Principal Analytics Consultant (Power BI)

phData
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward experienced Power BI consultants comfortable with leading complex analytics projects and mentoring teams, with a preference for remote work and global collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years of enterprise analytics experience and a track record of leading client projects from start to finish
    — “7+ years of relevant experience delivering data analytics, business intelligence, or data visualization solutions in an enterprise environment.”
  • Individuals who have mentored consultants and led delivery teams in a consulting environment
    — “Experience leading complex delivery teams or workstreams and mentoring consultants or technical practitioners.”
  • Professionals with strong technical skills in Power BI and cloud data structures, and who enjoy shaping enterprise solutions
    — “Design and develop Power BI semantic models, reports, dashboards, data products, and self-service analytics experiences that are intuitive, performant, governed, and aligned to business outcomes.”

Things to consider

  • This role may require significant travel or client interaction despite being remote-first
    — “You will work closely with client executives, business stakeholders, technical teams, account leaders, and consultants across phData.”
  • Candidates must be comfortable with ambiguous business needs and delivering solutions with strong consulting judgment
    — “You will lead client discovery and working sessions that clarify ambiguous needs, define analytical requirements, align stakeholders, surface tradeoffs, and drive decisions.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in translating ambiguous needs into scalable analytics solutions
    — “Translate ambiguous business needs into scalable analytics products that support better decisions and sustainable ways of working with data.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to lead and mentor teams in a remote-first setting
    — “Provide technical leadership and mentorship to consultants and delivery teams.”
  • Showcase your expertise in Power BI governance and enterprise adoption strategies
    — “Advise clients on Power BI governance and operating models, including workspace strategy, security, access management, deployment practices, platform administration, adoption, and performance.”
  • Emphasize your skills in dimensional modeling, DAX, and performance optimization
    — “Apply strong practices in dimensional modeling, DAX, Power Query, SQL, data visualization, metric definition, and performance optimization.”
  • Include examples of developing reusable Power BI accelerators and frameworks
    — “Develop reusable Power BI accelerators, frameworks, templates, enablement materials, and points of view that improve delivery consistency and market impact.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • led Power BI engagements
  • designed and developed Power BI solutions
  • managed client expectations
  • reviewed and improved existing reports
Typical background
deep Power BI expertisestrong consulting judgmentexecutive presence

Skills & requirements

Required

Power BIData ModelingReportingDashboardingData VisualizationSQLDAXPower QueryDimensional ModelingPerformance OptimizationData Governance

Preferred

SnowflakeAWSAzuredbtKnimeFivetranConsulting JudgmentExecutive PresenceDelivery Leadership

Stack & domain

Power BISnowflakeAWSAnthropicGleandbtFivetranKnimeSigmaAzureDataikuPower QuerySQLData VisualizationMetric DefinitionPerformance OptimizationEnterprise Data WarehousesData MartsLakehousesSemantic ModelsAnalytical Data StructuresWorkspace StrategySecurityAccess ManagementDeployment PracticesPlatform AdministrationAdoptionPerformanceConsulting JudgmentExecutive PresenceDelivery LeadershipClient DiscoveryWorking SessionsCommunicationStatus ReportingFeedback LoopsRisk ManagementTransparent EscalationAlignment On Decisions And DependenciesData And AI ConsultancySnowflake Implementation PartnerAWS Premier Tier Services PartnerFivetran PartnerDbt Labs PartnerKnime PartnerAnthropic PartnerCloud CertificationsAward-winning Workplace

About the role

Original posting from phData

Join phData, a remote-first data and AI consultancy company with employees across the United States, Latin America, and India. We partner with industry leaders, including Snowflake, AWS, Anthropic, Glean, and dbt, to solve the complex data and AI challenges that slow large enterprises.

We're growing fast, and we give our people real ownership over their work. We hire top performers and trust them to deliver results.

Why phData?

Snowflake Implementation Partner of the Year — 7 consecutive years, and 2026 Snowflake AI Partner of the Year

AWS Premier Tier Services Partner — the highest tier of recognition in the AWS Partner Network

2025 Fivetran Partner of the Year (4th consecutive year)

2025 dbt Labs Partner of the Year (3x winner) with Visionary partner status

2026 KNIME Customer Excellence Partner of the Year

Preferred Partner in the Anthropic Claude Partner Network

#1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications

600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, and more)

Recognized as an award-winning workplace in the US, India and LATAM

Role Overview

phData is looking for a Principal Analytics Consultant who specializes in Power BI to lead complex analytics engagements and help customers realize measurable value from their data.

In this role, you will combine deep Power BI expertise with strong consulting judgment, executive presence, and delivery leadership. You will guide clients from strategy and discovery through solution design, development, deployment, governance, and adoption. You will translate ambiguous business needs into scalable analytics products that support better decisions and sustainable ways of working with data.

