Reporting to the Global Development Director, this leading Global Retailer are looking for a Business Intelligence Development Manager to lead a team of BI Developers in the continued enhancement and delivery of BI solutions to the UK business.

Client Details

Leading Global Retailer

Description

Reporting to the Global Development Director, this leading Global Retailer are looking for a Business Intelligence Development Manager to lead a team of BI Developers in the continued enhancement and delivery of BI solutions to the UK business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with IT teams and management to devise a data strategy that addresses business requirements
• Identify and evaluate current data management technologies
• Determine database structural requirements by analyzing business operations and applications
• Develop database solutions for both operational and analytical systems.
• Create logical and physical data models to support IT applications and work with the DBA to implement physical database structures based on those models.
• Develop and implement data governance program and maintain the data dictionary for the organization
• Develop strategies for data acquisition and data archiving
• Development and implementation of data standards
• Ensure documentation is complete and up to date
• Monitor the quality of data within the warehouse pro-actively seeking to identify issues and put in place suitable solutions before they impact the business
• Work according to the team SDLC following set standards and procedures for solution development and documentation
• Continue the expansion of the newly created Data Warehouse to include additional data sources and reporting
• Develop and execute a multi-year BI technology roadmap that addresses business goals and objectives
• Establish a data governance process, including data standards, and monitor for adherence

Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems (or equivalent work experience)
• Good understanding of commonly-used BI concepts (data warehousing, data marts, cubes, and self-service reporting)
• Extensive experience with Multi-Dimensional and Star Schema Database design, SQL Server, other relational databases (IBM UDB, Oracle), SQL, multi-tier architecture and deployment, OLAP and Client/Server architectures. MS SQL Server experience preferred.
• Extensive experience with relational and multi-dimensional data modeling
• Experience with data governance and development of data dictionary.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, showing a high degree of self-motivation and initiative.
• Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and/or SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is a plus.
• Experience with Power BI and MS Azure is a plus.
• Hands on experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining complex data models for operational and analytical applications, both logical and physical data models.
• Ability to work on multiple projects and prioritize business tasks.
• Extensive experience developing and supporting applications in a Microsoft environment. Additional platforms are a bonus.

Profile:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems (or equivalent work experience)
• Good understanding of commonly-used BI concepts (data warehousing, data marts, cubes, and self-service reporting)
• Extensive experience with Multi-Dimensional and Star Schema Database design, SQL Server, other relational databases (IBM UDB, Oracle), SQL, multi-tier architecture and deployment, OLAP and Client/Server architectures. MS SQL Server experience preferred
• Extensive experience with relational and multi-dimensional data modeling
• Experience with data governance and development of data dictionary
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, showing a high degree of self-motivation and initiative
• Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and/or SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is a plus.
• Experience with Power BI and MS Azure is a plus.
• Hands on experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining complex data models for operational and analytical applications, both logical and physical data models
• Ability to work on multiple projects and prioritize business tasks
• Extensive experience developing and supporting applications in a Microsoft environment. Additional platforms are a bonus

Job Offer

Opportunity to lead continued BI Development Programmes

Opportunity to provide input to International BI Development Strategy