Power BI Lead

Global GBM; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Global GBM Lead role seeks an experienced Power BI Leader to design, develop and govern scalable enterprise BI solutions using Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and the Azure data ecosystem. Strong data modelling, stakeholder engagement and hands-on leadership will be essential to deliver secure, high-performing analytics solutions.

You will mentor BI developers, enforce governance, and drive KPI‑driven reporting across the organization, collaborating with IT and business stakeholders to enable

Qualifications

• 7-8 years in BI, analytics or enterprise reporting.
• 4-5+ years hands-on Power BI experience.
• Experience with governance, security and enterprise BI environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect enterprise-grade BI solutions with Power BI, Fabric and Azure data services.
• Define and enforce dimensional modelling standards, DAX, Power Query and report design.
• Develop interactive dashboards and reports aligned with KPIs and business needs.
• Implement governance, workspace management, CI/CD, version control, RLS and OLS.
• Integrate reporting with Azure Synapse, Data Lake, Databricks and SQL Server in collaboration with data engineering.
• Optimize large datasets and refresh processes for scalability and reliability.
• Lead and mentor BI developers and analysts through reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into measurable analytics outcomes and self-service BI adoption.
• Support solution demonstrations, project estimations and client workshops with Fabric and AI capabilities.

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Power Query

SQL

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Services

Azure Synapse

Data Lake

Databricks

Job description

POWER BI LEAD | Business Intelligence & Analytics

Experience: 7-8 Years | Function: Business Intelligence, Analytics & Reporting

Duration: One year extendable

ROLE SUMMARY:

We are seeking an experienced Power BI Lead to design, develop and govern scalable enterprise BI solutions using Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and the Azure data ecosystem. The role combines hands‑on technical leadership, strong data modelling and visualisation expertise, team mentoring, and close engagement with business and technology stakeholders to deliver secure, high‑performing and actionable analytics solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and architect enterprise‑grade BI solutions, semantic models and reusable datasets using Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services.
• Define and enforce development standards for dimensional modelling, DAX, Power Query (M), report design, accessibility, optimization and documentation.
• Develop interactive dashboards, scorecards and reports aligned with business KPIs, operational needs and strategic objectives.
• Implement governance, workspace management, deployment pipelines, CI/CD, version control, Row‑Level Security (RLS) and Object‑Level Security (OLS).
• Integrate reporting solutions with Azure Synapse, Data Lake, Databricks, SQL Server, API Endpoints and other enterprise applications in collaboration with data engineering teams.
• Optimize large datasets, complex calculations, refresh processes and capacity utilisation to ensure scalability, reliability and strong user experience.
• Lead and mentor BI developers and analysts through solution reviews, code reviews, knowledge sharing and delivery oversight.
• Partner with business stakeholders, IT teams and senior leadership to translate requirements into measurable analytics outcomes and drive self‑service BI adoption.
• Support solution demonstrations, project estimations, proposals, client workshops and continuous improvement using Fabric, Copilot and emerging BI/AI capabilities.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• 7-8 years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics or enterprise reporting, including 4-5+ years of strong hands‑on Power BI experience.
• Advanced expertise in Power BI, DAX, Power Query (M), dashboard development, data visualisation and performance tuning.
• Strong knowledge of star schema, snowflake schema, dimensional modelling, data warehousing and semantic model design.
• Hands‑on experience with SQL, relational databases, ETL/ELT workflows and the Azure data ecosystem, including Synapse, Data Lake, Databricks and Microsoft Fabric.
• Proven experience governing enterprise BI environments and leading BI projects or development teams.
• Excellent analytical, communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, including interaction with senior and CXO‑level stakeholders.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Microsoft Power BI or Fabric certification; experience with Agile delivery, enterprise analytics transformation and AI‑enabled analytics.