engagement using SQL, data modeling and automation, and support data access configuration so workforce data is accessible to the right audiences.

•Identify and resolve complex discrepancies across HR data sources and improve the accuracy and integrity of workforce data.

•Translate complex data into actionable insights, recommendations and executive-level reporting that support decision-making across People & Culture.

•Develop presentations and data stories that help People & Culture leaders communicate findings and recommendations to executives.

•Define and maintain data definitions and standards across People & Culture so metrics are consistent, and build agreement among teams when definitions or sources conflict.

•Design and apply trend analysis, statistical methods and forecasting to workforce data, including for open-ended questions without an established approach.

•Partner across People & Culture functions to understand their needs, objectives and requirements, provide analytics support for their priorities, and recommend priorities for the analytics roadmap.

•Automate recurring data extraction, validation and reporting.

•Guide colleagues with less experience on SQL, Power BI and analytical methods.  

Required Qualifications:

•Bachelor's degree in business, a quantitative field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

•4–6 years of related experience in data analytics or business intelligence, particularly in an HR/People function.

•Experience leading data or analytics projects and guiding less experienced colleagues.

•Advanced SQL skills, including querying, joining and validating data across sources.

•Advanced Power BI skills including dashboards, data models and recurring reports.

•Working knowledge of data modeling and automation.

•Strong data visualization and executive-ready reporting skills.

•Experience creating presentations and data stories that communicate findings and recommendations to leadership audiences.

•Strong written and verbal communication, including explaining complex or sensitive data to non-technical audiences and building agreement among partners.

•Collaborative nature, and strong problem-solving, attention to detail, and sound judgment with confidential workforce data.

  This job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Duties may be added, removed, or modified at any time as assigned by the supervisor in accordance with business needs and applicable law.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment.  Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching.  Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. 

Travel requirements: Up to 20%

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions unless such accommodations impose an undue hardship on the organization.

Base salary offers for this position may vary based on factors such as location, skills, and relevant experience. Some positions may include additional compensation in the form of bonus, equity, or commissions.

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Illumia is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, protected military/veteran status, or any other protected factor.