You will work closely with client executives, business stakeholders, technical teams, account leaders, and consultants across phData. You will also help shape Power BI delivery standards, reusable accelerators, enterprise adoption approaches, and the continued growth of the Analytics practice.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end Power BI engagements and workstreams, including planning, discovery, requirements, prototyping, development, testing, deployment, enablement, and adoption.

Establish the overall technical approach, solution architecture, backlog, delivery sequence, and quality standards for scalable Power BI solutions.

Design and develop Power BI semantic models, reports, dashboards, data products, and self-service analytics experiences that are intuitive, performant, governed, and aligned to business outcomes.

Apply strong practices in dimensional modeling, DAX, Power Query, SQL, data visualization, metric definition, and performance optimization.

Connect Power BI solutions to enterprise data warehouses, data marts, lakehouses, semantic models, and other analytical data structures.

Lead client discovery and working sessions that clarify ambiguous needs, define analytical requirements, align stakeholders, surface tradeoffs, and drive decisions.

Advise clients on Power BI governance and operating models, including workspace strategy, security, access management, deployment practices, platform administration, adoption, and performance.

Review and improve existing reports, semantic models, platform configurations, and deployment practices to identify opportunities for optimization, standardization, and scale.

Manage client expectations through clear communication, status reporting, feedback loops, risk management, transparent escalation, and alignment on decisions and dependencies.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to consultants and delivery teams; establish a high bar for quality, usability, maintainability, and client value.

Contribute to staffing plans, utilization planning, delivery planning, workstream budgets, estimates, and overall project performance.

Partner with account and practice leaders on discovery, proposals, solution shaping, estimates, and expansion opportunities that deepen client value and support Analytics practice growth.

Develop reusable Power BI accelerators, frameworks, templates, enablement materials, and points of view that improve delivery consistency and market impact.

Support backlog development and ongoing enhancement of analytics solutions after initial implementation.

About You

You are a client-focused analytics leader who enjoys solving complex data problems and creating practical, well-designed solutions. You bring strong technical judgment and can move comfortably between business strategy, analytics architecture, hands-on Power BI development, executive conversations, and team leadership.

You are comfortable leading through ambiguity, influencing without authority, and operating in distributed, global teams. You communicate clearly with both technical and business audiences and are energized by helping organizations establish sustainable, value-oriented ways of working with data.

Required Qualifications

Experience

7+ years of relevant experience delivering data analytics, business intelligence, or data visualization solutions in an enterprise environment.

3+ years of external consulting experience, including ownership of client-facing analytics projects or workstreams from kickoff through completion.

Experience leading complex delivery teams or workstreams and mentoring consultants or technical practitioners.

Experience contributing to delivery planning, estimates, staffing, utilization, budgets, proposals, or practice development.

Technical and Functional Skills

Demonstrated expertise designing and delivering enterprise Power BI solutions, including semantic modeling, report and dashboard development, DAX, Power Query, data visualization, and performance optimization.

Strong SQL skills and experience working with cloud data warehouses, data marts, lakehouses, semantic models, and analytical data structures.

Experience with Power BI Service administration and enterprise enablement, including workspace strategy, security roles, access management, deployment practices, platform configuration, governance, and adoption.

Strong understanding of analytics architecture, data modeling, metric definition, visualization design, usability, scalability, and maintainability.

Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear analytical requirements and communicate recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, and dependencies to technical and executive stakeholders.

Exceptional customer-facing communication, facilitation, project leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.

Strong problem-solving skills with a passion for learning and applying new technologies, techniques, and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications help candidates stand out but are not required for success in this role.

Experience scaling Power BI across an enterprise, including governance, operating models, adoption, performance, platform optimization, and change enablement.

Microsoft Power BI certification, such as Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate.

Experience with Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Snowflake, Tableau, Sigma, Alteryx, KNIME, Matillion, Dataiku, Coalesce, or similar modern data and analytics technologies.

Experience developing reusable accelerators, frameworks, templates, enablement materials, or internal points of view.

Experience contributing to solution estimates, proposals, discovery activities, and the growth of a consulting practice.

Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior client stakeholders through complex transformation or modernization initiatives.

Why phData?

Impactful Work: Partner with leading organizations on meaningful data and AI initiatives.

Collaborative Culture: Work with a supportive, high-performing global team that values transparency, autonomy, and continuous improvement.

Growth Opportunities: Access to challenging projects, mentorship, and structured development pathways.

Values-Driven: We prioritize doing the right thing for our clients, our teams, and our community.

Benefits at phData

US

Remote-first work environment

401(k) plan with company match

Dental and vision insurance

Home office equipment stipend

Annual learning and development stipend

Competitive compensation, excellent benefits, four weeks of paid time off, 10 holidays, and other perks

phData celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at phData. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at People Operations.

Source: phData careers

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