Business Intelligence Lead Engineer

This is a senior leadership level role as a BI Lead Platform Engineer and will blend both deep domain & technical expertise with a great passion for Data, the BI Industry, related Technologies, Trends and Best Practices. You will provide technical leadership to design the highest quality, integrated customer-centric platform solutions, whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting other engineers in the team. Take a hands-on approach, prioritizing platform enablement in the following key areas:

• Building, scaling, and managing our BI Strategic Platforms and Tools
• Developing and maturing a new Semantic/Knowledge Layer
• Shaping the future of our BI Marketplace as a self-service product, integrating Q&A and Conversational Analytics capabilities
• Setting strategies and blueprints for BI Data Pipelines across GCP and our strategic BI Tools, focusing on monitoring, delivery efficiency, governance frameworks, and collaborative ways of working
• Contributing to the evolution of a high-performing team that values trust, healthy conflict, accountability, and a growth mindset are amongst our key values.
About the Team: Sitting within the AI & Analytics Platform, this role is part of the Business Intelligence as a Service Lab - a dynamic and agile team that thrives on collaboration and innovation. With members across the UK and India, our effective group empowers everyone to contribute ideas and drive change. We foster a culture that values speed and efficiency while prioritising the well-being of our people, trust, and accountability. We embrace diversity and encourage all team members to challenge the status quo, pushing boundaries to discover better solutions. If you are passionate about making an impact and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where your voice is valued, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Passion for innovative BI solutions and a strong interest in problem-solving skills enable the creation of simple and effective solutions. You communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences and demonstrate a continuous curiosity, actively encouraging new approaches. Your experience includes:
• Self-service BI deployments (Tableau and/or Power BI; Looker is a plus)
• Implementing and scaling BI platforms in large, complex organizations
• BI in the cloud/BIaaS experience, particularly with Power BI in cloud environments
• Understanding connectivity strategies for BI and data governance
• Monitoring BI tools through admin views and tools like Tabmon, Logshark, or Lumberjack
• A solid grasp of data pipelines in the context of BI consumption
• Leading and mentoring engineers, fostering their skills and capabilities
• Resilience in navigating challenging projects
If you lack some of these requirements but can demonstrate learning agility with technical acumen and proficiency, you are ready to make a meaningful impact and to innovate, and you can talk us through your ideas for the future of the BI space, we encourage you to apply!

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies