Tanuj Saluja
Tanuj Saluja

AI and Data Transformation Leader

Open to offers · Member since 4 Nov 2026
Location
United Kingdom
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Hybrid / Full Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I am an AI and data transformation leader with more than 19 years of experience delivering enterprise-scale programmes across regulated industries. I specialise in enterprise AI strategy, GenAI capability design, data platforms, governance, analytics, and operating-model transformation.

I lead AI and GenAI engagements from opportunity discovery and roadmap design through production deployment, adoption, and value realisation. My experience includes LLM integration, RAG architectures, GenAI assistants, agentic workflows, AI product development, prompt engineering, and AI workforce upskilling.

I have led multidisciplinary teams of up to 24 people and managed programme portfolios exceeding £100M. I work closely with C-suite stakeholders, including CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CDIOs, CTOs, VPs, and functional leaders, to align technology investments with measurable business outcomes.

My data and analytics background spans modern data platforms, data governance, master data management, common data models, digital twins, control towers, KPI frameworks, commercial analytics, and ESG reporting. I have delivered transformation programmes for global organisations including Unilever, GSK, Basware, Banking Circle, and Morgan Advanced Materials.

I currently operate as Co-Founder and Managing Director of Context First AI, where I lead enterprise AI consulting, SaaS product development, and AI training programmes. I am a British citizen, eligible for security clearance, and available from October 2026.

I combine strategic leadership with hands-on programme governance and delivery discipline, using Agile, Scrum, SAFe, MSP, and PRINCE2 approaches. I am motivated by building scalable AI and data capabilities that create sustainable value for organisations and their people.

Notice period: Available Oct 2026

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40 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

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Collaboration

Languages & Frameworks

Marketing and Sales Tools

Experience

Career history

AI Programme Director – Agentic AI & Copilot Capability Unilever

Directed a multi-workstream agentic AI programme for a global FMCG organisation, covering agent build, skills repositories, governance, and capability transfer. Engaged senior stakeholders including the Business Group President, CDIO, CFO, CMO, CSCO, and function heads.

Held design authority for agent delivery in a constrained enterprise environment and established governance for agent ownership, versioning, lifecycle management, quality standards, and reuse. Created an Agent Maturity Framework to measure agent value across process automation, audit, analytics, insight, and training use cases.

Co-Founder / Managing Director Context First AI

Lead enterprise AI transformation engagements for SMB and enterprise clients in regulated sectors, from requirements capture and AI roadmap design through production deployment and capability handover. Use a structured five-stage delivery methodology to identify high-ROI automation opportunities and align AI implementation with client systems, data environments, and operating constraints.

Direct development of a multi-tenant SaaS client onboarding and lifecycle platform for regulated advisory businesses, owning the product brief, schema design, and phased delivery plan across a distributed team. Developed AI training programmes adopted by more than 180 professionals and structured commercial partnerships across the UK, EU, US, and India.

Data Transformation Director – CIO Office Basware

Led an enterprise-wide data and reporting transformation programme for a global SaaS organisation, establishing a single source of truth, improving data quality, and enabling analytics-led decision-making. Partnered with the CFO, CIO, executive leadership, and business functions including IT, product, sales, marketing, and HR.

Owned data platform strategy and oversaw the architecture, design, and build of an enterprise platform integrated with Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, and functional systems. Established the data governance operating model, stewardship roles, accountability framework, Data Council, quality processes, Jira controls, and BAU transition plans.

Programme Director – Decision Intelligence GlaxoSmithKline

Led the Decision Intelligence and GenAI roadmap for Global Supply Chain across a £16M+ programme portfolio. Delivered advanced analytics capabilities supporting inventory optimisation, ESG performance, and operational predictability while managing a team of 24.

Acted as business product lead for GenAI assistants, control towers, digital twins, automated forecasting, and shipment optimisation. Established an AI product governance lifecycle from POC through value realisation and led replatforming of 112 supply-chain reports to an Azure and Databricks data lake with a common data model and Power BI reporting.

Programme Manager – Data Strategy GlaxoSmithKline

Managed data strategy delivery for GSK's ESG function, supporting the organisation's net-zero 2030 pathway across climate, water, deforestation, and waste management. Worked with sustainability, reporting, and operations leaders to define and implement enterprise data strategy across supply chain and operations.

