Director - Cloud, DevOps, and Security
Slalom, LLC

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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 Cloud, DevOps, & Security (CDS) capability. Our CDS 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 CDS team located in one of our physical locations. A CDS 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.

What You'll Do

In CDS, 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 CDS and other capabilities in your location.
• Lead and drive sales pursuits for modern engineering projects.
• Act as a direct line of contact for CDS for other Slalom capabilities and markets.
• Conduct technical and behavioral interviews for all Slalom capability recruiting.
• Lead CDS-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 CDS related meetings, conferences, sales pursuits, and market development.

What You'll Bring

Directors in CDS bring a proven track record in building and deploying highly scalable public cloud-based solutions using modern DevOps techniques. You'll showcase your experience in all phases of product development, software development and testing lifecycles regardless of cloud platform. In addition, you'll leverage experience in established technology and product departments with mature program management processes and standards for both Agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, and Lean) and waterfall project methodologies.

As a Director you will lead sales pursuits and drive business operations. Your experience in people management will enable you to successfully lead a large team, recruit & retain top talent, and foster a culture of inclusiveness. Stitching together your leadership capabilities, your client presence, and business insight will ensure your success in managing large projects and programs.

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 1400 Builders strong, distributed across 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 10,000+ professionals strong around the globe, Slalom is deeply engaged with some of the world's most influential, change-making enterprises. Learn more at slalom.com.

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful 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 an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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