Tech Lead - Power BI

James Douglas; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

James Douglas is seeking a Tech Lead – Power BI to guide design, development and delivery of enterprise-scale BI solutions from Pune. You will shape Power BI architecture, data models, and governance, working with global business and technology teams.

Responsibilities include leading dashboards, data flows, and semantic models; advancing Power BI Premium/Fabric, CI/CD, and BI DevOps; ensuring governance, security, and stakeholder alignment; mentoring BI professionals and translating business

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in BI and analytics, including technical/team leadership.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, AI or related field.
• Advanced hands-on expertise in Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Premium/Fabric, data modelling, and DAX optimization.
• Strong experience with Power Query, DirectQuery, Import, Dataflows, and data connectivity/ingestion.
• Strong understanding of Azure data services, including Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Experience implementing BI DevOps practices, including deployment pipelines, versioning, CI/CD, and ALM Toolkit.
• Proven experience mentoring BI teams with stakeholder management and delivery orientation.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Power BI dashboards, reports, semantic models, dataflows, and self-service analytics solutions.
• Define Power BI architecture and develop high-performance data models, including dimensional modelling and DAX optimization.
• Drive platform evolution across Power BI Premium/Fabric, gateways, and workspace governance, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Industrialize BI solutions through development-to-production processes, CI/CD, deployment pipelines, ALM Toolkit, and other BI DevOps practices.
• Ensure data governance, security, access management, lineage, and compliance with enterprise architecture standards.
• Lead and mentor Power BI Developers, Data Analysts, and Reporting Engineers while collaborating with Product Owners, business stakeholders, Data Governance, and data engineering teams.
• Translate business requirements into analytical solutions and ensure consistent delivery quality, operational stability, and business value.

Skills

Power BI

DAX optimization

Data modelling

BI architecture

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

CI/CD

ALM Toolkit

Azure data services

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Power Query

DirectQuery

Dataflows

Power BI Service

Premium/Fabric

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field

Tools

Power BI Desktop

Power BI Service

Premium/Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Job description

One of our clients, a leading global energy and low-carbon solutions organization, is looking to hire a Tech Lead – Power BI to lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale BI and analytics solutions. The role will drive Power BI architecture, data modelling, BI engineering practices, and platform governance while working with global business and technology teams.

Responsibilities:

Lead end-to-end delivery of Power BI dashboards, reports, semantic models, dataflows, and self-service analytics solutions.

Define Power BI architecture and develop high-performance data models, including dimensional modelling and DAX optimization.

Drive platform evolution across Power BI Premium/Fabric, gateways, and workspace governance, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions.

Industrialize BI solutions through development-to-production processes, CI/CD, deployment pipelines, ALM Toolkit, and other BI DevOps practices.

Ensure data governance, security, access management, lineage, and compliance with enterprise architecture standards.

Lead and mentor Power BI Developers, Data Analysts, and Reporting Engineers while collaborating with Product Owners, business stakeholders, Data Governance, and data engineering teams.

Translate business requirements into analytical solutions and ensure consistent delivery quality, operational stability, and business value.

Qualifications:

7+ years of experience in BI and analytics, including experience in a technical/team leadership capacity.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.

Advanced hands-on expertise in Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Premium/Fabric, data modelling, and DAX optimization.

Strong experience with Power Query, DirectQuery, Import, Dataflows, and data connectivity/ingestion.

Strong understanding of Azure data services, including Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, and Microsoft Fabric.

Experience implementing BI DevOps practices, including deployment pipelines, versioning, CI/CD, and ALM Toolkit.

Proven experience mentoring BI teams with strong stakeholder management, delivery orientation, and ability to translate business requirements into analytical solutions.

Location: Pune