BI Product Lead

Global University Systems Sofia Bulgaria ICT and Information Systems
Warning! Vacancy expired

Company Description

Global University Systems (GUS) is focused on becoming one of the world’s most dynamic, inclusive, and diverse education organisations. GUS is an international network of higher education institutions, brought together by a shared passion for accessible, industry-relevant qualifications. GUS delivers a wide variety of programmes, including bachelor’s degree programmes, master’s degree programmes, professional training, English Language training, and corporate & executive education. When someone chooses to study at one of our institutions– whether on campus in Europe, North America, or even in their own home – they’re joining a network of 100,000 students worldwide. When you decide to work with GUS, you will be joining an industry leading, global organisation that has a reach in over 150 different countries.

Position

The BI Product Lead leads a team of talented BI developers on delivering actionable reports and dashboard for business stakeholders on the performance of the department.

They gather business requirements from various stakeholders, produce functional development documents for the BI development and QA teams and manage project delivery from scoping to roll-out.

Along with the developers, they also manage change requests and establish post go-live support for existing BI products that they own.

  • Communicates with and manages expectation of senior management and other stakeholders
  • Creates project plan, functional and potentially technical documentation for the BI development team, then prepares project status reports and presents project performance updates to relevant business stakeholders.
  • Ensures progress is accurately communicated and expectations of various stakeholders are managed effectively
  • Looks after BI products through their entire life cycle. From scoping to post-rollout support and change requests.
  • Proactively integrates new technologies for more advanced analytics including and not limited to PowerFlow, PowerApps and Machine Learning
  • Provides Power BI desktop & cloud platform, gateways & administration support and expertise
  • Ensures all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company
  • Suggests improvements/best practices and takes ownership of implementing them.
  • Provides good DAX, data modelling and basic M (Power Query Editor) capability
  • Produce and enhance reports & dashboards
  • Provide technical input and effective data analysis to projects to support the achievement of deliverables to time and budget
  • Maintains knowledge on business and technology trends that impact the business environment

Requirements

  • Essential Requirement- You must have experience working on AWS Redshift, Mircrosoft Power BI, Dataflows, Azure, DAX, Power Query/M and Sharepoint
  • Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or related field.
  • Minimum 3 Years of experience in MS Power BI
  • 5 Years of experience in IT, project management or a related field
  • Exemplary communication skills to collaborate effectively with various teams
  • Experience in producing data structure diagrams, BI development scope/specification documentation/functional requirements
  • Strong project management and organizational skills
  • Very strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to learn quickly and work with best practices
  • Enthusiastic, self-motivated, self-starter and maintains positive attitude.
  • Excellent time management and organizational skills; coordinate complex projects, meet deadlines, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Very good understanding of relational databases
  • Required experience/knowledge of a software or programming environment:
    • MS Power BI, Sharepoint, Azure, Redshift, Dataflows
    • Power query/M, DAX
  • Optional, but preferred experience with:
    • SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, SQL, AWS Glue
    • Other reporting tools like: Tableau, Quicksight

Please note: Can all application CVs be submitted in English and/or with a translated copy

Other information

Please note this position is only available on our Consultancy agreement.

We acknowledge receipt of your resume for a position at Global University Systems and sincerely appreciate your interest in our company.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose qualifications meet our requirements. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you if you are selected to continue for the next stage of the recruitment process. We wish you every success.

GUS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.