Senior Data Analyst (Operations Workforce Strategy)

Join the Aurora Data Solutions team as a Senior Data Analyst, Operations Workforce Strategy. In this role, you will forecast, allocate, and optimize operations headcount, working closely with cross-functional teams to analyze data, identify trends, and develop plans that support our operational goals. You will build financial and operational models, create dashboards and reports, and analyze large datasets to uncover trends in labor productivity and attrition. This position requires strong analytical skills, experience in data science or strategic operations, and the ability to communicate complex analyses clearly to senior stakeholders.

• 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.
• Lead monthly headcount data analysis and vendor management strategy reviews to synthesize headcount performance inputs from multiple stakeholders into cohesive strategic recommendations.
• Ownership mentality to drive issues and tasks to completion, with a strong bias for action
• Strong executive presence with demonstrated ability to communicate complex analyses clearly to senior stakeholders
• Exceptional Excel / Gsheets financial modeling skills, SQL, Python and statistical modeling skills and working with business intelligence tools (e.g., Mode, Tableau)
• Bachelor’s degree and / or work experience in a quantitative field (e.g. Operations Research, Business Analytics, Economics, Math, Statistics, Finance)
• 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
• Experience building/maintaining data pipelines and DBT models
• Superior attention to detail
• Track record of multi-functional leadership and excellent stakeholder management to drive rapid, effective execution across the organization
• Strategic mindset with ability to balance detailed analysis with big-picture thinking