Sr. BI Architect

Weekday (YC W21); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday (YC W21) in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Power BI Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale BI and analytics solutions. You will architect end-to-end BI platforms, including data integration, semantic modeling, governance, and performance optimization, while collaborating with business stakeholders, data engineering, and cloud architects.

You will shape analytics strategy, drive modernization, and ensure secure, scalable BI that delivers actionable insights across

Qualifications

• 15+ years of BI, analytics, or data platform experience.
• Deep Power BI, data modeling, semantic layers, and SQL expertise.
• Proven leadership in enterprise BI transformation and modernization.
• Hands-on with Azure data and analytics ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise BI architecture, standards, and best practices.
• Design and optimize Power BI analytics solutions across complex environments.
• Lead data modeling, semantic layer development, metric governance, and reporting frameworks.
• Collaborate with data engineering and cloud teams to integrate BI platforms with Azure-based ecosystems.
• Drive BI modernization, cloud transformation, and analytics platform optimization initiatives.
• Ensure scalability, security, performance, and governance across BI solutions.
• Guide stakeholders in translating business requirements into effective analytics and reporting solutions.
• Mentor and coach BI teams on modern analytics, semantic modeling, and AI-ready BI practices.
• Support pre-sales activities, solution proposals, accelerators, and thought leadership initiatives.
• Lead report rationalization, cost optimization, and executive decision-support platform initiatives.
• Promote adoption of AI-enabled analytics, automated insights, anomaly detection, and narrative BI capabilities.

Skills

Power BI

Data modeling

Semantic layer

SQL

Azure

Leadership

AI-enabled BI

Pre-sales support

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Azure Data Factory

Job description

This role is for one of our clients.

Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Experience: 12+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru

Job Type: full-time

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgement. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

We are seeking a Senior Power BI Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale business intelligence and analytics solutions. This role focuses on architecting end-to-end BI platforms, including data integration, semantic modeling, visualization, governance, and performance optimization. You will serve as a trusted advisor for analytics strategy, working closely with business stakeholders, data engineering teams, and cloud architects to build scalable, secure, and insight-driven solutions.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise BI architecture, standards, and best practices
• Design and optimize Power BI-led analytics solutions across complex business environments
• Lead data modeling, semantic layer development, metric governance, and reporting frameworks
• Collaborate with data engineering and cloud teams to integrate BI platforms with Azure-based ecosystems
• Drive BI modernization, cloud transformation, and analytics platform optimization initiatives
• Ensure scalability, security, performance, and governance across BI solutions
• Guide stakeholders in translating business requirements into effective analytics and reporting solutions
• Mentor and coach BI teams on modern analytics, semantic modeling, and AI-ready BI practices
• Support pre-sales activities, solution proposals, accelerators, and thought leadership initiatives
• Lead report rationalization, cost optimization, and executive decision-support platform initiatives
• Promote adoption of AI-enabled analytics, automated insights, anomaly detection, and narrative BI capabilities

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 15+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics, or Data Platform architecture
• Deep expertise in Power BI, data modeling, semantic layers, and SQL
• Strong experience leading enterprise-scale BI transformation and modernization programs
• Hands-on knowledge of Azure data and analytics ecosystems
• Experience with large-scale deployments of BI platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, and Looker
• Strong understanding of analytics governance, KPI frameworks, and performance optimization
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive data-driven decision-making
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and consulting skills
• Experience in AI-enabled BI, insight automation, and advanced analytics initiatives is highly desirable
• Proven leadership ability with a track record of mentoring teams and building analytics capabilities at scale