Principal Technical Architect – Business Intelligence

Overview

Principal Technical Architect for Business Intelligence in the Digital & Technology team at General Mills India Centre. This individual contributor role defines and executes BI architecture, delivering scalable, standardized, and user-friendly data visualization and insights solutions. Reports to the D&T Head/Sr. Manager and works closely with Enterprise and BI Architecture teams in an agile environment.

What you'll do

• Drive BI architecture, semantic layer strategy, and governance across Looker, LookML, BigQuery, Tableau, and related platforms.
• Design scalable BI solutions, AI-enabled analytics, dashboards, metrics, and enterprise data models aligned with architecture standards.
• Lead AI/GenAI initiatives including RAG, agent architecture, orchestration, knowledge management, and governance.
• Establish reusable modeling patterns, KPI definitions, Git/CI-CD practices, testing, and change control processes.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve technical challenges, optimize performance, and deliver user-friendly analytics solutions.
• Develop prototypes, conduct technology assessments, and ensure compliance with enterprise standards and best practices.
• Translate complex business problems into actionable BI, semantic modeling, and AI-driven solutions.
• Partner with business stakeholders and product teams to lead BI strategy, engagement, execution, and delivery.
• Define enterprise standards, reusable frameworks, and tool rationalization strategies.
• Lead POCs and technology evaluations considering scalability, security, performance, integration, and cost.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration, establish key metrics, and drive data-informed business decisions.
• Coordinate issue resolution, system improvements, and continuous enhancement of BI capabilities.

What you'll need

• 15+ years of total experience with 10+ years of relevant experience in the Business Intelligence Architecture space (POC, technical assessment, infrastructure ecosystem, data engineering, data warehousing).
• Deep experience building enterprise semantic layers (e.g., Power BI DataMart/Composite Models, Cube.js, dbt Semantic Layer, LookML).
• Strong communication skills, capable of translating business requests into technical requirements and articulating the pros and cons of different technologies, platforms, design, and architectural options.
• Proficient in data and analytics tools and services, preferably in Google Cloud Platform.

Nice to have

• Thought-driven leadership to successfully deliver scalable team management and business solutions.
• Knowledge of the latest Business Intelligence landscape and other programming languages.
• Takes the initiative to do the right thing - doesn't walk past a problem.
• Consultant mindset - able to challenge with courage and influence upwards and with peers.
• Agile learner - has passion and curiosity to learn new things and understand the "why".

Details

• Location: Powai, Mumbai, MH.
• Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.