Sameer Bhalerao

Career Outlook

What I'm looking for

Nine years building data systems and leading analytics teams at Amazon. The last three months building AI products solo. Looking for the role that needs both.

Open to the right roleUpdated June 2026

Analytics leadership (Head of Analytics, Senior Analytics Manager, Lead BI Engineering) and AI Product roles. Luxembourg-based or EU remote.

What I'm targeting

Analytics Leadership

Built analytics functions from scratch three times at Amazon — owning architecture, pipeline design, stakeholder strategy, and C-suite reporting, with 8 direct reports across three orgs. Looking for roles where the function needs to be built or materially grown, not maintained.

  • Head of Analytics / Head of Data
  • Senior Analytics Manager
  • Analytics Engineering Lead (L7 equivalent)
  • Data Intelligence Lead
  • BI Engineering Manager

AI Product & Systems

Multi-agent LLM system design, privacy-first local inference, full-stack AI product delivery, and LLM-grounded reasoning chains — built on an analytics-to-decisions foundation from nine years working alongside ML selection intelligence, demand models, and decision tooling at Amazon. Designed and shipped 6 AI products end-to-end: a personal intelligence system, a B2B restaurant intelligence SaaS, a Luxembourg AML/KYC compliance platform, an aerial photography commerce platform, a community trust marketplace, and a personal audiobook system. Evaluates architecture tradeoffs, not just vendor decks.

  • AI Product Manager / Senior PM (Data & AI)
  • Head of AI Product
  • AI Systems Lead
  • Product Lead — Intelligence or ML Platform

Where I'm a strong fit

  • Orgs building or maturing a data function — I've led this from "no system" to C-suite reporting three separate times at Amazon; I know what breaks in the first 90 days and how to fix it before it does.
  • Companies where AI is a real product question, not a roadmap line item — I've designed and shipped 6 AI systems independently; I can evaluate architecture tradeoffs, not just vendor decks.
  • Teams that need analytics to connect to commercial decisions — at Amazon, my work directly influenced €200M+ in opportunity identification and €33M in cost savings across payments, private brands, and marketplace expansion.
  • High-ownership environments — I work best when the person who defines the problem and the person who solves it are the same; I've sat in both chairs and I don't separate them well.

Preferences

Company stage
Scale-up, established tech, financial institution, or public sector
Domain
Data & AI, fintech, marketplace, B2B SaaS, compliance, or public sector
Location
Luxembourg-based · EU remote considered
Availability
Immediately available
Work style
High ownership, meaningful scope, space to build well

Get in touch

If you're building an analytics function or an AI product and think there's a fit, I'd welcome a conversation.

Contact me

If you're building an analytics function or an AI product and think there's a fit, I'd welcome a conversation.