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Principal, HR Analytics Quality

BAE Systems

Falls Church, VAFull-time$101–172K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$101–172K/yr
Location
Falls Church, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Associate's degree

Job overview

The Principal, HR Analytics Quality serves as the final quality checkpoint for Workforce Intelligence deliverables, ensuring dashboards, reports, and analyses meet standards for accuracy and consistency. The role combines auditing with internal program management, supports data governance, and helps establish deliverable templates and standards. It also identifies process gaps and proposes improvements to increase efficiency and quality.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Critical ThinkingRoot Cause AnalysisData AnalysisQuality AssuranceData AuditingPeople DataData VisualizationPower BITableauProject ManagementCommunicationAttention to Detail

Qualifications

6 Years Related Experience2 Years QA, Analytics, Program Management, or Data AuditingAssociate's DegreeComputer Science, Accounting, Sociology, Statistics, Data Analytics, or Related

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

The Opportunity

In a data-driven organization, the cost of an error is high. As the Principal, HR Analytics Quality, you are the final line of defense and the internal driver of excellence. You ensure that every dashboard, report, and analysis leaving the Workforce Intelligence (WFI) hub meets a gold standard of quality and accuracy. By combining program management with rigorous auditing, you help the team scale without sacrificing the trust of our stakeholders.

What You ll Lead in This Role

  • Deliverable Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough audits of all dashboards and reports to ensure data accuracy, logic consistency, and visual alignment.

  • Internal Program Management: Drive internal WFI projects, tracking milestones and ensuring the team meets its roadmap commitments.

  • Data Governance Support: Partner with the Data Enablement lead and HR Technology teams to audit data access and ensure governance policies are being followed.

  • Analytics Structuring: Help define the templates and standards for how deliverables are structured and archived.

  • Process Improvement: Identify gaps in the current "Hub" work and propose improvements to increase efficiency and quality.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Experience: 6 years of related experience (managerial, office, customer service, or data entry), with 2 quality assurance, analytics, program management, data auditing. Must have experience working with people data.

  • Education: Associate s degree required, preferably in a data or analyticsfocused field such as Computer Science, Accounting, Sociology, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.

  • Critical Thinking & Curiosity: Demonstrates strong critical thinking by questioning assumptions, exploring root causes, and connecting patterns across data and processes; approaches problems with curiosity, seeking to understand the why behind issues and proactively identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

  • Analytical Eye: An exceptional ability to spot errors, inconsistencies, or logical flaws in data presentations. Proficiency with Power BI, Tableau, or similar visualization tools.

  • Organization: Strong project management skills with the ability to track multiple moving parts across a team.

  • Communication: Ability to provide constructive feedback to analysts to improve the quality of their work.

  • Mindset: Detail-oriented and disciplined; a "perfectionist" in the best sense of the word.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $101398 - $172377

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Principal, HR Analytics Quality

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How this job compares

Set against the 4,950 open Quality Assurance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$101–172K/yr
  • Virginia median$88–136K/yr80 salary ranges
  • US median$88–144K/yr2,234 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $137K, is 22% above the Virginia median midpoint ($112K) — in the middle half of Quality Assurance salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 135 open Quality Assurance jobs in Virginia and 4,950 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Quality Assurance postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,819 postings).
Education
This posting asks for an associate degree; 1,912 of the 4,950 open Quality Assurance jobs (39%) ask for an associate degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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