Business Intelligence Developer

dmg events; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the exhibitions sector seeks a Business Intelligence Developer to enhance its analytics capabilities. This role involves building dashboards, managing data quality, and collaborating with multiple departments to provide key insights. Ideal candidates will have extensive Power BI and SQL expertise, alongside strong project management skills, contributing to a growing BI ecosystem.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Employee benefits

Collaborative work environment

Exposure to enterprise tools

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in BI/reporting roles.
• Deep expertise with Power BI: DAX, Power Query.
• Strong SQL skills with experience querying cloud data warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Design and build user-friendly dashboards in Power BI for various departments.
• Work closely with teams to gather reporting requirements and enable self-service.
• Write and optimize SQL queries for data extraction and analysis.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

Data Visualization

Project Management

Job description

dmg events is an international exhibitions and publishing company. We attract more than 425,000 visitors to our global portfolio of 80 exhibitions each year. Through our global events, our aim is simple. We want to accelerate business through face-to-face events, which is why we work so hard to bring people together, creating opportunities for them to network, learn and do business. dmg events is part of the Daily Mail Group Trust (DMGT). DMGT Manages a diverse, multinational portfolio of companies with total revenues of £2bn, that provide businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news and entertainment.

Role Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled Business Intelligence Developer to elevate the data reporting and analytics landscape across our events portfolio. This role will be central to enhancing our Power BI ecosystem, building intuitive dashboards, and embedding a culture of self-service analytics across commercial, operations, and marketing teams.

In this position, you’ll partner with cross-functional stakeholders to understand reporting needs, develop scalable BI solutions, and enable business users to derive insights independently. You’ll work with data from Redshift, Salesforce, and other business platforms to ensure accuracy, relevance, and impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Dashboard Development & Data Visualization

• Design and build user-friendly dashboards in Power BI for various departments.
• Create reports aligned with key business KPIs and ensure responsiveness across devices.
• Apply best practices in UI/UX to enhance dashboard usability and adoption.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Self-Service Enablement

• Work closely with commercial, ops, marketing, and product teams to gather requirements.
• Help non-technical users navigate and use dashboards effectively through training and support.
• Translate strategic goals into reporting outcomes that drive action.

Data Quality & Query Optimization

• Write and optimize SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
• Troubleshoot data issues and reconcile discrepancies with upstream sources.

BI Platform Management & Governance

• Manage Power BI workspace, access control, and dataset refresh scheduling.
• Collaborate with data engineering on improvements to the underlying Redshift models.
• Ensure data models are clean, scalable, and easy to use.

Automation & Insight Delivery

• Identify opportunities for automation of recurring reports and data tasks.
• Explore AI-enhanced BI features (summarization, natural language Q&A, etc.) where appropriate.

Documentation & Support

• Document datasets, KPIs, data definitions, and report usage instructions.
• Assist with troubleshooting report issues and ensure consistent business logic.

Requirements:

• Must-Have Skills
• 5+ years of experience in BI/reporting roles.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Power BI: DAX, Power Query, data modeling, workspace management.
• Strong SQL skills with experience querying cloud data warehouses (e.g., Amazon Redshift).
• Experience working with data from CRM and event management systems (e.g., Salesforce).
• Proven ability to communicate with non-technical users and turn requests into effective dashboards.
• Strong project management skills to manage cross-departmental initiatives.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), GA4, or web analytics tools.
• Familiarity with tools like Power Automate or AI Copilot in Power BI.
• Experience in the events, exhibitions, or media industry is a plus.

What We Offer

• A chance to take ownership of a growing BI ecosystem and define how the business consumes data.
• Exposure to enterprise tools like Redshift, Salesforce, and GA4 in a cross-functional environment.
• A collaborative work environment that values innovation and curiosity.
• Competitive salary, performance bonus, and employee benefits.

"Please take the time to read the job description, you must meet all the criteria set out above for your application to be considered. We do check all applications and suitable candidates will be contacted within 5 days. If you are not contacted by us within 5 working days, please consider your application unsuccessful at this time."

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