Senior Power BI Lead

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with clients and business stakeholders to understand business objectives, reporting needs, and analytical requirements.
• Conduct requirement-gathering sessions and translate business needs into technical specifications, functional documents, and BI solutions.
• Lead the end-to-end development of Power BI dashboards, reports, and data visualization solutions.
• Design and optimize data models, DAX measures, Power Query transformations, and interactive reports.
• Work with SQL databases and multiple data sources to extract, transform, and analyze data.
• Develop and maintain KPIs, business metrics, and performance dashboards aligned with client objectives.
• Lead technical discussions, solution design, effort estimation, and project planning for BI initiatives.
• Manage client expectations, provide regular project updates, and ensure timely delivery of agreed requirements.
• Optimize report performance, troubleshoot data discrepancies, and ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Establish best practices for dashboard development, data modeling, documentation, and Power BI governance.
• Mentor team members, review deliverables, and ensure quality standards across BI projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, business analysts, and project managers.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Power BI development.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Power BI, DAX, Power Query, and data modeling.
• Proficiency in SQL, including complex queries, joins, aggregations, and data validation.
• Experience developing complex dashboards, interactive reports, and KPI-driven visualizations.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, ETL processes, star schema, and dimensional modeling.
• Experience with Power BI Service, workspace management, scheduled refreshes, Row-Level Security (RLS), and report deployment.
• Ability to understand business processes and convert client requirements into actionable technical solutions.
• Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading client meetings, requirement workshops, solution demonstrations, and UAT sessions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a client-facing environment.

Good to Have

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, or Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Knowledge of data gateways, incremental refresh, deployment pipelines, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, project estimation, and delivery management.
• Experience in leading a BI team or managing end-to-end client projects.