Senior Director - Software Development

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.

The Software Engineering capability at Slalom Build brings our clients’ vision to life! We use modern tools and techniques to build secure, highly scalable software products that handle our clients' most innovative and strategic work. We follow Agile practices when building software components and applications that utilize modern frameworks and cloud scale in order to accelerate our clients' business. Our software engineers are committed to the craft of collaboratively building high-quality and sustainable software products that delight our clients and their customers by taking advantage of emerging tools in an ever-changing technological landscape.

We build full-stack solutions across a range of established and emerging technologies and techniques according to the needs of our clients including:

• Front end applications targeting native mobile and modern web platforms. Examples include React, Angular and Vue.
• APIs and back end services built using emerging frameworks and architectural patterns. Examples include Node, Typescript, Java and .Net.
• Hosting and application services provided by industry leading cloud providers. Examples include AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Operational efficiencies leveraging modern ecosystems and automated build and deployment pipelines.
• Collaborative build practices that allow our teams to be agile and responsive to our clients’ needs.
  
  

We offer a flexible working environment to balance the need to work independently, with some days that may require in-person collaboration at our office.

What You’ll Do

Accountability for the practice, including driving sales, recruiting, account management, product engineering, and all operational aspects, including:

• Capability Growth – Drive overall growth of the Build Center engineering organization through a combination of business development, talent management, oversight of delivery work and thought leadership.
• Business Development – Lead and participate in prospective and existing customer sales and presale pursuits. Understand client needs, share our value proposition and shape, estimate and propose solutions.
• Engagement Management – Manage engagement risk, project economics including planning and budgeting, running accounts receivable, defining deliverable content and ensuring consensus of proposed solutions with our clients and their leadership teams.
• Team & Individual Development – Improve team performance through an effective team approach that increases productivity and job happiness.
• Find opportunities with both new and existing clients to generate sales pursuits within the Slalom Build Network and our Markets.
• Build and maintain executive and senior executive-level client partner relationships and expand Slalom’s client portfolio within the region.
• Work with teams to bring together best practices and develop case studies and other core deliverables to build solution offerings.
• Participate in industry forums, events, and speaking engagements; handle production of engagement deliverables, budget, and presentations to client personnel and leadership.
• Mentor, develop, and actively support Build Center capabilities per market demand.
• Support recruiting and onboarding of new employees and leaders.
• Mentor and develop new leaders within the organization.
• Display leadership presence internally and with our clients and partners.
  
  

Travel may be required on a limited basis dependent on your client engagement or internal meetings/events.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of experience focused in custom software engineering and/or product engineering.
• Experience in full stack software development and architecture and agile delivery.
• Ability to manage complex team delivery and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Proven ability to successfully lead cross-functional teams.
• P&L experience from a comparably sized firm.
• Business operations experience (e.g., invoicing, SOW, margins, utilization).
• Strong client-facing skills including; networking and relationship building, delivering client presentations, leading meetings and negotiating delivery engagements.
• Validated history of using and growing an existing client base in addition to experience in growing new accounts/clients from the ground up.
• Deep experience with leading people including other leaders by mentoring and developing leadership skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to audiences of all levels.
  
  

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 11,000+ 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

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 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 yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

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.