Amberstudent - Director - Business Analytics/Artificial Intelligence & Decision Intelligence

Director Business Analytics, AI & Decision Intelligence
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 strong 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 new growth opportunities, 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 workflows, and modern AI tooling to automate analysis and decision-making processes.
- Partner with business leaders to redesign workflows using AI.
Revenue & Commercial Intelligence:
- Drive pricing, commission, profitability, and revenue optimization initiatives.
- Analyze marketplace dynamics.
Analytics Leadership:
- Build and lead a high-performing analytics, data science, and AI team.
- Create a culture of hypothesis-driven and AI-enabled decision making.
- Mentor analysts, data scientists, and analytics managers.
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Operations, and Partnerships teams.
What We're Looking For:
Experience:
- 10+ years of experience across Analytics, Data Science, Growth Analytics, Revenue Analytics, AI, or related fields.
- Experience leading analytics and data teams in high-growth internet, marketplace, travel, e-commerce.
- Proven track record of driving measurable business outcomes through analytics and data initiatives.
- Experience partnering directly with founders, executives, or business leaders.
AI & Data Expertise:
- Strong understanding of modern AI ecosystems including LLMs, AI agents, RAG architectures, and workflow automation.
- Experience deploying AI-driven solutions into business processes.
- Familiarity with modern AI and data tooling ecosystems.
- Experience building predictive models and operationalizing data science initiatives.
- Strong understanding of experimentation and model evaluation frameworks.

Technical Skills:
- Advanced SQL.
- Strong Python or equivalent analytical programming expertise.
- Strong statistical and analytical foundations.
- Experience with modern data warehouses and analytics infrastructure.
- Experience with BI platforms and self-serve analytics ecosystems.
Leadership Skills:
- Ability to connect business strategy with data and AI capabilities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience scaling teams and building organizational capabilities.
- Exceptional structured problem-solving ability.
What You'll Get:
- Opportunity to shape one of the largest global student accommodation platforms.
- Direct exposure to company strategy and leadership decisions.
- Significant ownership and autonomy.
- Fast-paced growth environment and working with global teams.
- Competitive compensation and ESOPs.
- Open, transparent, and ambitious culture.
Location: Pune, India