Lead BI Developer

inploi; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and beauty retailer in Greater London is seeking a Lead BI Developer to drive data solutions and mentor team members. This role involves managing two pods in the Data & BI Team and ensuring effective data governance while collaborating with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in data reporting and knowledge of agile methodologies. Benefits include hybrid working, extensive holiday, and staff discounts.

Benefits

33 days holiday rising to 38

Staff discount codes

30% discount on products

Company pension matching

Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in developing data and reporting solutions.
• Experience in both warehouse and lake house architectures.
• Ability to lead scrum teams and mentor junior members.

Responsibilities

• Support retail and healthcare operations through data solutions.
• Manage the workload of two pods in the Data & BI Team.
• Mentor junior members of the BI team.

Skills

Mentoring

Data governance

Understanding of business needs

Agile methodologies

Tools

Power BI

Fabric

Databricks

Job description

Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!

Location:
Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
Salary: Competitive

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

The Lead BI Developer acts as the technical lead and scrum master supporting the retail and healthcare businesses of Superdrug and Savers, responsible for managing the workload of two pods of the Data & BI Team. Overseeing and building of core reporting and data solutions enabling retail and healthcare operations teams to optimise operations and service customers more effectively.

Here's the exciting bit… A day includes:

• Interacting with team members and stakeholders to scope work.
• Understanding key focus of business areas to provide relevant solutions.
• Innovating the use of our data and reporting solutions to drive insight and action.
• Mentoring junior members of the BI team.
• Managing and planning the workload of two pods within the team.
• Reviewing and approving production ready output from the team.

This job is a good fit for you if:

• You enjoy mentoring through sharing experience and demonstrating high performance
• You know you add value through understanding business need and applying it to technical solutions
• You understand how to apply and improve data governance and standards across our platforms
• You have experience working in an organisation in the early stages of data culture lifecycles.
• You are experienced at providing constructive feedback to team members and understand personal development styles
• You have developed the ability to engage with non-technical colleagues and translate this to technical requirements and scopes
• You are motivated by consistent delivery to the frontline of the business by understanding where data can impact business operations to provide better service to customers

What you’ll need:

• You have extensive experience (5+ years as an individual contributor) in developing data and reporting solutions (Power BI with PL300 preferred).
• You will have considerable experience (3-5 years as part of a data organisation) using data tools and platforms in both warehouse and lake house/medallion architectures.
• Expert understanding of key data architecture principles that form the foundation of data architecture and the governance principles that control them. Beneficial if this includes experience using tools such as Fabric and Databricks in both centralised and hybrid governance models.
• You have experience leading the creation of data assets that service reporting and analytics tools, providing quantify-able value.
• You will have significant experience interacting with business stakeholders to understand business requirements.
• You will understand the core principles of agile, sprints and scrum delivery ways of working. Having experience of leading scrum teams whilst upholding the highest standards.
• Your leadership experience will have equipped you to mentor and guide junior team members to improve performance

Here's what's in it for you:

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• We offer Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
• Come and be part of something special!

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