
People Analytics Analyst – Employee Listening
Proofpoint
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Sunnyvale • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $92,800 - $136,070 per year
About the role
- Design, manage, and continuously improve employee listening programs
- Partner with stakeholders to design effective surveys, including question development, methodology, timing, and sampling
- Own end-to-end survey execution, including project management, communications, data quality, and vendor coordination
- Analyze and interpret survey results, with a focus on executive organizations and priority talent segments
- Develop clear, compelling insights and storytelling for leaders at all levels
- Operationalize and support action planning efforts, helping leaders translate insights into measurable and impactful actions at scale
- Identify opportunities to evolve listening strategies, tools, and practices to increase impact and adoption across the organization
- Create and maintain dashboards and reports that surface key workforce trends, metrics, and outcomes
- Consult with partners to define meaningful KPIs and success measures aligned to business and people strategies
- Apply analytical and critical thinking to ambiguous questions, turning data into actionable insights
- Document and refine processes related to employee listening and people analytics, including governance, standards, and use cases
- Support data integrity, compliance, and ethical use of employee data in line with internal policies and external regulations
- Contribute to training and enablement efforts that build data literacy and support data-driven decision-making across the organization
- Manage ad-hoc analytics and research requests while identifying opportunities for scalable, self-service solutions
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, People Analytics, Data Analytics, Statistics, Behavioral Science, Human Resources, or a related field
- At least 2 years’ of relevant experience in employee listening, survey research, people analytics, or a related analytical role
- Strong foundation in survey design, measurement principles, and quantitative and/or qualitative analysis
- Experience designing and delivering dashboards using data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and comfort working with complex datasets
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear, actionable insights
- Excellent communication and consulting skills, with the ability to partner effectively across functions and levels
- Experience documenting processes and building scalable analytics or research practices
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of SQL or other querying tools is a plus.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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