About Impact Analytics
Impact Analytics is an agentic-first AI software company redefining the future of retail merchandising through cutting-edge AI innovation. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the retail AI space, Impact Analytics has built a strong global presence, with its solutions deployed across five continents.
Backed as a Series D company, Impact Analytics is at the forefront of leveraging the latest advancements in LLMs, Generative AI, and Agentic AI to transform how retailers make decisions. Beyond building industry-leading merchandising software, the company is focused on developing foundational AI-driven platforms and intelligent agents that will fundamentally reshape retail operations and merchandising workflows.
What truly sets Impact apart is the combination of deep domain expertise and a strong culture of innovation. It is one of the few India-born AI companies that has successfully established a significant global footprint in enterprise retail software. The company's growth and innovation have been recognized by leading global platforms and institutions such as Fortune, Gartner, and the Inc. 5000.
For candidates who are excited about building next-generation AI products, solving complex real-world problems, and being part of a high-growth global technology company, Impact Analytics offers an exceptional opportunity to create meaningful impact at scale.
What This Role Entails
Solution Architecture & Enterprise Design
- Lead Business Diagnostics & Workshops: Conduct process analysis and future-state blueprinting bootcamps to map intricate business constraints to Impact Analytics AI-native capabilities.
- Architect Scalable Frameworks: Design complex demand, supply, and replenishment models (including constrained planning, multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO), deployment, capacity planning, and scenario modeling).
- Handle Complex Technical Challenges: Manage solver behavior, optimization trade-offs, and performance tuning for high-volume enterprise data.
- Integration & Ecosystem Design: Secure seamless integration between IA's platform and legacy ERP, WMS, TMS, MES, Data Lakes, and Cloud infrastructure (Snowflake, Azure, AWS) using robust API architectures.
Presales, Client Enablement & Strategic Growth
- Drive High-Stakes Pursuits: Act as the primary functional liaison for executive stakeholders, influencing deals through tailored live AI simulations, proof-of-value (PoV) sessions, and ROI modeling.
- RFP & Strategy Ownership: Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Delivery, and Product teams to scope enterprise RFPs, identify gap-fits for legacy migrations (e.g., migrating from legacy Blue Yonder, o9, SAP APO), and mitigate delivery risks.
- Change Management & Adoption: Author comprehensive solution design documents, functional specifications, and functional test scripts to accelerate the adoption of autonomous, AI-driven processes.
Agile Delivery, Mentorship & Thought Leadership
- Oversee Concurrent Implementations: Guide cross-functional global delivery teams using agile frameworks, managing detailed work breakdown structures, risk mitigations, and ensuring 100% traceability to financial outcomes.
- Team Mentorship: Coach and upskill junior consultants and architects in supply chain planning best practices, AI/ML forecasting tuning, and advanced configuration methodologies.
- Product Evolution: Translate field insights, edge-case requirements, and industry trends back to Product Management and Development to shape the future product roadmap.
What Lands You In This Role
- Experience & Domain Expertise: 15+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise supply chain planning, retail planning solution design, and management consulting.
- Proven Track Record: Successfully led 5+ full-lifecycle implementations of enterprise planning suites with exceptional client satisfaction.
- Deep Suite Knowledge: Comprehensive functional understanding of advanced planning suites such as Blue Yonder (ESP, DSP, IO, OP), o9 Solutions, Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP IBP, Anaplan, or e2open.
- Technical & AI Capabilities: Practical understanding of Agentic AI ecosystems (autonomous software agents for real-time scenario planning) and advanced machine learning forecasting models. Familiarity with SQL, Python, APIs, cloud-native architectures, and data clouds (e.g., Snowflake).
- Soft Skills & Education: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex analytical architectures into compelling executive narratives. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or Data Analytics.
- Certifications (Value-Add): APICS (CSCP/CPIM), TOGAF, or professional architecture credentials from leading platform providers (BY, o9, Kinaxis, Anaplan).
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 #72 in America's Most innovative Companies list in 2023 alongside companies like Microsoft, Tesla, Apple, IBM, etc.
- Ranked as one of America s fastest growing companies by Financial Times for four consecutive years: 2020-2023.
- Ranked as one of America s fastest-growing private companies by Inc 5000 for Six consecutive years: 2018-2023.
- Recognized in multiple Gartner reports, including Market Guides and Hype Cycle, spanning assortment, merchandising, forecasting, algorithmic retailing, and Unified Price, Promotion, and Markdown Optimization Applications.
- Featured as one of top 25 ML startups to watch by Forbes in 2019.
- Ranked as one of North Americas fastest-growing technology companies by Deloitte for two consecutive years 2019 & 2020
