What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager, BI Development & QA position at Jobright.ai?
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Job Summary:
Circle K is seeking a strategic and technically skilled Manager to lead their Business Intelligence (BI) Developers and Quality Assurance (QA) professionals. This role involves overseeing the delivery, support, and quality of BI solutions, driving operational excellence, and fostering a culture of innovation and accountability.
Responsibilities:
• Manage and mentor a team of BI and QA Engineers, providing technical guidance, professional development, and performance feedback.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of Power BI dashboards, tabular models, and analytics products.
• Ensure the QA function maintains high standards in requirements traceability, data and reporting standards validation, regression testing, and automation across BI solutions.
• Collaborate with the BI Lead to prioritize backlog items, resolve technical blockers, and maintain alignment with business stakeholders.
• Establish and enforce best practices in code versioning, peer reviews, governance, and documentation standards.
• Monitor production systems and lead incident response efforts to quickly address data issues, performance degradation, or report failures.
• Coordinate with infrastructure and security teams to ensure the BI ecosystem is compliant, scalable, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Lead roadmap planning for BI platform enhancements and automation initiatives to drive efficiency and innovation.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and team structure planning to scale BI delivery capacity as business needs evolve.
• Promote a continuous improvement mindset, encouraging cross-team collaboration and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Ensure all development work adheres to compliance and data governance requirements, including data access control and auditability.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 8 years of experience in BI development or data engineering, including 3 years in a managerial or team lead capacity.
• Deep technical expertise in Power BI, DAX, SQL, and AAS/SSAS tabular models.
• Proven experience managing QA practices, including manual and automated testing frameworks in data/BI environments.
• Strong understanding of security best practices, including role-based access, least privilege principles, and audit tracking.
• Experience building and leading high-performing, distributed teams, with a focus on coaching and people development.
• Effective project management skills with the ability to prioritize, schedule, and track multiple initiatives in parallel.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, focusing on translating technical work into business value.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
Preferred:
• Familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure BI stack
• Advanced degrees or certifications in Power BI, Azure, or QA frameworks
Company:
Our mission at Circle K is to make our customers' lives a little easier every day. Founded in 1951, the company is headquartered in Laval, Quebec, CAN, with a team of 10001 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.
