Director - Platform Engineering

at  Slalom Consulting

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

At Slalom Build we co-create custom software, data and cloud products with clients who are ready to accelerate their digital transformation. We’re passionate about technology, compelled by its potential as we help create the digital products, experiences, and technology-driven organizations that drive true change. We’re thrilled by the opportunity to build the future we want to see, with anyone willing to join us.
Slalom Build is looking for a Director to join our North America team in the Platform Engineering (PE) capability. Our PE engineers build the secure automation capabilities that enable our application and data engineers to unveil their products to the world. Our goal is to create the platform to make a product smart, secure, and fast, while minimizing toil.
You’ll be leading all aspects of a PE team located in one of our physical locations. A PE location team consists of up to 15 people as a mix of people managers and individual contributor engineers, each focused on a single client’s outcome. Success in this role requires a variety of skills such as: Building and leading teams in your location, establishing relationships with Slalom and client leaders, and being a key team member in initiatives.

ABOUT US

Slalom Build is a highly scalable, high-velocity Build as a Service firm. We work with clients in a flexible, collaborative, and repeatable methodology to create custom technology solutions for their most impactful initiatives and to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Over 1500 Builders strong, distributed across eleven dynamic cities, our innovation hubs attract the type of people who contribute to thriving teams. By placing builders in close proximity to clients – as well as their cultural and technology cohorts – we can assure the quality, versatility, and speed that product delivery demands, along with the elasticity and scale to tailor to individual client needs.
Slalom Build leverages a foundation of innovation inherited from Slalom, a Seattle-based firm that set out in 2001 to disrupt and redefine management consulting. Now 13,000+ professionals strong around the globe, Slalom is deeply engaged with some of the world’s most influential, change-making enterprises. Learn more at slalombuild.com

In PE, a Director is a steward of their capability and is responsible for development of services and capacity to deliver. Directors develop strong relationships with local markets to drive capability-specific opportunities and manage teams to ensure quality outcomes. Additionally, Directors manage multi-level reporting structures and are responsible for their capability within a single Slalom Build location. Directors are experts at delivery and fill roles ranging from dedicated senior architect to SME roles to engagement leadership and delivery excellence. Specifically, you will:

• Act as a senior delivery lead for large scale, multi-functional product teams creating purpose-built software products for our clients.
• Play an engagement management role for projects and manage team performance, budgeting, and client satisfaction.
• Support, mentor, and coach as People Manager leader of individual contributor engineers.
• Provide additional mentorship and coaching of engineers and leaders across PE and other capabilities in your location.
• Lead and drive sales pursuits for modern engineering projects.
• Act as a direct line of contact for PE for other Slalom capabilities and markets.
• Conduct technical and behavioral interviews for all Slalom capability recruiting.
• Lead PE-wide events and initiatives.
• Help grow our culture of learning by taking part in and coordinating opportunities such as presenting at technical conferences, community groups, writing blog articles, and contributing to partner-coordinated workshops

You will primarily work in a Build Center with your team. Will also require 50% travel, which will be in support of client visits, Slalom and PE related meetings, conferences, sales pursuits, and market development.