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The Royal Caribbean Group has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Lead Data Visualization & Business Intelligence reporting to the Manager Data Visualization
Position is onsite and based in Miami FL
Royal Caribbean Group is seeking a Lead Business Intelligence Analyst to serve as the technical and design anchor of the Data Visualization & Business Intelligence (DVBI) team This is the highest individual contributor role on the team — someone who sets the standard for how BI is built visualized and delivered across the organization
You'll own Power BI architecture and data visualization design standards govern how the team interacts with our Databricks Lakehouse platform lead our AI analytics strategy and define the visual design framework that determines how VP- and AVP-level leadership across Revenue Planning Deployment Air Planning and Operations Research experience RCG's analytics
If you're someone who sweats the design details as much as the data model — who can articulate why a bar chart is wrong for a particular use case architect a Databricks SQL Warehouse strategy and still mentor a junior analyst on DAX best practices — this role was built for you
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Own the DVBI data visualization framework — defining visual hierarchy standards typography guidelines color governance chart selection criteria and audience-appropriate design patterns for the entire team
Design the team's most complex executive dashboards — KPI frameworks narrative-driven layouts and multi-page analytical experiences that make insights immediately actionable for senior leadership
Conduct visual design reviews alongside technical code reviews — ensuring every dashboard the team ships meets both the analytical and visual quality bar
Champion accessibility standards — WCAG contrast compliance colorblind-safe palettes and screen-reader-compatible formatting across all DVBI-published content
Govern the Databricks SQL Warehouse strategy — compute configurations query optimization standards and BI-optimized access patterns
Architect Power BI Direct Lake connectivity to Databricks — establishing reusable integration patterns across SQL Warehouses and Fabric Lakehouse
Lead the team's engagement with the medallion architecture — defining Gold-layer consumption patterns and shaping Silver-to-Gold transformation requirements with Data Engineering
Own Databricks Unity Catalog governance — access control lineage tagging and certified data product management for DVBI
Write and review PySpark and Databricks SQL for complex transformations and aggregations that feed the visualization reporting layer
Lead DVBI's AI strategy — governing Power BI Copilot Databricks Genie / LakehouseIQ Fabric AI and Azure OpenAI including visual design standards for AI-generated outputs
Set Power BI architecture standards — composite models shared semantic models RLS deployment pipeline governance and custom visual approval
Mentor all DVBI team members on technical visualization and AI tooling — conducting code reviews design critiques and structured skill-building sessions
Present BI roadmap visualization strategy Databricks platform decisions and AI adoption progress to VP- and AVP-level leadership independently
Qualifications Knowledge and Skills:
7+ years of progressive BI experience with clear evidence of increasing technical scope and leadership over time
Demonstrated excellence in data visualization design — visual hierarchy color theory chart selection executive dashboard design and accessibility standards — with visible evidence of design quality alongside technical capability
Expert-level Power BI mastery — composite models Direct Lake on Databricks and Fabric advanced DAX shared semantic models RLS and deployment pipeline ownership
Production-level Databricks experience — SQL Warehouses Delta Lake notebooks Unity Catalog and Databricks-to-Power BI integration
Advanced SQL across enterprise environments — Databricks SQL Oracle SQL Server and Fabric Lakehouse
Demonstrated experience setting technical and design direction for a team — owning standards leading reviews making architectural and visual decisions
Executive-level communication — you present to VPs and AVPs independently and you make both data and design decisions legible to business audiences
Technical & Design Skills:
Data Visualization — visual hierarchy typography color theory chart selection executive & operational dashboard design WCAG accessibility standards storytelling with data branded theme ownership
Databricks — SQL Warehouses Delta Lake PySpark notebooks workflows Unity Catalog Repos / Git Genie / LakehouseIQ Direct Lake connectivity to Power BI
Power BI Desktop & Service — expert: composite models Direct Lake (Databricks & Fabric) advanced DAX shared semantic models RLS deployment pipelines custom visual governance
SQL — advanced: window functions CTEs query optimization across Databricks SQL Oracle SQL Server and Fabric Lakehouse
Microsoft Fabric — Lakehouse Dataflows Gen2 Direct Lake Real-Time Intelligence and Fabric-Databricks integration
Python / PySpark — production data transformation automation and AI/ML integration (strongly preferred)
AI Tools — Databricks Genie / LakehouseIQ Power BI Copilot Fabric AI Azure OpenAI (expected to lead and govern not just use)
Power Query / M — advanced transformation patterns and dataflow governance
Excel (Advanced) SharePoint Microsoft Teams Power Automate
Preferred:
Experience building or owning a team-wide visualization design system — chart standards color governance accessibility rules and design review processes
Deep Databricks expertise — PySpark Databricks workflows Repos / Git medallion architecture governance and Genie / LakehouseIQ at production scale
Production Microsoft Fabric experience — Lakehouse Dataflows Gen2 Direct Lake and Fabric-Databricks integration patterns
Deep AI tool experience — Power BI Copilot Databricks Genie Azure OpenAI Fabric AI — including governance and visualization guidance for AI-generated outputs
Strong Python / PySpark proficiency — production use for transformations automation and AI/ML pipeline integration
Background in revenue management yield analytics financial planning or travel and hospitality data environments
Master's degree in a quantitative or design-related field
We know there's a lot to consider As you go through the application process our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance and more relevant details to answer any additional questions Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group We'll hope to see you onboard soon!
The position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship
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