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!

Job Details

Company
Vivo Talent
Location
Nationwide, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£70000/annum
Posted