Power BI Developer

Lead Power BI Developer (12 - month Fixed Term Contract)

Location: Remote

Overview

We are seeking a Lead Power BI Developer to deliver high-quality, scalable reporting solutions within a project-focused environment. This role combines hands-on development, leadership, and strong stakeholder engagement, including interaction with senior leadership and C-suite.

A key focus of this role is to establish and embed Power BI best practices across the organisation, coaching and enabling existing staff to improve capability, consistency, and long-term sustainability of BI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of Power BI dashboards, reports, and data models
• Translate business requirements into scalable, user-friendly BI solutions
• Drive best practice in data modelling, DAX optimisation, and report design
• Own Power BI Service (workspaces, apps, deployment, governance)
• Implement and manage access control (RLS, Azure AD security)
• Establish governance, standards, and lifecycle management processes
• Collaborate with data engineers on pipelines and data model design
• Lead stakeholder engagement, including presenting to senior leadership and C-suite
• Support testing, deployment, documentation, and user adoption
• Mentor team members and provide technical leadership
• Embed Power BI best practices across the organisation through coaching and enablement

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end Power BI solutions in a lead capacity
• Strong expertise in Power BI Service, governance, and deployment
• Deep understanding of access control (RLS, Azure AD groups)
• Advanced DAX and strong SQL skills
• Strong data modelling experience (star schema, performance optimisation)
• Experience with Azure-based platforms and Databricks
• Strong stakeholder management, including C-suite engagement
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences

Desirable Experience

• Databricks experience
• Data warehousing and architecture design exposure
• Experience building large-scale enterprise semantic models
• Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or Navision
• DevOps practices

If you are interested in the role then please apply or reach out!