The Power BI Lead is the technical and architectural authority for all BI reporting across MCP/LOS. This person sets the standard - owns the semantic layer, governs the data model, mentors the analyst, and manages intake - while remaining hands-on building the most complex reports and dashboards. The role requires equal parts technical depth, design discipline, and stakeholder credibility across operations, IT/Engineering, and executive leadership. Job Responsibilities Design and own the Power BI semantic layer (datasets, shared models, calculated measures) Define the strategy for sourcing data from both MCP/LOS directly and the data warehouse/mart Establish medallion or equivalent layering conventions for data freshness and reliability Govern gateway configuration, scheduled refresh, and performance optimization Define and enforce naming conventions, measure libraries, and report templates Own workspace organization, access control, and row-level security (RLS) patterns Establish version control and deployment pipeline practices (e.g., PBIP/Git) Maintain documentation standards for datasets, measures, and data lineage Build and own the most complex reports - executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, regulatory outputs Write advanced DAX for complex time intelligence, ratios, and dynamic filtering Design Power Query/M transformations from both MCP DB and warehouse sources Review and approve analyst-produced reports before publishing to business stakeholders Manage and prioritize the BI request intake queue across all stakeholder groups Assign, scope, and review analyst work; provide technical mentorship Represent BI capability in cross-functional planning and project discussions Partner with IT/Engineering on data model changes that affect reporting Advanced Power BI Desktop - complex data models, composite models, DirectQuery Advanced DAX - time intelligence, iterators, context transition, dynamic measures Power Query / M - multi-source transformation, parameterization, error handling SQL proficiency - query optimization, joins, aggregations against relational DBs Familiarity with data warehouse concepts - star schema, slowly changing dimensions Power BI Service administration - workspaces, deployment pipelines, RLS, gateway Version control fundamentals (Git or equivalent) Proven ability to define BI standards and enforce adoption across a team Experience designing executive-facing dashboards with clear KPI storytelling Mortgage/lending industry familiarity - pipeline metrics, pull-through, cycle time, regulatory reporting Ability to translate ambiguous business asks into structured analytical requirements Player/coach orientation - willing to stay hands-on while providing oversight Comfortable presenting to and defending design decisions with executive stakeholders