Athira Divya Iyengar

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Head of Data at Delta Robotics | ex-Nykaa

Delta Robotics
Hyderabad, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
14+ years experience
IIT Bombay IDC
English, Hindi, Telugu
Open to workHiring
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Overview

Head of Data at Delta Robotics, focused on demand forecasting. Reduced stock-outs by 20% in the first season. Most at home with time series and Spark. Yoga every morning.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Roles in demand forecasting
  • Second opinions on inventory optimisation decisions
  • Questions about demand forecasting
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Offshore staffing offers
Skills
time seriesPythonProphetSparkinventory optimisation
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Open to Head of Data roles at seed gaming companies

Target roles
Head of Data
Level
Mid
Industries
Healthtech, Fintech
Work mode
Hybrid
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Indian citizen
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (Series B) where demand forecasting is core to the product.
Not interested in
Pure people management

22 years in demand forecasting. Strongest at Python and Prophet. Available from next month.

Hyderabad, India · remote OKprophetsparktime series
Open
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

Hiring an analytics engineer for the forecasting team - Hyderabad or remote

Role
Analytics engineer
Level
Mid
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Compensation
₹24-90 LPA
Team
Forecasting, 9 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
Production experience with Python Production experience with inventory optimisation Good judgment about what not to build
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp ₹31-52 LPA. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Hyderabad, India · remote OKprophetpythoninventory optimisation
Open

Experience

  1. Head of Data
    May 2025 - Present
    Delta Robotics · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Cut forecast error from 26% to 10% across 3650 SKUs.
    • Taught SQL to 105 non-analysts.
  2. Staff Data Scientist
    May 2022 - May 2025
    Nykaa · 3 yr · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Built the forecasting models now used in 8 product decisions a quarter.
    • Taught SQL to 191 non-analysts.
  3. Director of Data Science
    Jun 2019 - May 2022
    Kotak Mahindra Bank · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Taught SQL to 126 non-analysts.
    • Built the forecasting models now used in 11 product decisions a quarter.
  4. Data Scientist
    May 2016 - Jun 2019
    Boston Consulting Group · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Cut forecast error from 30% to 8% across 3376 SKUs.
  5. Senior Data Scientist
    Feb 2013 - May 2016
    Uber · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Reduced stock-outs by 39% in the first season.

Projects

Side project: a habit tracker
2025

Built with inventory optimisation and Python. 451 people used it last year.

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Education

  1. IIT Bombay IDC
    M.Des, Mathematics
    2007 - 2009
  2. Manipal Institute of Technology
    B.Tech, Mathematics
    1999 - 2003

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