The role


This career opportunity is available at Santam Client Solutions for the Business Intelligence Team Leader, who will be based in either Cape Town or Johannesburg


What will you do?


We are looking for a hands-on Business Intelligence Team Leader to lead and grow the delivery of scalable, well-governed Power BI reporting solutions at Santam Client Solutions. You will be responsible for ensuring the successful migration of manual Excel reports to dynamic Power BI dashboards, with a strong focus on reusability, accuracy, and stability.
You’ll manage a small, junior BI team and work across business and IT to ensure timely, validated, and well-documented reporting assets that support decision-making. This role requires a strong mix of technical Power BI expertise, data modeling skills, and delivery management


What will make you successful in this role?

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:


Own the end-to-end Power BI development lifecycle, from Jira ticket to dashboard delivery and post deployment support.
Review and validate junior team members’ work to ensure data accuracy, reliability, and consistency.
Refactor and migrate legacy Excel reports into scalable Power BI solutions using dataflows and standardised models.
Set up and enforce technical documentation standards, refresh schedules, and report governance processes.
Build reusable dataflows and ensure a single source of truth across reports.
Manage the team’s Jira board and support queue, ensuring consistent prioritization and timely delivery.
Collaborate with Central IT to improve data access, data quality, and pipeline reliability.
Work directly with business leaders to understand reporting needs and deliver practical, insight-driven dashboards.
Act as the bridge between Business Analyst (BA) teams and the BI team to ensure clear understanding of requirements, strong technical solutioning , documentation, and alignment to business needs.
Drive the adoption and optimisation of Powerbi and other modern BI technologies to enhance delivery efficiency and innovation.
Maintain a central library of standardised calculations and ensure consistency across all reporting assets.
Coaching and mentoring of junior BI staff


WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

Technical Must-Haves


5+ years of hands-on experience in Power BI development in enterprise environments
Strong proficiency in DAX, M/Power Query, and Power BI Dataflows
Solid SQL skills and understanding of relational data models
Comfortable working in Power BI Premium Capacity environments
Experience working with Jira/DevOps tools for tracking and delivery
Exposure to Microsoft Fabric F64 and Power Automate (advantageous)


Leadership & Delivery


Experience mentoring or leading junior BI developers
Able to manage delivery pipelines, set standards, and enforce good practices
Strong communication and collaboration skills across business and IT
Comfortable with data wrangling from different data environments


PERSONAL FIT


You enjoy rolling up your sleeves to build, debug, and coach
You thrive in messy environments where you bring order and structure
You’re driven by getting things done, not just planning them
You balance technical detail with business understanding
You’re adaptable and can work through data gaps and tech debt


Qualifications and Experience


Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related
5+ years BI development, 2+ years in a leadership/oversight role


Personal Attributes


Drives results
Deciding and initiating action
Leading and supervising
Collaborates
Client focus
Flexibility and adaptability
Cultivates innovation
Strategic decision making
Analytical thinking
Influencing/ gaining commitment
Business acumen
Coaching and development