Power BI Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Dashboard & UI/UX Development (Primary Focus)
• Design and build clean, intuitive, and visually consistent Power BI dashboards tailored to business stakeholders.
• Apply UI/UX best practices, including layout, navigation, theming, readability, and mobile responsiveness.
• Transform ambiguous business questions into clear visual analytic solutions.
• Optimize existing dashboards for performance, clarity, and usability.
• Data Modeling & Dataset Preparation
• Design and develop robust semantic models, star schemas, and reusable datasets for enterprise and departmental use.
• Prepare data for consumption by power users, analysts, and citizen developers.
• Establish dataset best practices including naming conventions, measure patterns, documentation, and data governance.
• Work with IT to evaluate data sources, address data quality issues, and set up efficient data pipelines.
• Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer
• Work with business teams to understand KPIs, reporting needs, and user journeys.
• Partner with IT to ensure data models align with long-term data strategy.
• Provide documentation, guidance, and lightweight training to power users.
• Recommend improvements to reporting processes, dataset governance, and analytics workflows.

Required Skills & Experience

• Technical Skills
• 4+ years of experience building Power BI dashboards and semantic models.
• Strong command of DAX, Power Query (M), and model optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to create clean, modern UI designs in Power BI.
• Experience building and managing shared datasets for enterprise use.
• Solid understanding of dimensional modeling concepts (star schema, fact/dim tables).
• Experience working with complex data sources (SQL, ERP systems, CSVs, cloud data platforms, etc.).
• Soft Skills
• Ability to quickly understand business processes and translate them into analytics solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering polished results.
• Ability to work independently and deliver on tight timelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in manufacturing, supply chain, operations, or similar environments.
• Familiarity with Power BI governance, workspace strategies, and Certified datasets.
• Experience partnering with or advising analytics-minded power users.