BI Lead (12-month FTC)

Business Intelligence & Visualisation Lead

Up to £60,000 12-Month FTC (Maternity Cover) Remote (4x a year Birmingham or London)

I'm hiring a Business Intelligence & Visualisation Lead for a nationally recognised organisation at the heart of the UK's tourism industry.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced BI professional to take ownership of reporting, dashboarding, and self-service analytics across the business, supporting stakeholders with the data and insight they need to make informed decisions.

The role

You'll be the sole BI specialist within the Data & Analytics team , responsible for maintaining and developing the organisation's reporting capability during a major period of data transformation.

Working closely with the Head of Data & Analytics, Analytics Lead, Data Engineer, and Business Analyst, you'll play a critical role in ensuring reporting continuity while continuing to develop modern self-service analytics capabilities.

This role combines:

• Power BI development

• Microsoft Fabric reporting

• Data modelling & semantic layers

• Stakeholder engagement

• Self-service analytics

• Reporting governance What you'll be doing Business Intelligence & Reporting

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports.

• Build and improve self-service analytics capability across the organisation.

• Create robust reporting solutions that support evidence-based decision-making.

• Ensure reporting outputs are accurate, scalable, and user-friendly.

Data Modelling & Engineering

• Develop and maintain semantic layers and reporting views.

• Write SQL and DAX to support reporting requirements.

• Work with Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric environments.

• Support the transition away from an external data transformation partner.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Gather requirements from stakeholders across the organisation.

• Translate business needs into effective reporting solutions.

• Present data and insight in an accessible, actionable format.

• Manage expectations around reporting priorities and delivery.

Governance & Delivery

• Maintain reporting documentation and standards.

• Ensure GDPR and data governance compliance.

• Contribute to agile sprint delivery and roadmap planning.

• Identify risks, blockers, and data quality issues proactively.

What they're looking for Essential

• Significant experience in BI, reporting, or analytics roles.

• Strong Power BI experience.

• Strong SQL skills.

• Experience with Azure Databricks.

• Experience developing semantic layers and reporting models.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering skills.

• Experience operating in agile or sprint-based environments.

• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.

Nice to have

• Microsoft Fabric experience.

• Python experience.

• Jira experience.

• Experience with AI-assisted analytics tools such as Power BI Copilot or Databricks Genie.

Why this role?

• Be the key BI expert within the Data & Analytics function.

• Work with modern technologies including Fabric and Databricks.

• Significant stakeholder exposure and business impact.

• Opportunity to shape self-service analytics capability.

• Join an organisation investing heavily in data, analytics, and AI.

Contract

• 12-month maternity cover

• Salary up to £60,000

• Full-time If you're a BI professional who enjoys combining Power BI development, stakeholder engagement, data modelling, and self-service analytics, this is an excellent opportunity to step into a high-impact role.