MI​/BI and Analytics Manager

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary - up to £95,500 + annual bonus & benefits

Work Level – 2

Location – Edinburgh, Glasgow or Newcastle, Permanent Office Attendance – Our hybrid working model gives you the best of both worlds - flexibility to work from home and valuable face-to-face time with colleagues. This role typically requires 2 days per week onsite. Closing Date - Applications close on 11.09.2026 at 5pm

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the MI/BI & Analytics capability within Tesco IMS as we continue to strengthen our data-driven culture. The MI/BI and Analytics Manager (known internally as a Principal Engineer) role exists to ensure colleagues can access trusted, timely and actionable insights that support better decision-making across the business. You’ll lead the development of reporting, dashboards, semantic models and self-service analytics capabilities, helping to transform data into meaningful outcomes.

Working closely with Data Engineering, AI & Data Science, Product Managers and business stakeholders, you'll play a key role in establishing reporting standards, driving adoption of Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, and enabling colleagues to make decisions with confidence.

• Deliver trusted reporting, analytics and self-service capabilities that enable data-driven decision-making across Tesco IMS.
• Establish and embed reporting, semantic modelling and visualisation standards that improve consistency, quality and trust in business insights.
• Build, develop and lead a high-performing MI/BI & Analytics team, fostering a culture of insight, continuous improvement and stakeholder collaboration.
• Drive the adoption of Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, increasing self-service analytics capabilities and reducing reliance on manual reporting processes.
• Enable greater business value from data by partnering with stakeholders to define meaningful metrics, KPIs and reporting outcomes.
• Promote reporting rationalisation, reuse and governance to ensure a scalable and efficient analytics estate.

• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing BI, Analytics or Reporting teams within a complex organisation.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, including semantic modelling, dashboard development and self-service analytics.
• Experience defining and implementing reporting standards, governance controls and best practices that improve data quality, consistency and adoption.
• Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, translating business requirements into insightful reporting and analytics solutions.

• Experience scaling Microsoft Fabric and Power BI adoption across an enterprise environment.
• Experience defining KPI frameworks, performance management reporting and executive dashboards.
• Experience supporting advanced analytics, AI or data science initiatives through reporting and semantic model design.
• Experience in ontology in relation to Microsoft Fabric and how this can be used to support AI Agents.

We welcome applications from everyone. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you.

• A generous pension, with up to 7.5% employer contribution, depending on what you put in.
• Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service for you and your family.
• Performance related annual bonus.
• 7.2 weeks holiday, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Colleague Clubcard discount (10-15% + second card to share with someone else).
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Opportunities to Save and Buy as you earn.
• A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities to help you achieve the job and career you want.

As a Disability Confident Employer (Level
2), we’re committed to creating an accessible and supportive environment for all. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, including interviews, to ensure every candidate has a fair opportunity to succeed.

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