Overview The person will be responsible the advanced development on the ‘BI Enablers’ Team as part of the Global - Business Intelligence Center of Excellence. The person should have very strong Business Intelligence skills and will play a critical role in executing key transformations of Global PPD. Driving simplification, standardization and self service capabilities agenda along with enhancing the platform by driving key initiatives that will further drive the adoption of the platform. The person should be able to translate the business requirements into accurate IT/platform development plans and will manage platform development accordingly. Expect some strong data manipulation on excel, PowerBI & Tableau and heavy usage of Nielsen Retail Panel, IRI/Circana and Kantar/GFK/Ipsos Household Panel Responsibilities Own and be accountable for the continuous PPD transformation and development efforts: Design reporting and business intelligence products including visualizations & self-service tools. Manage project delivery, including estimating timelines and identifying risks Collaborate with stakeholders to get clarity on development briefs Proceed with the platform development in collaboration with the Business teams Present products to business users and seek feedback for continued improvement Make data meaningful using advanced visualization techniques to provide actionable insights and intuitive dashboards to a broad spectrum of stakeholders to accelerate decision making. Develop quick designs for data visualization and work iteratively to deliver final output for data driven decisions Act as a thought partner in designing analytics, reporting solutions and advanced development like NLP/NLG solutions and products like recommendation engines, chatbots, virtual assistants etc. Design, configure and unit test these solutions as needed - Design for flexibility (like POC's) as well as scalability (production) Develop, design, maintain business intelligence solutions using Power BI and stay updated and implement latest Power BI features and best practices Maintain documentation and user guides for created products Follow the formal processes for Incidents, Change Requests, Deployments and Service Requests Troubleshoot complex issues and provide root cause analysis and recommendations for permanent solutions Identify ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality. Create well designed, testable, efficient code. Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems. Ensure the processes are documented. Work in an agile environment with the scrum team, participating actively in daily scrum and sprint planning to service the needs of the Business teams by delivering solutions. Maintain strong collaboration & relationship across the board - Global BI Development team, Business teams, IT, Data Modeling and Architecture teams Qualifications Tech/B.E./MCA from reputed institutes 8-10 years of experience with Analytics and developing BI solutions – Expertise in Tableau, PowerBI Experience in Change Management and Transformation journey of platforms Expert on “Point of Sale” (Nielsen, IRI, Kantar etc.) databases/metrics a must Platform engineering experience in designing and implementing AI/ML, NLP/NLG solutions and products like recommendation engines, chatbots, virtual assistants etc. Experience in performance tuning (pushdown logic, calculated columns and measures, data loading strategies, filtering data, variables) Experience in User-centered design, wireframing, knowledge of the data visualization concepts, Development of visualizations and interactivity depending on the context and overall focus on aesthetics Structured thinker / problem solver who works independently with attention to detail Good knowledge of handling databases and proficiency in SQL, Python, PySpark, Custom visuals Excellent communication & presentation skills (verbal & written) is mandatory. Confident communicator, able to express ideas and convey complicated concepts simply Experience working in an Agile team Great Collaborator / Team spirit - Ability to guide/lead peers whenever needed