Practice Lead - Business Intelligence

Datacom

Auckland, New Zealand
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5+ years bi or analytics engineering experience
Strong sql and python skills
Experience with azure cloud data platforms
** Datacom is seeking a Practice Lead for Business Intelligence to oversee their BI and analytics engineering practice at Smartly, a fast-growing FinTech company in Auckland. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and a collaborative mindset to enhance data-driven decision-making across the organization. **

Job Summary

  • This role involves building and leading Smartly's BI and analytics engineering practice as a senior player-coach combining deep technical expertise with strong leadership.
  • You will be responsible for setting standards, architecture, and operating models for metrics, reporting, and self-service analytics to improve trust and decision-making across the organization.
  • The position requires partnering closely with Data Engineering and Data Science leads to ensure governance, quality, and delivery practices are aligned within a single data team.

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** Datacom is seeking a Practice Lead for Business Intelligence to oversee their BI and analytics engineering practice at Smartly, a fast-growing FinTech company in Auckland. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and a collaborative mindset to enhance data-driven decision-making across the organization. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years BI or analytics engineering experience
  • Strong SQL and Python skills
  • Experience with Azure cloud data platforms
  • Proven track record building scalable semantic layers
  • Hands-on experience with Metabase or similar BI tools
  • Modern analytics engineering practices including CI/CD

Nice-to-have

  • Strong stakeholder management and influence skills
  • Pragmatic outcome-oriented mindset
  • Ability to operate in fast-moving ambiguous environments
  • Experience mentoring and recruiting BI practitioners
  • Deep product thinking combined with technical expertise

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years experience in business intelligence or analytics engineering
  • Hands-on experience administering and governing a BI platform
  • Experience leading, mentoring, or managing BI practitioners

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