Lead Business Intelligence Developer

RK is looking for a hands-on Lead Business Intelligence Developer to own reporting strategy, delivery, and governance while partnering directly with business and executive stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to build RK’s Citizen BI program, mentor developers, and shape the future of the data platform alongside the Senior Reporting Architect. The ideal candidate will have strong Power BI, SQL, Azure, data modeling, and Microsoft Fabric experience and wants technical leadership without stepping away from the hands-on work.

RK

As a second-generation, family-owned enterprise, RK Industries, LLC (RK) offers a diverse range of construction, manufacturing, advanced fabrication and building services. Led by Rick and Jon Kinning, RK represents seven distinct lines of business that work together to provide seamless project collaboration. Our exclusive building methodologies, accredited safety standards and professional execution allow us to turn our customers’ greatest concepts into reality.

The Lead Business Intelligence Developer is a senior technical and business-facing role responsible for the delivery and governance of RK's reporting and analytics solutions, working in close coordination with the Senior Reporting Architect on the overall strategy and direction of the data platform team. This person combines deep, hands-on expertise in Power BI and SQL Azure with the maturity to engage directly with business stakeholders, translate ambiguous requirements into scalable data solutions, and own delivery end-to-end.

In addition to serving as the senior-most technical authority for report and semantic model development, the Lead Business Intelligence Developer owns and grows RK's Citizen BI Developer program, establishing the standards, training, and governance that allow business users to safely build their own reporting content on top of RK's enterprise data platform. This is a hands-on leadership role: the Lead Business Intelligence Developer is expected to design solutions personally, mentor and set direction for other Report Developers, and represent the reporting function in front of executive and non-technical audiences.

Self-motivated and driven, always looking for ways to sharpen the team's skills and stay current with the Azure Data Platform, Power BI, and Microsoft Fabric ecosystems. An innovative thinker who is positive, proactive, and readily embraces change, with a goal-oriented attitude and a strong commitment to end-user satisfaction and data quality.

• Serve as the primary point of business engagement for reporting and analytics initiatives — meeting directly with stakeholders (business analysts, developers, architects, business unit leaders) to define requirements and identify problem areas.
• Own end-to-end solution implementation for reporting and analytics initiatives, from discovery and design through build, deployment, and adoption.
• Establish, lead, and grow RK's Citizen BI Developer program: define governance standards, training curriculum, and a certification/enablement path so business users can build self-service Power BI content responsibly.
• Define and enforce the guardrails between citizen-developed content and RK's enterprise data models, ensuring self-service work stays consistent with data governance, security, and quality standards.
• Design, develop, and maintain data platform solutions to support reporting and analytics, and personally deliver complex or high-visibility Power BI and SQL Azure solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Report Developers and other data platform staff; act as the escalation point for complex reporting and data modeling challenges.
• Work in close coordination with…