Business Intelligence Lead

We're looking for a Business Intelligence Lead to join a growing Data & Analytics function at a pivotal stage in its development. This is a high-impact, hands-on role that sits at the intersection of business, data and technology; shaping how data is understood, governed and used across the organisation.

You'll act as the primary BI partner to the business, working closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, define reporting priorities and translate requirements into trusted analytics solutions. Alongside this, you'll lead a small team of BI Developers, balancing hands-on delivery with oversight, delegation and quality assurance.

The role offers a hybrid working arrangement, with time split between the Basingstoke office and home working.

The Role As Business Intelligence Lead, you will take ownership of the BI reporting landscape and data models, ensuring analytics solutions are aligned to business priorities and delivered to a consistently high standard.

You'll spend a significant portion of your time engaging with stakeholders, shaping requirements and setting direction, while remaining technically hands-on for complex development and solution design., * Acting as the primary point of contact for BI across the business, building strong relationships with stakeholders and developing a deep understanding of their reporting and insight needs

• Translating business requirements into clear reporting strategies, data models and delivery plans
• Owning and evolving BI data models to ensure they are scalable, well-governed and aligned to business definitions
• Delegating development activity to a small team of BI Developers, providing guidance, review and support to ensure quality and consistency
• Remaining hands-on with Power BI development, including dashboards, paginated reports, data models and complex DAX where required
• Working closely with data engineering teams to ensure source data, transformations and models support robust reporting and analytics
• Establishing and embedding standards for report design, testing, documentation and release
• Implementing controls and checks to improve data quality, trust and governance across BI outputs
• Promoting effective use of data across the business by enabling self-service reporting and improving data literacy
• Coaching and developing BI Developers, setting clear priorities and fostering collaboration and continuous improvement

The Person You're a well-rounded BI professional who enjoys working closely with the business, shaping solutions and guiding others - without losing touch with the technical detail.

• Strong experience delivering Power BI dashboards, paginated reports and data extracts based on stakeholder requirements
• Solid DAX and SQL skills, with the confidence to tackle complex reporting challenges hands-on when needed
• Experience designing and owning BI data models, translating business concepts into clear and usable structures
• Proven ability to engage stakeholders, gather requirements and manage expectations
• Experience reviewing, testing and validating BI outputs to ensure accuracy and reliability
• Some experience leading, mentoring or overseeing the work of other BI professionals

Desirable experience:

• A naturally curious mindset with a desire to understand business processes, source systems and data flows
• Knowledge of Power BI security and access control approaches
• Exposure to data governance, reporting standards or best-practice BI frameworks
• An interest in improving how data is adopted and used across an organisation
• Awareness of modern data and analytics practices, tooling and ways of working