People Analytics Analyst

Role Description

We are looking for a People Analytics Analyst to join our recently formed People Analytics team and serve as a strategic, data-driven partner to leaders across the business. This role blends strong analytical and technical skills with a consultative, business-facing mindset — someone who loves working with data and using it to influence decisions.

This role will partner closely with HR Business Partners, the People Leadership Team (PLT), senior business leaders, and teams across the broader People organization (e.g., Talent Acquisition, L&D, Total Rewards, Workday), translating complex people data into clear insights, narratives, and recommendations. A significant focus of this role will be supporting Sales and Go-To-Market (GTM) organizations, using workforce data to help leaders understand performance, retention, hiring, and organizational effectiveness within revenue-generating teams. You will report to the Director of People Analytics.

The People Analytics function is entering its next phase of growth — expanding beyond foundational reporting into deeper insights, standardization, and proactive workforce analytics. This role will play a critical part in shaping how people data is used to understand organizational health, guide strategy, and support leaders in solving real business problems.

If you’re excited about being both a hands-on data practitioner and a trusted advisor to the business, particularly in fast-paced, performance-driven environments like Sales, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Serve as a go-to, business-facing People Analytics expert for People Team Business Partners, the People Leadership Team, and senior business leaders.
• Conduct and deliver ongoing workforce analysis, QBRs, and ad hoc analytics that inform and drive better business decisions.
• Lead data storytelling: translate complex people data into clear, compelling narratives and recommendations tailored to executive and leadership audiences.
• Proactively partner with BPs and leaders on strategic areas of focus (e.g., attrition, hiring, performance, mobility, retention, org design).
• Bring curiosity and tenacity to connecting data across disparate people systems.
• Develop rapid 'v0.5' analytical solutions from the front lines, then partner with the broader People Analytics team to scale and productionize them.
• Leverage AI tools and automation throughout your workflow.
• Use data skills, curiosity and People Analytics expertise to develop scalable SQL modeling, business-facing dashboards, automated reporting and AI solutions.
• Drive forward the strategic roadmap of the People Analytics function.

Qualifications

• Experience in a people analytics, HR analytics, or workforce analytics role with meaningful exposure to business-facing stakeholders.
• An endlessly curious analytical mindset.
• SQL proficiency: writing complex, efficient queries is a regular part of your workflow (BigQuery, Snowflake, or similar).
• Strong AI skills and genuine interest in using AI tools to improve how you work.
• Advanced experience with Excel and/or Google Sheets for analysis, modeling, and quick-turn insights.
• Experience with data visualization and BI tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Looker; Grafana BI a plus).
• Experience working with people data from HR systems such as Workday, Greenhouse, LMS platforms, or similar.
• Strong presentation and storytelling skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Resilience and adaptability.
• Comfort operating in a growing, evolving analytics function.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with dbt or analytics engineering concepts.
• Experience helping define analytics strategy, metrics, or reporting standards.
• A passion for building — better datasets, cleaner reporting, or more impactful insights.

Compensation & Rewards

In the United States, the annual compensation range for this role is 143,000 - 172,000 USD. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success.

Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs

• 100% Remote, Global Culture.
• Scaling Organization.
• Transparent Communication.
• Innovation-Driven.
• Open Source Roots.
• Empowered Teams.
• Career Growth Pathways.
• Approachable Leadership.
• Passionate People.
• In-Person onboarding.
• Balance is Key.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique.