Intern, People Data Analyst

Neurodegenerative diseases are one of the largest medical challenges of our time. Denali Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing breakthrough therapies for neurodegenerative diseases through our deep commitment to degeneration biology and principles of translational medicine. Denali is founded on the collaboration of leading scientists, industry experts, and investors who share the vision that scientific discovery energetically applied to translational medicine is the key to delivering effective therapies to patients.

You Will Have

• 1-2 years of total information systems technology experience with one of those years specifically focused on HR data analytics and system/data project/program management.
• Recently graduated with an undergraduate degree, or pursuing a graduate degree, in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field.
• You have an unquestionable affinity towards insights upon analyzing data to help make data driven business decisions and have a track record of successfully gleaning meaningful insights from multiple data sources and progressing the evolution of analytics.
• Experience translating complex data into practical, consumable, and understandable formats for both targeted and broad consumption.
• Excellent communication skills, adaptability and you are confident and self-motivated with a low ego.
• Ability to listen, understand, analyze, and develop creative solutions.
• Exceptional collaboration skills and a team-oriented approach to solving problems.
• Strategic, Design thinking, and presentation skills.
• Proven/demonstrated thought leader skills, a strong customer focus, and the ability and desire to be a champion of Denali’s culture and values.

Good For You To Have (additional / Optional)

• Experience working within a HR Team and analyzing HR Data.
• Experience in Biotech, Technology, as well as high-pace, hyper-growth companies is desirable.
• Working knowledge of business analytics tools like PowerBI / Tableau.

You Will Possess These Technical Skills

• Expert level working knowledge of all Microsoft office products.
• Proficiency with adobe products
• Awareness of overall functions of an LMS, HRIS and other HR Systems

A Bird’s Eye View Of Your Role

You will join our team at a critical point in the continued evolution of our business. Just as Denali is leveraging data analytics and cutting-edge technology to transform the industry, the HR Team wants its transformation of HR support, services, and decisioning to be driven by reliable Talent data analytics. You will partner with the business and all HR Team functional leaders to identify key Talent data sources, establish key metrics with meaningful analysis intervals, distinguish important operational reporting from data analysis, and extract relevant insights and translate them into actionable solutions and/or recommendations that will enhance HR Team programs/processes, the employee experience, and ultimately business results.

Your Performance Objectives

• Design and create engaging data visualization (e.g., tables, charts, graphs, dashboards) to reflect analysis outcomes and resulting recommendations in readily consumable formats for each applicable audience (i.e. executives, HR Team, business leaders, or frontline employees) leveraging both quantitative and qualitative approaches to generate meaningful insights and translate them into operational action recommendations. 
• Perform regular data audits to maintain data accuracy and enhance the credibility of and trust in the recommendations and solutions offered by the HR Team by enabling data driven decisioning from reliable and relevant data sources.
• Identify a comprehensive set of key data and relevant metrics that span the entire employment lifecycle by partnering with all HR Team functional leaders.
• Contribute to the HR Team’s objective of creating exceptional employee experiences by collaboratively partnering with all functional areas of the HR Team on all Talent data analysis and technical projects/initiatives.
• Continually assess compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws relative to employee data.

What’s in it for You? (EVP- Employee Value Proposition):

• You will develop/grow your technical project management, data science, and information systems technology skills via hands-on experience analyzing data to deliver descriptive, predictive, and ultimately prescriptive insights that drive enhanced problem solving and decision making.
• The opportunity to be instrumental in the design and delivery of talent insights that enable business success and contribute to Denali being a place where the best people in the industry come together to do the best work of their careers.
• Be a part of collaborative, diverse, respectful, all-inclusive, and fantastic team
• Opportunities to strengthen collaborative relationships between the HR Team and its many stakeholders and partners including line leadership and management, other support functions, and all frontline staff.
• Relevant training opportunities to keep abreast of external trends in Talent Analytics to create and then maintain a talent advantage for Denali.

Denali is committed to its core company value of unity by creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Job Facts

• Start Date: June 2023
• Length of Assignment: 12 weeks
• Location: South San Francisco, CA
• Job Type: Paid Internship