Lead Business Intelligence Developer

rkmi; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Schedule 3 onsite / 2 remote

Paid Time Off + 6 holidays

Health Insurance with $100 wellness

401(k) with company match

PerkSpot Employee Discount

Job summary

RK Industries is seeking a Lead Business Intelligence Developer to advance our analytics capabilities. You will partner with executives and technical teams to build scalable reporting, governance, and self-service BI across the organization.

Join a hands-on leadership role that mentors developers, shapes the data platform, and delivers high-visibility analytics using Power BI, Azure, and Fabric in a hybrid environment with onsite and remote work options.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in BI/analytics or enterprise reporting.
• Expert Power BI experience including DAX and semantic modeling.
• Strong SQL and data modeling for enterprise environments.
• Experience with cloud analytics platforms (Azure, Fabric).

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into analytics solutions.
• Own reporting initiatives from discovery through deployment and support.
• Lead Citizen BI governance, standards, and self-service analytics.
• Define data governance, security, and quality standards across reporting.
• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, and semantic models.
• Deliver complex reporting using Power BI, SQL, Azure, and Fabric tech.
• Mentor BI Developers and data platform team members.
• Collaborate with Senior Reporting Architect on long-term data platform strategy.
• Present recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and best practices across BI platforms.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

Data modeling

Leadership

Mentoring

Executive presence

DAX

Self-service BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

OneLake

Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Lead Business Intelligence Developer

Aurora, CO (Hybrid)

$140,000-$170,000 + Benefits
Hybrid Schedule: 3 Days Onsite | 2 Days Remote

Build the data. Enable the business. Shape the future.

The Lead Business Intelligence Developer plays a critical role in transforming data into actionable insights across RK. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with business partnership, helping drive the strategy, delivery, and governance of enterprise reporting and analytics solutions.

At RK Industries, you'll work directly with business leaders, executive stakeholders, and technical teams to build scalable reporting solutions, modernize analytics capabilities, and help shape the future of RK's data platform. You'll partner closely with the Senior Reporting Architect while leading RK's Citizen BI Developer Program and helping establish the standards, governance, and self-service capabilities that empower business users across the organization.

This is an opportunity to remain deeply technical while leading high-impact initiatives, mentoring developers, and building a modern analytics environment powered by Power BI, Azure, and Microsoft Fabric.

What You'll Do

• Partner directly with business leaders, executive stakeholders, and technical teams to identify opportunities and translate business requirements into scalable analytics solutions.
• Own reporting and analytics initiatives from discovery and design through deployment, adoption, and ongoing support.
• Lead RK's Citizen BI Developer Program by establishing governance, standards, training, certification, and self-service analytics best practices.
• Define and enforce data governance, security, and quality standards across enterprise reporting solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, semantic models, and reporting infrastructure.
• Deliver complex and high-visibility reporting solutions using Power BI, SQL, Azure, and Microsoft Fabric technologies.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to BI Developers and data platform team members.
• Collaborate with the Senior Reporting Architect on the long-term strategy, architecture, and evolution of RK's data platform.
• Present recommendations, reporting solutions, and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and best practices across Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and modern analytics platforms.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, data engineering, or enterprise reporting.
• Expert-level Power BI experience, including DAX, Power Query, semantic modeling, and enterprise reporting solutions.
• Strong SQL and data modeling experience with enterprise-scale reporting environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Azure data technologies, or modern cloud analytics platforms.
• Experience designing scalable enterprise data models, data warehouses, and dimensional modeling solutions.
• Proven experience delivering reporting and analytics solutions from business requirements through deployment and adoption.
• Experience building, governing, or supporting self-service BI, Citizen BI, data literacy, or data governance programs.
• Experience mentoring developers, establishing technical standards, and providing hands-on technical leadership.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Power BI Governance and Self-Service Analytics Programs
• Azure Data Platform (Azure Data Factory, Data Lake, Azure SQL, Databricks, or related services)
• Enterprise Data Warehousing and Data Governance
• Custom Data Integrations and Data Migrations
• Manufacturing, Construction, Industrial, Engineering, or Fabrication environments

Why Build Your Career at RK

Own the platform. Help shape the future of enterprise reporting, analytics, and self-service BI across the organization.

Stay hands-on. Continue building solutions while influencing architecture, governance, and technical strategy.

Lead through expertise. Mentor developers, establish best practices, and help elevate the capabilities of the entire team.

Drive business impact. Deliver insights that influence decision-making across construction, manufacturing, fabrication, and business operations.

Build for the long term. Join a second-generation, family-owned company that combines the stability of an established organization with the growth opportunities of an industry leader.

Your Benefits

• Hybrid Schedule (3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote)
• Paid Time Off plus 6 paid holidays
• Health Insurance with a $100 wellness incentive
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee Discount Program through PerkSpot

Build the data. Enable the business. Shape the future with RK.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.