Are you ready to take your BI career to the next level? Join an iconic retail brand in Australia with a global footprint. Known for an outstanding industry reputation, our client is dedicated to helping their people grow, develop, and perform at their best. Our client is rebuilding their entire data platform on Microsoft Fabric , and they need a hands-on leader to own the end-to-end delivery: from migrating existing pipelines to building net-new capabilities. We are looking for someone who has led a small team of engineers in a player-coach capacity, and who has proven experience driving a complete data platform migration, ideally from a legacy ETL/BI stack to a modern cloud platform. This is a mid-size business with a lean team, so platform ownership in a resourceful, hands-on environment is key. We’re seeking candidates who can point to specific outcomes: what they migrated, how they led the effort, and what the before-and-after looked like. In this role, you’d lead a small team of three Data Analysts, setting the technical direction for ingestion, transformation, storage, and serving layers while still getting to architect and build alongside the team. This isn’t a pure management role; it’s for someone who wants to stay hands-on while driving a major platform transformation. What You'll Do Lead the Fabric rebuild: architecture, ETL/ELT, data modelling, governance Champion AI – identify and deliver practical use cases (Copilot, Azure OpenAI, Fabric AI) Lead and mentor a team of analysts/engineers while staying hands-on Manage legacy (SQL Server, Pentaho) and decommission it post-migration Own Power BI reporting and stakeholder communication What You Bring (Required) Hands-on team leadership experience Proven experience driving a data platform migration end-to-end, ideally from a legacy ETL/BI stack to a modern cloud platform Platform ownership in a lean environment Strong SQL, data modelling, and medallion architecture experience Power BI proficiency Stakeholder skills – able to translate technical to business language Microsoft Fabric experience (Bonus to have, though not mandatory) Retail knowledge (Bonus to have, though not mandatory) Why Join Them? Career Growth within an iconic retail brand in Australia. Thrilling Projects: Dive into cutting-edge initiatives that challenge and inspire. Dynamic Culture: Be part of a collaborative, fast-paced team that values innovation and creativity. Work Arrangement Our client's headquarters is located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne . This role requires being in the office three days per week .
