Rohit Balakrishnan

Principal Consultant @Thoughtworks

Manchester, GB

Programme & portfolio leadership: Shaped and led multi-workstream data programmes, sequencing short- and long-term roadmaps to client agile maturity. Managed multiple projects in parallel across data platform, data analytics, and digital transformation teams, coordinating dependencies, stakeholders, and timelines.Sales & value realisation: Sold and set up £MM of digital/data initiatives; defined outcomes, OKRs, and benefits tracking; moved work beyond PoCs to productionised solutions that delivered measurable value.AI-first delivery: Embedded AI/GenAI in business analysis and rapid prototyping, cutting prototype turnaround by ~95% to accelerate discovery, decisions, and UX validation while managing risk and throughput.Client partner & innovation: Co-created AI-centred innovation strategies and product/platform visions; balanced product thinking with delivery pragmatism to unlock near-term wins without losing long-term north star.BA practice leadership: Managed and mentored BAs; coached Product Managers and CX teams; founded a global community for data-ready PO/BA/CX practitioners to scale capability in data/AI-heavy work.Data science & analytics delivery: Partnered with business stakeholders, analysts, and data scientists to frame core problem statements, convert them into data-centric hypotheses, run hypothesis-led PoCs, and industrialise the winners.Core BA craft (end-to-end): Led requirements elicitation, BPMN and process design, discovery & solution workshops, and agile coaching while maintaining high documentation and handover standards for seamless team transitions.