People Analytics Specialist II (Remote)

The People Analytics Specialist, Level II, will provide insights, research, and analytics for the Global Human Resources (HR) division of Rackspace. This position works closely with global HR Analytics Specialists as well as product managers for HRIS systems. Customers include global HR project managers and other global HR team members (generalists, recruiters, trainers); as well as global managers and global specialists throughout the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for importing, cleaning, transforming, validating or modeling data with the purpose of understanding and drawing conclusions from the data for decision making purposes (this is not a reporting analyst role).
• Delivers assigned tasks on multiple concurrent projects. Coordinates and performs basic technical requirements.
• Collects, pre-processes, and organizes data.
• Maintains and standardizes data sources.
• Conducts statistical analyses.
• Builds predictive models.
• Constructs visualizations for data presentation.
• Interacts with individual contributor level stakeholders.
• Works to transform moderately complex data into business value by discovering interpreting, and communicating data trends.
• Collects and pre-processes data for analysis.
• Applies statistical analysis and modeling techniques to isolate and visualize patterns.
• Presents results in a readily consumable manner for audiences.
• Gathers data from a variety of sources.
• Formulates and tests hypotheses (in a statistically significant way).
• Develops and tracks KPIs.
• Presents results to key stakeholders and executives.

Knowledge

• Intermediate knowledge of reporting technology trends.
• Ability to participate in successfully delivering on global projects.
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Intermediate statistical abilities.
• Critical thinking and phronetic thinking skills.
• Ability to collaborate with all levels and geographies of organization, both technical and non-technical.
• Ability to use and deploy predictive data models, dashboards and KPIs.
• Ability to anticipate problems and opportunities and the initiative to pursue solutions.
• Ability to communicate moderately complex statistical concepts and output to non-experts in both a written and verbal manner.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Statistics or related field required.
• Demonstrated data analysis experience of 3-5 years required.
• Experience in designing and delivering best practice workforce analytics.
• Intermediate metrics and reporting experience.
• Intermediate experience in transforming reporting results into insights and action plans.
• Experience in designing and delivering best practice workforce analytics.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Statistical, project management, and communication tools are used as well.
• Previous Human Resources experience helpful, but not required.
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools such as QlikView a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server a plus.
• Experience with reporting in Workday, iCIMS, and/or Cornerstone a plus.

#LI-AW1#LI-RemoteThe following information is required by the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act and applies only to individuals working in the state of Colorado. The anticipated starting pay range of Colorado applicants for this role is $63,900 – $82,900.  Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. Information on benefits offered is here.About Rackspace TechnologyWe are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future. More on Rackspace TechnologyThough we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.