Sr Manager - Business Analytics

We are Licious, a Bengaluru-based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by foodies and friends, Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta. We’re proud to be India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand, operating in 20 cities and delighting over 1.2 million customers per month with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…What makes the role meaty?Act as a trusted, neutral analytics partner to senior leaders, translating complex data into clear insights and actions that drive business outcomes.Bring an independent, fact-based perspective to important business decisions and challenge assumptions when the data says otherwise.Identify the biggest opportunities and problems across growth, customer, marketing, supply chain and operations.Establish and maintain clear, standardized and unbiased business metrics across functions, building a strong culture of “one version of the truth.”Work closely with functional leaders to identify growth levers, improve unit economics and unlock operational efficiencies.Build self-serve analytical frameworks that enable teams to make faster, better decisions independently.Take on hard, ambiguous problems that don't have obvious answers and conduct deep-dive diagnostics to identify the real drivers behind business performance.Turn analysis into clear recommendations, drive alignment and stay close to execution until the impact is delivered.Build an AI-first analytics function, using AI to improve the speed, depth and quality of analysis, automation, insight generation and problem solving.Own the analytical data ecosystem in partnership with Data Platform/Data Engineering teams, ensuring reliable, scalable and high-quality data pipelines.Build robust analytical frameworks, experimentation and measurement systems, and dashboards that enable the business to move faster.Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of BAs/SBAs, raising the bar on problem solving, analytical rigor, business understanding and ownership.Build a team that proactively identifies problems and opportunities rather than waiting for business teams to ask for reports.We hope that you have…5+ years of experience in Business Analytics or similar roles.Proven experience managing and developing an analytics team.Strong problem-solving ability, with the ability to thrive in ambiguity and break complex problems into simple, actionable pieces.High ownership and a strong bias for action—you don't stop at the insight; you drive the outcome.An AI-first mindset, with demonstrated hands-on experience using AI/ML and AI tools to solve business problems or transform analytical workflows.Strong commercial and business acumen, with an understanding of growth, customer behaviour, unit economics and operational levers.Strong SQL/data analytics skills and an understanding of data pipelines and data platforms.Experience working closely with Data Engineering/Data Platform teams and owning analytical data products/pipelines.Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, particularly with senior leaders.Strong people management and coaching skills.High standards for data quality, metric integrity and attention to detail.The ability to communicate complex analysis in a simple, sharp and decision-oriented manner.Experience in a D2C, e-commerce, quick commerce, consumer internet or high-growth business is strongly preferred.A track record of using data to understand not just what happened, but why it happened, what we should do about it, and staying accountable for making it happen.