Lafayette , CO
|Onsite
|Contract
Lafayette, CO
|Onsite
|Contract
Join a dynamic analytics team supporting a highly collaborative environment where your Power BI expertise will help improve visibility, decision-making, and operational execution across important business processes. This role combines advanced dashboard development, semantic model design, and practical data management solutions to create reliable, scalable reporting tools that make a real impact.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver clear, intuitive Power BI dashboards and reports that tell a compelling data story for business stakeholders.
- Translate business questions and KPI definitions into effective visualizations, drill paths, filters, and tooltips that support quick decision-making.
- Build and maintain reusable semantic models using dimensional and star schema best practices.
- Develop practical business-facing data solutions such as SharePoint Lists, structured Excel tools, lightweight databases, and Power Platform-based workflows.
- Create and maintain data-entry, validation, reconciliation, and exception-handling processes that improve data quality and traceability.
- Write and optimize DAX measures and Power Query transformations using repeatable, maintainable patterns.
- Apply reporting standards for consistency, accessibility, naming, and documentation across analytics assets.
- Troubleshoot and improve report performance, including refresh timing, query responsiveness, and model size.
- Partner with subject matter experts and end users to prototype, validate, and refine analytics solutions.
- Use version control and peer review practices to support collaborative development and reliable delivery.
- Support analytics delivery with adjacent tools such as SQL, Snowflake, Git, Power Automate, and Power Apps as needed.
- Work independently on moderately complex assignments while helping maintain intake, prioritization, sprint planning, and backlog hygiene.
Skills
- Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of related experience, or a master’s degree with 2+ years of related experience.
- At least 2 years of experience in data modeling and Power BI development.
- Strong working knowledge of Power BI, including dashboard creation, semantic models, and KPI reporting.
- Experience using DAX and Power Query to build maintainable reporting solutions.
- Familiarity with SQL, Snowflake, Git, and branching workflows.
- Ability to work independently with sound judgment and organize ambiguous work into actionable plans.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively across teams and with stakeholders.
- Comfort working in a backlog or sprint-based environment and participating in peer review processes.
- Detail-oriented mindset with a focus on accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement.
Preferred Skills
- Experience working in a regulated or medical device environment.
- Experience translating business needs into analytics deliverables while setting expectations around assumptions, tradeoffs, and timelines.
- Background creating and maintaining business-managed data solutions with documented controls and governance practices.
- Exposure to data ownership, validation checks, reconciliation steps, and user guidance for business data processes.
- Knowledge of report publishing, refresh monitoring, and troubleshooting practices.
- Understanding of row-level security concepts and secure design patterns.
- Experience with performance tuning, including model optimization and DAX improvements.
- Working knowledge of Power Automate, Power Apps, and SharePoint Lists for data capture and workflow support.
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, tools, and requirements.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.
Horizontal is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where different perspectives are valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute and succeed. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and bring their unique experiences to the team.
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