Job Title: Lead Power BI Developer
Experience: 12+ Years (5+ Years in Power BI)
Location: Remote
Duration: Contract / Full-Time
Job Summary
We are looking for a Lead Power BI Developer with strong expertise in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Data Modeling, and Microsoft Power BI. The candidate will lead BI initiatives, design enterprise-level dashboards, mentor development teams, and work closely with business stakeholders to deliver scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise Power BI solutions.
• Gather business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Architect and optimize Power BI datasets, semantic models, and reporting solutions.
• Develop complex DAX measures, KPIs, calculated columns, and advanced analytics.
• Design Star Schema and Snowflake Schema data models for reporting.
• Implement Row-Level Security (RLS), Object-Level Security (OLS), and governance standards.
• Optimize report performance, dataset refreshes, and query execution.
• Integrate Power BI with SQL Server, Azure, APIs, SharePoint, Excel, and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Architects, Product Owners, and business teams.
• Lead code reviews, establish BI best practices, and mentor junior developers.
• Manage Power BI Service administration, workspaces, gateways, deployment pipelines, and security.
• Support executive leadership with strategic reporting and analytics initiatives.
Required Skills
• 12+ years of BI/Data Analytics experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Power BI development experience.
• Expert-level DAX and Power Query (M Language).
• Strong SQL and T-SQL development skills.
• Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, ETL/ELT concepts.
• Power BI Service Administration.
• Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Synapse Analytics.
• SSIS, SSRS, SSAS.
• Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.
Preferred Skills
• Microsoft Certified: PL-300 Power BI Data Analyst Associate.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, or Synapse.
• Knowledge of Python or R for advanced analytics.
• Experience leading offshore/onshore teams.