Business Intelligence Director

Business Intelligence Director

Ref: BBBH4772

Location: London, The Leather Market, LM.11.2.1, Weston Street, London, GB, SW1E 5ND

Type: Permanent

Salary: GBP, up to 20% bonus, £7 a day contributory lunch allowance

Job Description

Global BI Director:

We are seeking a Global Business Intelligence Director to shape our future strategy and lead the design and development of core data and reporting applications. Collaborating with the Head of Systems and Integration and the Enterprise Architect, you will identify company needs, build fully automated dashboards, create our first Enterprise Data Warehouse, and execute the full strategy. You will oversee data standards and repositories to support business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define solution architecture and delivery for data standards across all company applications, systems, and platforms.
• Ensure application software aligns with data standards and reporting strategy.
• Understand business processes, systems, tools, regulations, and structure to provide valuable intelligence and reporting services.
• Oversee information design for application software and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage design, coding, verification, testing, documentation, amendments, and refactoring of programs/scripts.
• Approve database specifications, maintaining standards and data integrity.
• Install and test complex databases and products to meet internal and customer requirements.
• Design and select critical storage, data center, and client/server environments in line with industry best practices, and provide third-line escalation for global infrastructure solutions.
• Redesign complex software applications or components using agreed standards, patterns, and tools.
• Produce specifications for cloud-based or on-premise components for detailed design.
• Support change programs or projects with technical plans adhering to enterprise and solution architecture standards, including security.
• Evaluate alternative architectures for cost, performance, and scalability.
• Monitor emerging technologies to assess potential impacts, threats, and opportunities.
• Document and present solutions to stakeholders, including business and technical design authorities.
• Evaluate potential risks and defects, analyze specifications, and customize applications.
• Define and manage technology governance processes for the Information and Data landscape.
• Produce documentation for application architecture, design steps, integration processes, and testing procedures.

Technical Experience Required:

• Strong knowledge of architecture and data methodologies, principles, and frameworks.
• A strong familiarity working with data platforms, especially SQL server and PowerBI, are a must-have.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Boston Hale is an equal opportunities employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law.

If you are able to operate across the top-level of an organisation, have an enthusiastic and positive attitude, and can explain the complicated in simple terms whilst driving a Global Organisation's BI environment towards best-in-class technologies and Best Practices, then please get in touch ASAP.

Ready to work with us? Let's talk!