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Power BI Optimisation Lead
PR/006110_1773408293
Posted: 13/03/2026
- £55000 - £65000 per annum
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
- Permanent
- Technology, Private Sector
Power BI Optimisation Lead
Newcastle upon Tyne
12 Month Fixed Term
£65,000
Car Allowance and 5% bonus
Hybrid working (average 1 day per week in the office)
We are supporting our regular client with a Power BI Optimisation Lead on a 12 month foxed term contract. As the lead within the BI support team you will lead the standardisation of Power BI deployments, introduce smarter reporting tools and monitor capacity usage.
You will encourage and shape best practices and coach developers in the team to create a well-governed and scalable reporting environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Defining enterprise-wide publishing protocols and benchmarks
- Lead centralised data sourcing strategies to elevate performance at scale.
- Lead proactive auditing and monitoring of Power BI model performance, resource utilisation and refresh cycles.
- Develop and embed reusable model templates and modular design frameworks.
- Establish cross-functional communities of practice to embed Power BI optimisation standards across teams.
Who are we looking for:
- Experience in Power BI optimisation and development, inclusive of model design, performance tuning and capacity management.
- Expertise in Power BI architecture, capacity planning and performance tuning.
- Experience in auditing Power BI environments, identifying inefficiencies and implementing solutions.
- Proven experience of improving report performance through strategic model architecture.
- Proficient in DAX, data modelling best practices and Power Query.
Please submit an application if you are interested in hearing more about the role and seeing the full job spec. The role closes for applications on the 20th March so please don't delay with your application.
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