Lead internal Centre of Excellence team to deliver business support and enhancements
Build the roadmap for PowerBI.

Participate in annual business & budget planning process to build a roadmap for the PowerBI Business Intelligence portfolio as the Project Manager Business Intelligence.

Client Details

A global Retail business based in Oxfordshire is seeking a Project Manager Business Intelligence.

Description

Reporting to the Programme Manager, the Business Intelligence Project Manager is responsible for managing the successful delivery of the Power BI Business Intelligence projects and ensuring the PowerBI Business Intelligence systems and solutions are stable, reliable and well supported. This role will ensure:

• the management of the Business Intelligence area such that projects, continuous development and support are delivered on time, to budget, and with the anticipated level of business benefit
• a high level of structure in the project teams with appropriate governance and adherence to formal frameworks (in a way that is aligned to teams agile way of working)
• the project's financial performance, risks and issues are closely monitored and clearly communicated to IT and business leaders

The Project Manager will be the single point of contact for the business and IT management team and will lead the exploitation of the Business Intelligence portfolio ensuring that the aims and progress are understood, standards are followed and quality is consistently high.

Profile

Extremely strong project management and change management background with a demonstrable track record of operating effectively in a dynamic, fast paced, challenging and delivery focused Project / Programme environments containing blended teams (e.g. permanent, contract, vendor, SI, Business/IT/operational teams, offshore).

Essential competency / experience:

• Minimum 5 years' experience in project management, at least 2 of which are leading complex business change programmes
• Able to demonstrate experience of project delivery
• Formal project management qualifications
• A thorough understanding of all different aspects of project management, and can explain and direct others to deliver these
• Exposure to data warehouse projects or similar data projects
• Relevant experience managing PowerBI / Business Intelligence projects
• Experience of reporting into steering group level
• Excellent interpersonal communications skills
• Extremely well organised and detail oriented
• Confident, driven and have a strong determination to succeed

Desirable competency / experience:

• Certified in Agile / Scrum techniques
• Experience in full spectrum of Software Development Lifecycle
• A good understanding of cyber security and system support
• Exposure to data standards, concepts, and data governance best practice

Understanding of Salesforce, Oracle Financials, SAP SuccessFactors, MRI Software, Planon, and Microsoft BI stack

Job Offer

A chance to join a Digital transformation at inception and take a key role in shaping and delivering the Business Intelligence strategy for this global retail business in Oxfordshire as the Project Manager Business Intelligence.