Lead Power BI Developer / Lead BI Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for a Lead Power BI Developer who will own the BI reporting and analytics platform, drive design standards, and lead a team of BI developers and analysts. You will work closely with business stakeholders and data engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-performance BI solutions that enable data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of Power BI dashboards and reports

• Own BI architecture, data modeling standards, and reporting best practices

• Review and guide team on DAX, Power Query, and data modeling approaches

• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements and define KPIs

• Work closely with Data Engineering on data pipelines, data quality, and data models

• Ensure performance optimization of reports, datasets, and semantic models

• Define and enforce governance, security (RLS), and deployment standards in Power BI

• Mentor and manage Power BI developers and analysts

• Drive adoption of Power BI across the organization and improve self-service BI

• Oversee release management, UAT support, and production support

• Document architecture, standards, and BI solutions

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years in BI / Analytics, with 4+ years of hands-on Power BI experience

• Deep expertise in:

  • Power BI (Desktop, Service, Gateways, Workspaces)

  • DAX, Power Query (M)

  • Data modeling (star/snowflake schemas, semantic models)

• Strong SQL skills (SQL Server / Azure SQL / similar)

• Strong understanding of data warehousing, ETL/ELT, and analytics architecture

• Experience leading BI teams or acting as a technical lead

• Experience working with senior stakeholders and translating business needs into BI solutions

• Experience with performance tuning and large-scale Power BI deployments

• Knowledge of security, governance, and best practices in Power BI

Nice to Have

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, or Databricks

• Experience with CI/CD for Power BI and semantic models

• Exposure to Python or other scripting for data preparation

• Experience in enterprise BI environments

What You’ll Bring

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to think in terms of architecture, not just reports

• High standards for quality, performance, and usability

• Coaching mindset to grow the BI team