Lead AI Analyst

Impact Analytics; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flat hierarchy

Rapid growth platform

Work with cutting-edge AI

Job summary

Impact Analytics is seeking a Lead AI Analyst to spearhead a team of Data Scientists and drive predictive analytics across our retail AI platform. The role emphasizes forecasting expertise to translate business goals into scalable data-driven solutions.

You will build robust data pipelines, supervise model development, and communicate insights to product and leadership teams, delivering measurable business impact through advanced analytics and AI techniques.

Qualifications

• Forecasting expertise and predictive analytics experience
• Experience building data-driven solutions for business impact
• Strong data management and visualization knowledge
• Hands-on data science with SQL, R, Python, Hadoop

Responsibilities

• Understand business objectives and formulate problems as Data Science tasks (Forecasting)
• Develop and maintain robust data processing and modeling pipelines
• Explore data and communicate insights clearly
• Manage a team of data scientists and senior data scientists
• Analyze experimental results and refine models to create business impact
• Build analytic systems and predictive models
• Test performance of data-driven products
• Experiment with new models and techniques

Skills

Forecasting

Data analytics

Team leadership

SQL

Python

R

Hadoop

Education

B Tech/BE in Computer Science or Data Science or Mathematics

Tools

SQL

R

Python

Hadoop

Job description

Impact Analytics is an agentic-first AI software company transforming retail merchandising through cutting-edge AI, LLMs, and Generative AI technologies. As a fast-growing Series D company with deployments across five continents, it is building both industry-leading merchandising solutions and foundational AI agents that are redefining how retail decisions are made.

What makes Impact Analytics unique is its combination of deep retail domain expertise, strong innovation culture, and global presence. It is one of the few India-born AI companies recognized globally by organizations like Fortune, Gartner, and the Inc. 5000.

For candidates looking to work on next-generation AI products with global scale and real-world impact, Impact Analytics is an exciting place to build your career. Here’s a link to our website: www.impactanalytics.co.

The impact that you will be making

Lead AI Analyst will lead a team of Data Scientists / Senior Data Scientists and help us discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data, make smarter decisions to deliver even better products. The primaryfocus will be in leading the application of data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis, and building high-quality prediction systems integrated with our products.

What this role entail

• Understanding business objectives and formulate the problem as a Data Science problem (Expert level proficiency in Forecasting)
• Develop and maintain robust data processing pipelines and reproducible modelling pipelines.
• Explore data and communicate insights clearly
• Manage a team of data scientists and senior data scientists
• Analyze experimental results, iterate and refine models to create significant business impact
• Build analytic systems and predictive models
• Test performance of data-driven products
• Experiment with new models and techniques

What lands you in this role

• 5-8 years of experience in Data Analytics Model development and deployment
• Strong forecasting experience
• Must have exposure to developing predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms for business applications
• Good knowledge of data management and visualization techniques
• Hands-on experience of working across SQL, R, Python, Hadoop
• Experience of managing teams of at least 2-3 members
• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Understanding and exposure to business applications and integration of analytics with businesses.
• B Tech/BE degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or similar field

What we offer

• An opportunity to be part of some of the best enterprise SaaS products to be built out of India.
• Opportunities to quench your thirst for problem-solving, experimenting, learning, and implementing innovative solutions.
• A flat, collegial work environment, with a work hard, play hard attitude.
• A platform for rapid growth if you are willing to try new things without fear of failure.
• Remuneration with best-in-class industry standards with generous health insurance cover

Our accolades include:

• Ranked as one of America's Fastest-Growing Companies by Financial Times for five consecutive years: 2020-2024.
• Ranked as one of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies by Inc. 5000 for seven consecutive years: 2018-2024.
• Voted #1 by more than 300 retailers worldwide in the RIS Software LeaderBoard 2024 report.
• Ranked #72 in America’s Most Innovative Companies list in 2023 —by Fortune —alongside companies like Microsoft, Tesla, Apple, IBM, etc.
• Forged a strategic partnership with Google to equip retailers with cutting-edge generative AI tools.
• Recognized in multiple Gartner reports , including Market Guides and Hype Cycle , spanning assortments, merchandising, forecasting, algorithmic retailing, and Unified Price, Promotion, and Markdown Optimization Applications.