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Job Title: Lead I – Tableau (Lead Tableau Developer / BI Lead) Role Overview

The Lead Tableau Developer is a senior BI professional responsible for leading Tableau initiatives, defining visualization standards, and delivering scalable, high-performance analytics solutions. This role combines strong hands-on development expertise with technical leadership and stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities

Tableau Solution Leadership

Lead end-to-end Tableau solution delivery (requirements to production support)

Define dashboard standards, best practices, and performance optimization guidelines

Ensure scalability, maintainability, and governance compliance

Dashboard & Analytics Development

Develop complex, interactive dashboards using Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server/Cloud

Build advanced calculations (LOD expressions, table calculations, parameters, actions)

Design KPI-driven dashboards aligned with business objectives

Data & SQL

Write and optimize complex SQL queries across multiple sources

Collaborate with data engineering teams on data modeling and ETL logic

Support integrations with data warehouses and cloud platforms

Governance & Performance

Optimize extracts, live connections, and server performance

Implement data security, row-level security (RLS), and access controls

Ensure adherence to enterprise BI governance standards

Leadership & Mentoring

Mentor developers and conduct design/code reviews

Act as escalation point for production issues

Drive continuous improvement in BI development practices

Must Have Skills

6–9+ years of BI / analytics experience

5+ years of strong hands-on Tableau development experience

Expert-level proficiency in Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server/Cloud

Advanced SQL skills (query optimization, joins, aggregations, performance tuning)

Strong understanding of data warehousing and dimensional modeling

Experience leading Tableau projects or small BI teams

Experience implementing performance tuning and row-level security (RLS)

Strong stakeholder management and requirement-gathering skills

Good to Have Skills

Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)

Exposure to other BI tools (Power BI, Qlik)

Scripting knowledge (Python, R) for data preparation or analytics

Tableau Certification (Certified Data Analyst / Server Certified)

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Exposure to modern data architectures (data lakes, hybrid cloud environments)

Technical Skills Summary

BI Tools: Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server/Cloud, Tableau Prep
Data: SQL, Data Warehousing, Dimensional Modeling
Platforms: On-prem & Cloud Data Sources
Other: Performance Tuning, Security (RLS), Governance, Agile SDLC