Business Intelligence Pod Lead

Lifemark Health Group•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$100,000 - CA$140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Lifemark Health Group (LHG) is a market leader in customized healthcare solutions. With over 20 years of service excellence, LHG is one of the largest, most trusted, and most comprehensive providers in Canada. As a national healthcare company, LHG employs over 5,000 highly trained clinicians, medical experts, and team members in almost 400 locations coast to coast and continues to grow both organically and through acquisitions. With that growth is a vision to be the most innovative healthcare provider in community rehabilitation, workplace health and wellness, and medical assessment services. Lifemark was acquired by Loblaw Companies on May 10, 2022. As part of our BI, AI and Data team, we are hiring a BI Pod Lead, a senior role responsible for leading the BI & Reporting function and driving the team's evolution from reactive report delivery to a trusted, decision enabling analytics capability. This role leads a pod of BI developers and analysts, owns the technical and governance standards for the BI function, and partners closely with the Director of BI, AI & Data to execute the organization's analytics strategy.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in BI, analytics, or reporting roles, with at least 2 years in a team lead or senior individual contributor capacity
Demonstrated experience with agile delivery practices and structured intake/prioritization frameworks
Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical work into business language for executive and operational audiences
Strong people leadership skills, able to coach, develop, and hold a team accountable with empathy and clarity
Deep hands-on expertise in Power BI, DAX, Power Query, and dimensional/semantic data modeling
Demonstrated experience establishing and enforcing BI governance frameworks, standards, and quality practices
Proven ability to deliver complex, multi stakeholder analytics products on time and to standard

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Fabric or Azure data platform is a strong asset
Healthcare or enterprise analytics experience is a strong asset
Experience with Python, PowerApps and Power Automate knowledge is an asset.

Responsibilities

Lead and Develop the BI Pod
Manage and mentor a team of BI developers and analysts, setting clear expectations and fostering technical growth
Run structured code and report reviews, acting as the primary quality authority within the pod
Facilitate sprint planning, workload prioritization, and delivery against team commitments
Build team capability through coaching, pairing, and internal knowledge sharing sessions
Support Intake and Prioritization
Manage the BI intake pipeline, triaging incoming requests, applying the scoring model, and sequencing work against strategic priorities
Partner with the Director to communicate capacity, timelines, and delivery status to business stakeholders
Drive Reporting Quality and Governance
Own and enforce development standards across Power BI, DAX, Power Query, and semantic data modeling
Lead the build and ongoing maintenance of the governed Report and Metric Catalog (L1/L2/L3 hierarchy)
Standardize metric definitions across Lifemark domains
Implement peer review and sign off gates before reports are promoted to production
Lead the rationalization of the existing Power BI report estate, retiring low quality and unused reports in partnership with business stakeholders
Enable Scalable Self Service Analytics
Establish a self service framework built on trusted, governed datasets and certified report assets
Balance business user flexibility with strong governance guardrails
Enable analytics at scale without sacrificing credibility or consistency