Power BI Lead

86916
Toronto, ON
Contract
9 hours ago

Job Title: Power Bi Lead
Location: Etobicoke, ON (3 days onsite)
Duration: Expected 6 month (extendable)

Role Purpose
The Power BI Lead will create and democratize the enterprise-wide Power BI operating and governance model, enabling guided self-service analytics while ensuring consistency, security, and trust in data. This role bridges business teams, the Fabric platform, and governance functions to scale adoption from 20 to 100+ creators over the next two years.

Key Responsibilities

  • Semantic Layer & Standards
    • Design and maintain certified domain semantic models (Ops, Finance, Commercial).
    • Define DAX standards, measure catalogs, and enforce naming conventions.
    • Develop and maintain Power BI design system (themes, templates, UX patterns).
  • Governance & Compliance
    • Implement workspace taxonomy and Dev/Test/Prod promotion model.
    • Define and enforce RLS/OLS patterns, sensitivity labels, and external sharing rules.
    • Work with the CAB process for production promotions; manage certification of datasets/reports.
  • Lifecycle & Automation
    • Establish ALM/CI-CD pipelines using Fabric Git integration and Tabular Editor.
    • Define testing strategy (data validation, DAX unit tests, performance, security).
    • Monitor refresh reliability and optimize model performance (Direct Lake, hybrid tables).
  • Enablement & Adoption
    • Build self-service playbook, training curriculum, and champion network.
    • Host office hours, manage Teams community, and publish adoption dashboards.
    • Drive consistent look & feel across reports and dashboards.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Expert in Power BI modeling, DAX optimization, RLS/OLS, and performance tuning.
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence).
  • Experience with Purview lineage, sensitivity labels, and data governance frameworks.
  • Familiarity with ALM tools (Tabular Editor, Git, deployment pipelines).
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and enablement leadership.

 

The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$80.00 and CA$90.00

Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.

Tundra Technical Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workplace.

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