Reporting & Data Architect Lead

DEPLOY has been retained to find a Reporting & Data Architect Lead combines advanced reporting development with enterprise-level data governance and architectural this role you will own our clients enterprise reporting platformdesigning robust Power BI solutions managing shared data models and ensuring the reporting environment remains secure scalable and high-performing.

You will also own our clients enterprise reporting standards and governance framework ensuring reporting across all departments is consistent trusted and aligned with best practices. This includes defining reporting conventions reviewing changes onboarding departmental report creators and stewarding enterprise reporting assets such as certified datasets and endorsed reports.

At the enterprise level you will architect our clients data frameworkdefining how data is structured named documented and shared across ERP operational manufacturing and corporate systems. You will own the enterprise data dictionary the centralized semantic model and key architectural decisions around Microsoft Fabric and other data tooling. This role interacts frequently with executives to align data strategy with organizational growth and reporting needs.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Reporting (Hands-On Development)

• Build optimize and maintain enterprise-grade Power BI reports dashboards datasets and data models.
• Develop and govern shared semantic models and reusable datasets that power enterprise-wide reporting.
• Use Microsoft Fabric Dataverse and related ETL/data management tools to shape and integrate reporting data sources.
• Manage dataset refresh schedules performance tuning workspace organization gateway configuration and reporting system reliability.
• Implement row-level security (RLS) workspace access patterns and enterprise reporting permissionsResponsible with the Director of Technology Accountable.
• Manage reporting governance artifacts including certified datasets endorsed reports and enterprise workspace standards.
• Support reporting scalability as our client grows (new factories new business units new product lines).

Enterprise Reporting Standards & Governance

• Own our clients enterprise reporting standards framework covering naming conventions modeling patterns documentation practices lifecycle management visual design standards and change control.
• Govern reporting development and deployment across the organization to ensure consistency and prevent duplicate or conflicting models.
• Review and approve reporting change requests data model modifications and access requests.
• Lead documentation and enablement for departmental report creators through training guidance and structured onboarding.
• Provide strategic direction around reporting maturity sustainability and enterprise alignment.

Enterprise Data Architecture

• Design and maintain our clients enterprise data architecture framework across ERP operational manufacturing and corporate systems.
• Own the enterprise data dictionary defining canonical field names table structures business definitions and version control practices.
• Build and govern the centralized semantic model that powers reporting across the company.
• Advise and strongly influence enterprise-level decisions around Microsoft Fabric data modeling strategy and long-term architectural directionand own the work that follows those decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering and system owners to coordinate schema changes data integrations and cross-system alignment.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Partner with C-suite and senior leaders to define reporting roadmaps enterprise priorities and data strategy.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts in clear business-friendly terms.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that require unified data structures or scalable reporting.
• Apply automation (Power Automate Fabric pipelines) and AI tools to improve reporting efficiency data quality and governance workflows.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Deep hands-on expertise with Power BI Microsoft Fabric data modeling and cloud data platforms.
• Track record of establishing and enforcing enterprise reporting standards and governance.
• Strong architectural intuition: semantic modeling master data definition cross-system alignment and scalable design.
• Able to operate as both an individual contributor and a strategic leader.
• Experience managing reporting governance artifacts (certified datasets endorsed reports workspace strategy).
• Comfortable influencing architectural decisions and guiding technical execution.
• Strong command of foundational tools and languages such as:
  • DAX
  • Power Query / M
  • SQL
  • Fabric pipelines / ETL tooling
• Experience with automation and AI-assisted analytics workflows.