Director - Solution Owner
Slalom, LLC

Job Info

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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's Solution Owners are lead-from-the-front technology and Agile delivery experts deeply dedicated to their projects and clients. We partner with clients to translate requirements into actionable user stories and lead cross-capability development teams to shepherd those stories into working products, on time and on budget. We work within high-velocity software engineering teams, bringing expertise in Agile software delivery. Solution Owners are passionate, flexible Agile experts who love to practice and hone their craft.

What You'll Do

As a Director level Solution Owner, you'll be a project expert in Agile software delivery and will lead large, multi-workstream projects, focusing on exemplary quality assurance, excellent client relationships and demonstrated thought leadership. Your primary responsibilities include defining project delivery roadmaps and financials, hands-on management of complex projects with multiple workstreams and strong partnership with clients. You'll also define and work within an Agile project governance framework (e.g. establish program team cadence, run Scrum of Scrum ceremonies, etc.) and work very closely with client executives to define the product by identifying requirements, thinking critically about what will make it successful.

For smaller programs, you will write user stories that effectively communicate the Product Owner's requirements and that are easily consumed by software engineers. Solution Owners lead Slalom program teams, handling issues and mitigating risks, facilitating and attending meetings, as well as providing project status reporting to management. You'll collaborate with the engineering team, in particular the program Solution Architect, to define and validate the technical approach, strategy and deliverables for the program. As the leader of the team, you'll also prepare and deliver client presentations and work products.

Internally you will manage other Solution Owners in their careers at Slalom. You will have a team of four to five Solution Owners and be responsible for their performance and career growth. You will develop strong, lasting relationships with each member of your team, guiding them in their careers, mentoring and growing their skills, and being their proxy and advocate for staffing on projects and clients. Some of your direct reports may have direct reports of their own as well, so your mentoring and guidance will extend to include how to be an effective, top-notch leader of other Solution Owners.

You will work out of a Slalom Build location with your team as well as spend time with the client and will need to have a willingness to travel up to 50%.

What You'll Bring

As a Senior Solution Owner, you bring 12+ years of product development experience in iterative software development as a Program Lead, Engagement Lead, Practice Delivery Lead, or similar role. You have extensive experience in all phases of product development, software development, and testing lifecycles as well as people management experience in established technology and product departments with mature program management processes and standards for both Agile and waterfall project methodologies. You also have experience with recruiting and building out teams and a strong history of mentoring and guiding others in their own career development. For Senior Solution Owners, hands-on management experience of complex projects with multiple work streams and $3M+ budgets as well as management of roadmaps and financials is a must-have. You are comfortable creating proposals, writing RFPs and SOWs, and reviewing proposals with clients.

You demonstrate skills at defining and documenting business and functional requirements for ongoing system improvement initiatives in iterative software development environments and are able to serve as a liaison between both business and technical teams to drive effective, timely solutions that fulfill both strategic and operational needs. You employ strong investigative, analytical and interpersonal communication skills and combine them with the ability to work independently or as part of a team in order to embrace challenging situations and solve complex problems.

You also have a real passion for building software solutions with state-of-the-art technology and have demonstrated strong knowledge in software delivery, specifically Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP and Lean. You have experience leading all Agile ceremonies, an ability to actively identify risks and drive action to mitigate them as well as resolve issues. You embrace challenging situations, enjoy solving complex problems and have a proven track record of successfully managing naturally occurring friction points within teams and large programs. You also employ strong organizational skills and the ability to interpret and handle a vast array of information.

A computer science-based mindset is needed, a technology-based education is helpful.

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 veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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