
BI Engineering Lead
- Rolling Meadows, IL
- $91,000-177,500 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
OverviewWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Lead - BI Engineer to lead the development and delivery of business intelligence (BI) solutions that empower data-driven decision-making across the organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in BI tools and platforms, coupled with leadership skills to guide a team of BI engineers. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to design and implement scalable, efficient, and insightful BI solutions.
How you'll make an impact
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of BI solutions, including dashboards, reports, and data visualizations, to meet business needs.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Oversee the development and maintenance of data models, data marts, and semantic layers to support BI initiatives.
- Ensure the accuracy, reliability, and performance of BI solutions through rigorous testing and optimization.
- Mentor and guide a team of BI engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Evaluate and recommend BI tools, technologies, and frameworks to enhance the organization's analytics capabilities.
- Implement and enforce best practices for BI development, data governance, and security.
- Work closely with data engineering and data science teams to ensure seamless integration of data pipelines and analytics workflows.
- Monitor and troubleshoot BI systems to ensure high availability and performance.
- Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies in business intelligence and analytics.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in business intelligence development, with at least 2 years in a leadership or technical lead role.
- Proficiency in BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, or similar.
- Strong experience with SQL and data modeling for relational and multidimensional databases.
- Hands-on experience with data warehousing concepts and platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
- Familiarity with ETL/ELT processes and data integration tools.
- Solid understanding of data governance, security, and compliance standards.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with cloud-based BI and analytics platforms (e.g., Azure Synapse, AWS QuickSight, Google Looker).
- Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, R) for data analysis and automation.
- Certification in BI tools or data analytics platforms.
- Experience with predictive analytics and machine learning integration in BI solutions
Compensation and benefitsWe offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
- Life and accident insurance
- 401(K) and Roth options
- Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
- Educational expense reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
- Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
- Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
- Training programs
- Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
- Charitable matching gift program
- And more...