Associate Manager – Power BI Architect - Avanade - Remote - Global

As an Associate Manager – Power BI Architect, you will play a key role in designing and delivering enterprise‑scale analytics solutions for Avanade clients using Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric–based analytics architectures, along with Azure data platforms. You will work closely with client stakeholders and delivery teams to translate business needs into well‑architected, performant, and governable analytics solutions. At this level, the role is hands‑on and client‑facing, balancing solution architecture responsibilities with delivery execution, technical leadership, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. Design and deliver end‑to‑end Power BI and Fabric-enabled analytics solutions, including semantic models, datasets, reports, and dashboards aligned to client business objectives. Define Power BI and Microsoft Fabric architectural patterns that support scalability, performance, security, and self‑service analytics. Serve as the Power BI technical lead within a project workstream, contributing to solution quality and delivery success. Design optimized data models using Power BI, Fabric semantic models, DAX, SQL, and dimensional modeling best practices. Integrate Power BI with Microsoft Fabric components (e.g., Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Data Pipelines) and collaborate with data engineering teams on ingestion, transformation, and refresh strategies. Implement governance, security (including row‑level security), deployment, and lifecycle management practices aligned with enterprise and Fabric tenant standards. Communicate architecture decisions and trade‑offs clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders. Mentor and support Power BI developers and analysts through design guidance, reviews, and knowledge sharing.