Director Business Analytics, Ai Pune (India)

Amber; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amber is seeking a senior analytics and AI leader to drive data-informed decisions across growth, operations, partnerships, and finance. You will design frameworks to measure performance across countries and destinations, and partner with leadership on strategy and resource allocation.

You will build AI-powered decision support tools, prototypes, and copilots to automate workflows and unlock growth opportunities, enabling data-driven decisions at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience leading analytics initiatives that drive business decisions.
• Ability to blend business acumen with AI and data science.
• Proven track record of transforming data into competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own analytics agenda across Amber's business functions.
• Identify opportunities to improve acquisition, conversion, retention, and monetization.
• Analyze customer journeys, booking funnels, partner performance, and revenue drivers.
• Collaborate with leadership on growth, market expansion, and resource allocation.
• Define and execute Amber's AI roadmap and decision-support capabilities.

Skills

Analytics

AI

Data science

Leadership

Job description

About Amber

Amber is the leading student housing platform globally, helping students find and book long‑term accommodation near their universities. Think of Amber as Booking.com for student housing. Today, Amber serves students from over 160 countries and partners with leading property operators and universities across major education destinations worldwide. Backed by leading investors including Gaja Capital, Amber is building the operating system for international student living.

Why this role exists

Amber has built a solid data foundation and business intelligence capability. The next phase of growth requires transforming data from a reporting asset into a competitive advantage. We are looking for a leader who can combine business acumen, analytics, AI, and data science to improve decision‑making, unlock growth prospects, automate workflows, and drive measurable business outcomes. This role will work closely with the leadership team to build an AI‑first decision intelligence function that powers every major business decision across growth, operations, supply, partnerships, product, and finance.

What You'll Own

Business & Growth Analytics

• Own the analytics agenda across the business.
• Identify opportunities to improve acquisition, conversion, retention, monetization, and operational efficiency.
• Drive deep analysis of student journeys, booking funnels, cancellations, partner performance, and revenue drivers.
• Partner with leadership on growth strategy, market expansion, and resource allocation decisions.
• Build frameworks for measuring business performance across countries, destinations, universities, and partner segments.

AI & Decision Intelligence

• Define and execute Amber's AI roadmap across analytics.
• Build AI‑powered decision support systems that proactively identify opportunities and risks.
• Develop AI copilots and self‑serve intelligence tools for business teams.
• Leverage LLMs, agentic w.