Business Intelligence Lead

The Bridge IT Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment company in the UK seeks a skilled Business Intelligence Lead to oversee a business-wide data transformation. This role involves migrating legacy systems to a centralized data warehouse, designing ETL pipelines, and leading a team. The ideal candidate has strong SQL skills, experience with modern BI tools, and excellent communication abilities.

Qualifications

• Comfortable writing complex SQL queries and optimizing performance.
• Experience in designing data warehouses and building ETL pipelines.
• Proficiency in API-based data integration.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the migration from legacy reporting systems to a centralized data warehouse.
• Own the transition to ensure a single source of truth for decision making.
• Oversee the selection and migration to a new BI platform.

Skills

Strong SQL skills

Data warehouse design experience

ETL pipeline building

Knowledge of embedded reporting tools

API-based data integration

Proficiency in BI tools like Tableau

Ability to translate business needs

Mentoring team members

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

Job description

Business Intelligence Lead

Currently looking for a skilled and proactive Business Intelligence Lead to take ownership of a business wide data transformation. You will engage with a stakeholders across the organisation to understand the current landscape before creating and delivering a strategy that migrates current legacy systems to a new data warehouse-driven approach. Ultimately, making data a key enabler for both operational decisions and customer-facing insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Spearhead the migration from legacy reporting systems to a centralised data warehouse.
• Own the transition to ensure there is a single source of truth that drives decision making.
• Work closely with leaders across all business functions to understand their requirements and turn them into clear and actionable insights.
• Oversee the selection and migration to a new BI platform to ensure reports and dashboards are embedded and easily accessible.
• Design and implement ETL pipelines that ensure data flows are efficient and accurate.
• You ll replace old manual processes with automated, streamlined solutions that keeps the business running smoothly.
• Define data governance practices to ensure consistency, accuracy, and security in all reporting and analytics.
• Manage and guide Junior team members, providing coaching, feedback, and leadership.

Key Skills

• Strong SQL skills. Comfortable writing complex queries and optimising performance.
• Proven experience in designing data warehouses and building ETL pipelines.
• Knowledge of embedded reporting tools and integration.
• Experience with API-based data integration.
• Proficiency in modern BI tools like Tableau, Power BI or Looker.
• Ability to translate business needs into actionable insights.
• Experience mentoring or managing team members.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with technical and non-technical stakeholders.