AI-Driven Enterprise BI Leader

First Central Services UK; Haywards Heath; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Job summary

1st Central is seeking a Principal BI Capability Lead to steer the evolution of our enterprise BI and drive a step-change in analytics delivery. You will shape BI standards, governance and ways of working, creating a scalable AI-enabled analytics ecosystem across the business.

You’ll lead the introduction and adoption of AI-powered development, champion self-service analytics, and ensure consistency in KPI definitions and reporting.

Qualifications

• Technical BI & Data Expertise: Power BI, SQL, ThoughtSpot, Databricks, semantic & dimensional modelling.
• Development & Data Engineering Practices: Azure DevOps, source control, CI/CD for BI.
• BI Strategy & Governance: Enterprise standards for modelling, reporting, visualisation, governance.
• AI-Enabled BI Delivery & Transformation: AI-assisted development, automate delivery, improve speed.
• Dashboard Design & Data Storytelling: Strong dashboard design and storytelling.
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical thinking.
• Planning, Organisation & Delivery: Manage priorities with minimal direction.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and governance for the organisation's BI and analytics capability.
• Define and implement enterprise standards for semantic modelling, reporting, visualisation, development and governance.
• Ensure BI solutions are scalable, reusable, performant and aligned with data strategy.
• Champion self-service analytics through reusable semantic models, data marts and certified analytical assets.
• Drive KPI consistency across the organisation.
• Maximise value from investments in Power BI, ThoughtSpot, Databricks and related analytics technologies.
• Maintain strategic oversight of the BI landscape, identifying opportunities for standardisation and reuse.
• Lead the evolution of enterprise reporting frameworks.

Skills

Technical BI & Data Expertise

Development & Data Engineering

BI Strategy & Governance

AI-Enabled BI Delivery

Dashboard Design & Storytelling

Analytical & Problem-Solving

Planning & Delivery

Tools

Power BI

SQL

ThoughtSpot

Databricks

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Job description

1st Central is seeking a Principal BI Capability Lead to steer the evolution of our enterprise BI and drive a step-change in analytics delivery. You will shape BI standards, governance and ways of working, creating a scalable AI-enabled analytics ecosystem across the business.

You’ll lead the introduction and adoption of AI-powered development, champion self-service analytics, and ensure consistency in KPI definitions and reporting.