Principal Analytics Consultant (Power BI)

<div class="content-intro"><p>Join<a href="https://www.phdata.io/about-us/"> phData</a>, 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.</p> <p>We're growing fast, and we give our people real ownership over their work. We hire top performers and trust them to deliver results.</p> <p><strong>Why phData?</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.phdata.io/blog/snowflake-ai-partner-of-the-year-phdata-2026/">Snowflake Implementation Partner of the Year — 7 consecutive years</a>, and 2026 Snowflake AI Partner of the Year</li> <li><a href="https://www.phdata.io/blog/phdata-achieves-aws-premier-tier-services-partner-status/">AWS Premier Tier Services Partner</a> — the highest tier of recognition in the AWS Partner Network</li> <li><a href="https://www.phdata.io/blog/phdata-awarded-2025-fivetran-partner-of-the-year/">2025 Fivetran Partner of the Year</a> (4th consecutive year)</li> <li><a href="https://www.phdata.io/blog/phdata-awarded-dbt-labs-2025-partner-of-the-year/">2025 dbt Labs Partner of the Year</a> (3x winner) with Visionary partner status</li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7460802867289931776/">2026 KNIME Customer Excellence Partner of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7470146864122667009/">Preferred Partner in the Anthropic Claude Partner Network</a></li> <li>#1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications</li> <li>600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, and more)</li> <li>Recognized as an award-winning workplace in the <a href="https://www.phdata.io/blog/phdata-named-one-of-the-2025-best-places-to-work-by-the-minneapolis-st-paul-business-journal/">US</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/phdata_we-are-thrilled-to-announce-that-phdata-has-activity-7313364620361023488-dLbY/?utm_medium=ios_app&amp;rcm=ACoAACHsnsAB3KhebxJJDcDQXo4DYIRLe3MzoXE&amp;utm_source=social_share_send&amp;utm_campaign=copy_link">India</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/phdata_phdata-careers-latam-activity-7390039860918747136-bk15/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_ios&amp;rcm=ACoAACHsnsAB3KhebxJJDcDQXo4DYIRLe3MzoXE">LATAM</a></li> </ul></div><h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Role Overview</h4> <p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">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.</p> <p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">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.</p> <p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">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.</p> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Key Responsibilities</h4> <ul> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Lead end-to-end Power BI engagements and workstreams, including planning, discovery, requirements, prototyping, development, testing, deployment, enablement, and adoption.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Establish the overall technical approach, solution architecture, backlog, delivery sequence, and quality standards for scalable Power BI solutions.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">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.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Apply strong practices in dimensional modeling, DAX, Power Query, SQL, data visualization, metric definition, and performance optimization.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Connect Power BI solutions to enterprise data warehouses, data marts, lakehouses, semantic models, and other analytical data structures.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Lead client discovery and working sessions that clarify ambiguous needs, define analytical requirements, align stakeholders, surface tradeoffs, and drive decisions.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Advise clients on Power BI governance and operating models, including workspace strategy, security, access management, deployment practices, platform administration, adoption, and performance.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Review and improve existing reports, semantic models, platform configurations, and deployment practices to identify opportunities for optimization, standardization, and scale.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Manage client expectations through clear communication, status reporting, feedback loops, risk management, transparent escalation, and alignment on decisions and dependencies.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Provide technical leadership and mentorship to consultants and delivery teams; establish a high bar for quality, usability, maintainability, and client value.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Contribute to staffing plans, utilization planning, delivery planning, workstream budgets, estimates, and overall project performance.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Partner with account and practice leaders on discovery, proposals, solution shaping, estimates, and expansion opportunities that deepen client value and support Analytics practice growth.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Develop reusable Power BI accelerators, frameworks, templates, enablement materials, and points of view that improve delivery consistency and market impact.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Support backlog development and ongoing enhancement of analytics solutions after initial implementation.</li> </ul> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">About You</h4> <p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">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.</p> <p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">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.</p> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Required Qualifications</h4> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Experience</h4> <ul> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">7+ years of relevant experience delivering data analytics, business intelligence, or data visualization solutions in an enterprise environment.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">3+ years of external consulting experience, including ownership of client-facing analytics projects or workstreams from kickoff through completion.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience leading complex delivery teams or workstreams and mentoring consultants or technical practitioners.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience contributing to delivery planning, estimates, staffing, utilization, budgets, proposals, or practice development.</li> </ul> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Technical and Functional Skills</h4> <ul> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Demonstrated expertise designing and delivering enterprise Power BI solutions, including semantic modeling, report and dashboard development, DAX, Power Query, data visualization, and performance optimization.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Strong SQL skills and experience working with cloud data warehouses, data marts, lakehouses, semantic models, and analytical data structures.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience with Power BI Service administration and enterprise enablement, including workspace strategy, security roles, access management, deployment practices, platform configuration, governance, and adoption.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Strong understanding of analytics architecture, data modeling, metric definition, visualization design, usability, scalability, and maintainability.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear analytical requirements and communicate recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, and dependencies to technical and executive stakeholders.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Exceptional customer-facing communication, facilitation, project leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Strong problem-solving skills with a passion for learning and applying new technologies, techniques, and procedures.</li> </ul> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Preferred Qualifications</h4> <p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Preferred qualifications help candidates stand out but are not required for success in this role.</p> <ul> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience scaling Power BI across an enterprise, including governance, operating models, adoption, performance, platform optimization, and change enablement.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Microsoft Power BI certification, such as Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience with Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Snowflake, Tableau, Sigma, Alteryx, KNIME, Matillion, Dataiku, Coalesce, or similar modern data and analytics technologies.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience developing reusable accelerators, frameworks, templates, enablement materials, or internal points of view.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience contributing to solution estimates, proposals, discovery activities, and the growth of a consulting practice.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior client stakeholders through complex transformation or modernization initiatives.</li> </ul> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Why phData?</h4> <ul> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Impactful Work: Partner with leading organizations on meaningful data and AI initiatives.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Collaborative Culture: Work with a supportive, high-performing global team that values transparency, autonomy, and continuous improvement.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Growth Opportunities: Access to challenging projects, mentorship, and structured development pathways.</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Values-Driven: We prioritize doing the right thing for our clients, our teams, and our community.</li> </ul> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Benefits at phData</h4> <h4 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">US</h4> <ul> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Remote-first work environment</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">401(k) plan with company match</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Dental and vision insurance</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Home office equipment stipend</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Annual learning and development stipend</li> <li class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Competitive compensation, excellent benefits, four weeks of paid time off, 10 holidays, and other perks</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p style="text-align: left;">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.</p></div>