Job Title – Lead Business Analyst (Senior Manager) – Manufacturing AI
Location – Hyderabad
Experience – 12-15 Years
Employment Type – Full time

Role Summary
Responsible for end-to-end identification, structuring, and enabling execution of AI and advanced analytics use cases across steel manufacturing operations
Acts as the bridge between plant stakeholders (operations, quality, maintenance, safety) and Data/AI engineering teams
Translates complex steel plant problems into structured, KPI-driven AI initiatives with transparent scope, assumptions, and success criteria
Works closely with data scientists, engineers, and vendors to ensure problem definition, data readiness, and solution alignment
Contributes hands-on in data analysis and validation of use cases to ensure business relevance and value realization
Expected to work hands-on on data analysis, problem structuring, and solution validation for critical or complex use cases
Applies strong understanding of steel manufacturing processes to ensure AI solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with plant realities




Prior experience working in plant environments or direct exposure to shopfloor operations is strongly preferred to ensure practical alignment with real-world manufacturing conditions

Key Responsibilities

Steel Manufacturing Domain Alignment
Engage deeply with plant operations across:
Raw material handling and preparation
Ironmaking (Blast Furnace / DRI)
Steelmaking (BOF / EAF / Secondary metallurgy)
Continuous casting
Rolling mills (Hot Rolling / Cold Rolling)
Finishing and downstream processing
Map AI use cases to specific process steps, equipment, and production KPIs
Ensure alignment with plant constraints such as production schedules, material variability, and safety requirements
Work closely with plant SMEs to validate feasibility and assumptions
Leverage prior plant or shopfloor experience (where available) to contextualize use cases, validate assumptions, and ensure feasibility of solutions within op

📌 Lead Business Analyst (Hyderabad)
🏢 ArcelorMittal Digital Consulting
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