Lead Business Intelligence Engineer

What it’s like to be a Lead Business Intelligence Engineer

Reporting to the Director, Business Intelligence & Visualization, the Lead Business Intelligence Engineer is focused on architecting and building high quality, scalable and resilient business intelligence solutions. With a large data ecosystem both on-prem or in cloud, this individual will need to have the technical expertise across the spectrum of the business intelligence lifecycle from the business questions needing to be answered to the data design for the solution and the build / maintenance of high quality designed dashboards. You will help in leading agile product streams partnering with business teams to understand their business domain and how data can empower them with easy to use business intelligence product solutions. You are passionate about the quality of the products you produce and take pride in having your BI solutions help the business better understand and manage its performance.

An ideal candidate will have a passion to foster a team of expert data practitioners and business experts; an analytical mindset, be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, detail oriented and have desire to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. A keen interest in influencing business performance through insights is a must.

We want your talent

If you are great at:

• Being responsible for crafting the MicroStrategy framework and principles that the team developers will adhere to

• The management of the object library to ensure ease of reusability by the team

• Leading and overseeing the technical designs of business intelligence solutions

• Leading the implementation of Business Intelligence solutions using MicroStrategy and Power BI

• Being responsible for ensuring appropriate planning, prioritization and overseeing the delivery of projects through coordinating project-team activities and assist members in achieving objectives as necessary

• Leading in prototyping new or evolving builds of presentation layers for business intelligence purposes

• Partnering with IT in optimization of back end architecture & data models to improve overall system performance & user experience.

If you have:

• B. Sc Computer Science, Mathematics, Stats, Engineering, or equivalent work experience

• 8+ years in business intelligence

• Knowledge in business intelligence tools – must have MicroStrategy (i.e., MicroStrategy, Tableau, Power BI etc.)

• Expert knowledge of data management fundamentals.

• Hands-on experience with advanced SQL/ETL (including writing and tuning SQL scripts), experience in R and/or Python, cloud technologies and databases in a large-scale, complex business environment.

We really mean it when we say we put you first. Here are a few ways how:

• Hybrid work! you get to work from the office and at home 50/50, allowing you to manage both worlds with the ease and flexibility you need.

• We offer competitive salaries and support your financial health through our employee share purchase plan, pension plans, RRSP, discounts on staff insurance, and more!

• We help you prioritize your well-being from day one through flexible health benefits, early leave days, wellness programs, rewards, and recognition programs.

• We are invested in helping you grow in your career through education assistance to complete your CIP, FCIP, CRM or other courses desired, internal mobility, Leadership training and mentoring programs.

• NBFC cares about the community and supports the causes you believe in with donation matching and team volunteer days.

Who we are:

We’re Northbridge Financial. We’re proud to be 100% Canadian and owned by Fairfax Financial. We serve through our Northbridge Insurance, Federated Insurance, and TruShield Insurance brands. We have a reputation for being one of Canada’s leading commercial property and casualty insurance company. Our employees are dedicated to understanding the needs of our customers and we go above and beyond to help Canadian businesses have a safer and brighter future. We’re a company of passionate people who put people first. Do you want to join a team that believes in working hard – and having fun at work – all while making a difference? Look no further than Northbridge.

At Northbridge Financial we embrace and celebrate you and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all! No matter who you are or what makes you unique, we welcome you. Please let us know how we can assist or accommodate you during the selection process.