Title: Director- Technology Strategy


Location: Atlanta, GA



Who You'll Work With



As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing a holistic approach to reimagine technology while architecting for the future, enabling business outcomes, and driving transformation. We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies. The Technology Strategy Leader is responsible for combining their understanding of the client's technology landscape and architecture with their understanding of the client's business strategy to develop and implement an effective, enabling and executable technology strategy. They are a trusted partner and advisor to CTOs and CIOs of a diverse set of organizations. This person will be responsible for leading and growing a team of technology strategists and architects (enterprise, business, integration, security and technical) across multiple industries.



What You'll Do



• Understand the client's technology landscape and architecture, including capabilities, maturity level, and gaps to define and execute technology-driven industry-relevant strategies and solutions.


• Owning and building a practice. Responsible for driving overall growth of the practice area through business development, talent development, oversight of delivery work, and thought leadership.


• Solution selling and business development through leveraging of your professional network.


• Develop and deliver leading practices, delivery templates, and point-of-view papers. Create reusable collateral for sales and delivery accelerators.


• Partner with Slalom's Account Leaders to identify, qualify, and close opportunities with new and existing clients across industries.


• Work and collaborate with the Slalom industry teams on strategy and offerings.


• Lead and support proposal teams in developing compelling proposals, scoping, and delivering persuasive presentations.


• Team & Individual Development - Lead by example to help grow the current team of leaders, strategists and architects fostering a passionate, team-player environment. Improve team performance through an effective approach, including coaching and mentoring to help people work better and love what they do.


• Engagement Management - Handle engagement risk, project economics including planning and budgeting, carefully defining deliverable content, and ensuring alignment on proposed solutions from top management levels at the client.


• Participate in industry forums, events, and speaking engagements to further promote Slalom's brand within the market.


• Develop and implement comprehensive and executable enterprise technology strategies aligned with the client's business strategy.


• Identify and design technology solution options and capabilities that enable a client's business strategy, from key focused enabling elements to enterprise-wide technology strategies.


• Communicate technical concepts and strategies clearly and concisely to CXO-level executives.


• Collaborate with a broad range of leaders to align technology strategy, business strategy, solution alignment, business cases, and risk profiles for strategic initiatives.



What You'll Bring



• The desire to work with a truly dynamic and exciting team, with a "roll-up your sleeves" approach.


• Demonstrated passion for and commitment towards people development while building, leading and growing a diverse team.


• Proven experience of growing and leading a technology strategy practice or capability area.


• Strong client facing skills and a successful track record of engagement management.


• Passion for an entrepreneurial environnent.


• Proven history of leveraging and growing existing client base; organic business development responsibilities, i.e., growing new accounts/clients from the ground up


• Broad understanding of key and emerging technologies and how these technologies both work for and against each other and the value they possess


• A clear understanding of the technology landscape and architecture as it pertains to the business systems from customer facing applications through to legacy systems (including ERP)


• An understanding of business strategy to develop and implement an effective and executable technology strategy


• Development and execution experience with various architectures, technology solutions, people, and the ability to drive/influence organizational impacts through alignment of the business, guiding principles, governance, vendor relationships, funding approaches, etc.


• Ability to bridge the gap between business and technology to drive meaningful business outcomes with technology solutions.


• Expert business operations experience (e.g., invoicing, SOW, margins, utilization)


• 10+ years of experience in technology strategy, architecture, or related fields.


• High level of humility and people-first mentality.



About Us



Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 43 markets, we deeply understand our customers-and their customers-to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 13,000+ strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We're honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at slalom.com.



Compensation and Benefits



Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that includemeaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer additional benefits such as a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being related expenses as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.


Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.



EEO and Accommodations



Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.