Sr BI Architect

Weekday (YC W21); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday (YC W21) in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Power BI Architect to lead enterprise BI architecture, data modeling, and analytics delivery across Azure-based ecosystems.

You will guide business stakeholders, collaborate with data engineering and cloud teams, and drive BI modernization, governance, and performance optimization at scale.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of BI/ analytics experience.
• Proven enterprise BI architecture and modernization.
• Strong data modeling, semantic layer, and governance.
• Hands-on knowledge of Azure data & analytics.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau and Looker implementations.
• Ability to influence executives and drive data-driven decisions.
• Experience in AI-enabled BI and automated insights.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise BI architecture, standards, and best practices.
• Design and optimize Power BI-led analytics solutions across complex environments.
• Lead data modeling, semantic layer development, governance, and reporting frameworks.
• Collaborate with data engineering and cloud teams to integrate BI with Azure ecosystems.
• Drive BI modernization, cloud transformation, and analytics platform optimization.
• Ensure scalability, security, performance, and governance across BI solutions.
• Mentor BI teams in modern analytics and AI-ready practices.
• Support pre-sales activities, proposals, accelerators, and thought leadership.
• Lead report rationalization, cost optimization, and executive decision-support initiatives.
• Promote AI-enabled analytics and anomaly detection.

Skills

Power BI architecture

Data modeling

Semantic layer

Azure data

Stakeholder management

Leadership

AI-ready BI

Tools

Power BI

Azure

SQL

Tableau

Looker

Job description

This role is for one of our clients.

Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Experience: 14+ 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 judgment. 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-makingExcellent 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