Principal Data & AI Analyst

Location: Brisbane CBD
Discipline: Technology
Job type: Permanent
Salary: 150000
Contact name: Tim Smith

Contact email: tim@talentlink.com.au
Job ref: 1440781
Published: 9 days ago
Shape the Future of AI-Powered Decision Making
We're partnering with a well-known Australian organisation embarking on a significant AI and Data transformation journey.

This newly created role sits at the intersection of Business Intelligence, Data Architecture and Artificial Intelligence, focused on enabling trusted, AI-driven insights for senior business stakeholders.

Rather than building reports all day, you'll help design the semantic models, governance frameworks and AI capabilities that allow business leaders to interact with data in entirely new ways.

If you're a senior BI professional excited by AI, semantic modelling, Databricks and the future of analytics, this is an opportunity to help build something genuinely innovative.

The Opportunity
As Principal Business Intelligence Analyst – AI Enablement, you'll work closely with business leaders across Finance, Marketing, Pricing and Operations to solve complex business challenges through data and AI.

You'll play a key role in designing trusted data foundations, enabling AI-powered self-service analytics and ensuring AI-generated insights remain accurate, governed and business-ready.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and govern semantic data models and business logic layers
  • Build trusted frameworks for AI-powered analytics and reporting
  • Partner with senior stakeholders to solve complex business challenges
  • Drive AI enablement initiatives across BI and analytics functions
  • Work closely with Data Engineering and AI teams to deliver scalable solutions
  • Develop reusable analytical frameworks, context models and governance standards
  • Validate and assure the accuracy of AI-generated business insights
  • Support the evolution of modern self-service analytics capabilities
About You
  • Strong experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics or Reporting environments
  • Advanced SQL skills and experience working with complex data models
  • Strong Power BI experience including semantic models and dataset governance
  • Experience with Databricks, modern cloud data platforms or enterprise analytics ecosystems
  • Exposure to AI-enabled analytics, GenAI tools or AI-assisted reporting environments
  • Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into meaningful analytical solutions
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and consulting capability
  • Experience working with senior business leaders and decision-makers
What's On Offer
  • Newly created role with significant influence across the organisation
  • Opportunity to help shape AI strategy and capability
  • Work with modern Data, Analytics and AI technologies
  • High visibility role with executive stakeholder exposure
  • Brisbane CBD location
  • Collaborative, forward-thinking culture
  • Long-term career growth within a business investing heavily in data and AI

For a confidential discussion, contact Tim Smith at TalentLink 0481 787 115 / tim@talentlink.com.au