Power BI Lead

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Architect enterprise BI solutions, semantic models, and reusable datasets with Power BI, Fabric, and Azure services.
• Define standards for dimensional modelling, DAX, Power Query, report design, accessibility, optimization, and documentation.
• Build interactive dashboards, scorecards, and reports aligned with KPIs and business objectives.
• Implement governance, workspace management, deployment pipelines, CI/CD, version control, RLS, and OLS.
• Integrate reporting with Synapse, Data Lake, Databricks, SQL Server, APIs, and enterprise applications.
• Optimize datasets, calculations, refresh processes, and capacity utilization.
• Lead and mentor BI developers and analysts through reviews, knowledge sharing, and delivery oversight.
• Engage stakeholders to translate requirements into measurable analytics outcomes and promote self-service BI.
• Support demonstrations, estimates, proposals, workshops, and continuous improvement using Fabric, Copilot, and emerging BI/AI capabilities.

Required experience and skills

• 7–8 years in BI, Data Analytics, or enterprise reporting, including 4–5+ years of hands-on Power BI experience.
• Advanced Power BI, DAX, Power Query (M), dashboard development, data visualization, and performance tuning.
• Strong knowledge of star and snowflake schemas, dimensional modelling, data warehousing, and semantic models.
• Hands-on SQL, relational databases, ETL/ELT, and Azure data services including Synapse, Data Lake, Databricks, and Fabric.
• Experience governing enterprise BI environments and leading BI projects or development teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, including senior and CXO-level engagement.

Preferred qualifications

• Power BI or Fabric certification is preferred.
• Agile delivery, enterprise analytics transformation, and AI-enabled analytics experience are preferred.