Managed discovery, design, development, and productionisation of an MVP using internal and external data products to calculate volumetrics-based Scope 3 emissions. Supported SBTN, TCFD, and TNFD compliance while delivering initiatives in data platforms, integration, MDM, governance, analytics, KPI platforms, and vendor management.

Regional Lead – Commercial Data Analytics GlaxoSmithKline

Managed delivery of commercial analytics capability for a multinational business region covering China, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, and Taiwan. Led a multidisciplinary team of data engineers, analysts, visualisation developers, and QA analysts.

Served as Scrum Master and delivered an accelerated strategic proof of concept with internal and Tier-1 consulting teams. Managed strategic alignment with global analytics leads, change review boards, and programme backlogs using Azure, Databricks, Power BI, and Jira.

Analytics Manager Banking Circle

Delivered lead analytics, web analytics, marketing operations optimisation, and conversion-rate optimisation capabilities for a financial-services organisation. Worked with the CMO, Head of Sales, and Head of Strategy.

Managed CRM marketing automation requirements and implemented a master-data-management-aligned customer data governance framework for segmentation, lead qualification, and CRM integration. Conducted Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager audits and delivered end-to-end sales funnel tracking.

Global Analytics Lead Morgan Advanced Materials

Delivered enterprise analytics capability uplift across global business units, covering sales, commercial, operations, health and safety analytics. Worked with programme, finance, sales, IT, and operations leaders.

Developed analytics maturity roadmaps, global CRM change management, sales and margin incentive reporting, and health and safety dashboards. Embedded Agile analytics service operations using daily scrums and fortnightly delivery sprints.

Information & Analytics Project Lead Unilever

Led delivery of a one-stop analytics platform using Power BI for sales, commercial, and supply-chain analytics. Enabled stakeholders across functions, geographies, and management levels to explore, diagnose, and improve organisational performance.

Applied data governance standards to tailor metrics by user role, developed user stories and functional requirements, and managed sponsors, stakeholders, and vendors to support on-time delivery.

Business Analytics Practice Lead Dynamic Futures Consulting

Led the Business and Analytics Consulting Practice, delivering service-delivery engagements, pre-sales support, consultant mentoring, and target operating model transformation. Managed a team of 19 and served as key account partner across more than 30 projects for FTSE 100 clients.

Managed project delivery through Jira and implemented Zoho CRM to automate customer research and sales processes.

Insights and Analytics Lead Sustainable Restaurant Association

Led customer data management, data engineering, CRM administration, system integration, sales analytics, customer analytics, and product analytics. Supported product development for food supply-chain audits serving more than 7,500 customers across 300+ sustainability parameters.

Delivered MDM and data quality processes for customer and product domains, implemented Salesforce-driven automation, and developed reporting with Power BI and Salesforce. Led GDPR assessments, Salesforce Classic-to-Lightning migration, Pardot and Xero integration, and vendor management.

Data Analytics Project Manager GlaxoSmithKline

Designed and embedded a business analytics and reporting framework for the Supply Chain PMO, enabling global stakeholders to monitor business-critical KPIs and lead metrics.

Managed delivery of approximately £5.5M in commercial analytics through a continuous-improvement programme, outperforming the 2016 target by 22%. Managed supplier and operations stakeholder engagement, governance workflows, benefits auditing, and reporting.

Lead Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst / Pre-Sales Consultant Mindtree Consulting

Delivered business analysis, supply-chain strategy, logistics, supplier management, product lifecycle management, CRM, data warehousing, trade promotion, mobile sales force automation, infrastructure management, and public-sector implementation assignments across clients including GSK, Philip Morris, Coca-Cola, Emerson, ESP Global, and state government offices in Maryland and Arizona.

Led supply-chain initiative monitoring, business-change delivery, application and dashboard capability delivery, ITIL-aligned business-service restructuring, ETL delivery, process mapping, process blueprints, vendor selection, requirements discovery, solution estimation, RFP/RFQ responses, and marketing campaigns.

Education

Learning history

T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal

Master of Business Administration, Systems and Marketing

MBA in Systems and Marketing.

Kurukshetra University

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology.

Kurukshetra University

Diploma, French Foreign Language and Culture

Diploma in French Foreign Language and Culture.

Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Executive Education Programme, Business Strategy

Executive education programme in business strategy.

University of the Arts London

Short-Term Course, Graphic Design

Autumn short-term course in graphic design.

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