Power BI Developer Manager

DNS Solutions Inc. seeks a hands-on Power BI Delivery Lead and Associate Manager based in Chicago with a hybrid work arrangement. The role centers on designing, building, and delivering scalable BI solutions within Power BI and the Microsoft data ecosystem, available as a contract/consultant engagement or a full-time W2 position.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end design and deployment of Power BI dashboards, enterprise semantic models, and reporting solutions.
• Architect scalable tabular data models using Azure Analysis Services, Power BI datasets, and Fabric semantic models.
• Champion best practices in data modeling, star schema design, DAX optimization, report performance, and scalable BI delivery.
• Supervise complex DAX calculations, time intelligence, business logic, and enterprise reporting standards.
• Collaborate across the Microsoft Azure and Fabric ecosystem, including ADF, Synapse Analytics, Data Lake, Lakehouse, OneLake, Direct Lake, and Real-Time Analytics.
• Lead integration of Power BI with enterprise applications via Power BI Embedded, REST APIs, and automation workflows.
• Manage and mentor Power BI developers and analysts, delivering technical guidance, code reviews, and design oversight.
• Own delivery timelines, sprint planning, effort estimation, documentation standards, and release management.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into analytics solutions and present insights to senior leadership.
• Establish and enforce BI governance frameworks, covering data quality, metadata, lineage, access control, security, and compliance.
• Define and implement CI/CD practices, deployment pipelines, version control, and capacity management for Power BI Premium and Fabric environments.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of BI and analytics experience with strong hands-on Power BI expertise.
• Advanced proficiency in Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Power BI Premium/Fabric, DAX, Power Query (M), and enterprise semantic modeling.
• Solid SQL skills, relational databases, data warehousing, ETL/ELT, and Lakehouse architectures.
• Experience with Azure data platform tools such as ADF, Synapse, Data Lake, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Proven ability to implement data security, governance, compliance, access controls, RLS/OLS, and data quality standards.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines, release management, and documentation standards.
• Demonstrated capability to lead teams, manage delivery, mentor developers, and liaise with senior business stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, executive presence, problem solving, and stakeholder management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or equivalent experience.

Technologies

• Power BI
• Power BI Desktop
• Power BI Service
• Power BI Premium
• Power BI Embedded
• DAX
• Power Query (M)
• SQL
• Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Azure Analysis Services
• Data Lake
• Lakehouse
• OneLake
• Direct Lake
• Microsoft Fabric
• Git
• Azure DevOps
• Python
• R
• Databricks
• Spark
• REST APIs

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Role Overview

The position combines hands-on BI delivery with architectural leadership. As an Associate Manager and Power BI Delivery Lead, you will steer the design, development, and deployment of scalable BI and analytics solutions, leveraging Power BI and the Microsoft data stack. The role encompasses enterprise BI architecture, technical mentorship, stakeholder management, and delivery ownership.

Posting Summary

This Chicago-based hybrid opportunity targets a hands-on Power BI Associate Manager / Delivery Lead with extensive experience in Microsoft BI, Azure and Fabric governance, stakeholder leadership, and team management.

Compensation

• Contract / Consultant engagement at approximately $85 per hour, depending on experience.
• FTE W2 base salary range of $155,000 to $208,000 per year, depending on leadership scope and technical depth.
• The posting notes an annual pay range of $170,000 to $208,000 per year.

Work Location

Hybrid remote work in Chicago, IL 60617.

NICE TO HAVE

• End-to-end Microsoft Fabric analytics platform experience.
• Databricks, Spark, or broader big data ecosystem experience.
• Python or R exposure for advanced analytics or data science use cases.
• Real-time analytics or streaming data experience.
• Certifications such as Microsoft PL-300, DP-203, AI-900, or related Azure credentials.

LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

• Own delivery of medium to large BI programs.
• Balance hands-on Power BI development with leadership and delivery management.
• Drive governance, scalability, best practices, and reporting strategy across BI initiatives.
• Act as the bridge between business stakeholders, data engineering, analytics, and executive leadership.
• Contribute to the BI roadmap and enterprise analytics capability building.