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Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights intowhat drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.

About the Role

At Guardant Health, data is a strategic asset that drives better decisions for our people and our patients. As our Staff Workforce Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in defining and executing the vision for how we use workforce data to inform organizational strategy and decision-making. You will not only deliver high-impact analytics but also shape the broader direction of our workforce insights practice- guiding analytics innovation and influencing senior leadership.

This role is ideal for those who blend deep analytical expertise with strategic thinking, and the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights. You will collaborate across People and business teams to ensure our analytics capabilities scale effectively, and always reflect our commitment to equity, transparency, and impact.

What You'll Do

Strategic Leadership & Data Vision

• Drive the strategic direction of Guardant's workforce analytics initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities and organizational goals.
• Shape and advance the company's workforce analytics strategy, designing frameworks for scalable, repeatable insights.
• Represent Workforce Analytics in executive discussions, influencing decision-making through evidence-based insights and data storytelling.

Workforce Analytics & Insights Delivery

• Lead advanced analyses on workforce dynamics including demographics, performance, engagement, attrition, and organizational trends.
• Develop and oversee predictive and statistical models to anticipate workforce risks and opportunities.
• Build and scale dashboards, reports, and data products that empower senior leaders and People partners to make informed decisions.

Collaboration & Cross-Functional Influence

• Partner across People (e.g., People BPs, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Leadership Development) and with business leaders to identify critical workforce questions and deliver insights that address key "moments that matter."
• Engage cross-functionally to align analytics solutions with business strategies and cultural goals.
• Influence senior leadership by synthesizing data into compelling narratives that drive clarity and action.

Team Development & Capability Building

• Establish best practices and scalable frameworks to strengthen the overall analytics function and foster data literacy across People.
• Champion innovation by evaluating and implementing emerging analytics tools, AI-driven insights, and predictive modeling approaches.

Data Integrity & Process Optimization

• Ensure data quality, accuracy, and compliance across systems and analytics workflows.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance data integration and workforce planning efficiency.
• Maintain high standards of confidentiality, data governance, and ethical analytics practices.

What You'll Bring

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Business Administration, HR, or related field required (or equivalent experience); advanced degree preferred.
• Experience: 7+ years in workforce analytics, People analytics, or workforce planning, with experience influencing strategy in a matrixed, high-growth environment (healthcare, biotech, or tech preferred).
• Technical Skills: Expertise in analytics tools and programming languages (e.g., SQL, R, Python), with hands-on experience using Workday, Power BI, and Glint - with a strong emphasis on Workday reporting, data visualization and storytelling. A curiosity for emerging technologies, (particularly AI) is considered essential.
• Strategic & Communication Skills: Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into actionable business narratives for senior audiences.
• Leadership Capabilities:
  • Proven success in setting analytics strategy, and influencing executive decisions.
  • Leading through influence, across cross-functional teams.
  • Commitment to accuracy, equity, and data integrity in all analytical work.

Hybrid Work Model:This section is applicable to onsite employees who are eligible for hybrid work location as specified by management and related policies. Guardant has defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. This range does not include benefits or, if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity. Each candidate's compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, education, job-related skills, job duties, and business need.Primary Location: Remote - Open Position (USA)Primary Location Base Pay Range: $125,100 - $172,050Other US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $125,100 - $172,050If the role is performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is: $132,500 - $182,150

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support, please reach out to ...@guardanthealth.com

A background screening including criminal history is required for this role. GH will consider qualified applicants with criminal arrest or conviction histories in a manner consistent with applicable law including but not limited to the LA County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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