Job Description
Key Responsibilities / Duties:
Lead and Mentor:
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to analytics team members, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing. Guide junior and mid-level staff in best practices for Power BI development, data modeling, and platform administration.
Strategic Platform Ownership:
Serve as the principal owner for the Power BI platform, setting standards, defining best practices, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Partner with non-technical business leaders to drive the migration to Power BI from legacy platforms (e.g., Crystal Reports), ensuring a smooth transition and high user adoption.
Data Optimization Leadership:
Architect and oversee the implementation of optimized, scalable, and secure data sets and dashboards, collaborating with business and technology teams to resolve complex issues.
Project Leadership:
Lead analytics projects from conception through delivery, proactively identifying risks and opportunities, and ensuring timely, high-quality outcomes.
Platform Administration: Oversee and continuously improve Power BI administration, including:
* Managing Power BI service and enterprise data gateway
*Overseeing user, group, and Active Directory integration
* Automating and monitoring platform management activities
* Managing Power BI premium capacity and deployment pipelines
Governance and Best Practices:
Establish and enforce governance, security, and compliance standards for Power BI usage across the organization.
Training and Enablement: Develop and deliver training programs for business users and technical staff, empowering teams to maximize the value of Power BI and related analytics tools.
Experience / Knowledge:
* Minimum of 8 years of experience in analytics, with at least 5 years of hands-on experience with Power BI, including platform administration and solution architecture.
* Demonstrated expertise in building, optimizing, and managing complex Power BI dashboards and data models.
* Experience leading migrations from other BI tools to Power BI, including training and supporting non-technical users.
* Advanced knowledge of relational databases, dimensional data modelling, SQL, data warehousing, and dashboard design.
* Proven experience with Power BI administration, including security roles, scheduling, subscriptions, and user/group management.
* Experience with Power BI Report Builder for pixel-perfect reporting.
* Familiarity with Power Automate, Tableau, and/or Alteryx is a plus.
*Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience training and mentoring both technical and non-technical audiences.
* Experience with AWS Cloud (S3), Snowflake, and working in Agile & DevSecOps environments.
* Prior experience in the Asset Management industry is a plus.
* Demonstrated success working as part of a global and/or remote team.
Formal Education:
* Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems and/or equivalent work experience
