Business Strategist

Slalom

Slalom

Sales & Business Development
United States
Posted on Sep 2, 2024
Who You’ll Work With

Our Strategy teams help organizations of all kinds redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future—and get there. We focus on high-impact projects, meeting our clients where they are to uncover business needs and deliver results. Our teams go beyond the expected to help clients move confidently through ambiguity and drive more transformative outcomes.

Who We’re Looking For

Slalom is looking for an experienced Business Strategist (Principal - Senior Principal) for its Strategy team in the DFW area. This role focuses on broad-based enterprise-wide as well as business-unit-level strategies. As a Business Strategist, you will demonstrate a clear understanding of the client’s strategy, architecture (including capabilities, maturity level, gaps), and operating business environment from both an internal and external perspective to design strategies that drive our client outcomes and position our clients for success. This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial consultant with a passion for building cohesive and diverse teams, who enjoys doing things in fun and innovative ways, and is motivated by creating winning outcomes for clients. If you thrive in a start-up environment but appreciate the stability, resources and support of a larger organization, then this opportunity may be what you're looking for in the next chapter of your career.

What You’ll Do

  • Focus on Expertise: Help lead growth across Strategy by identifying and guiding the development of offerings that expand the capability’s breadth and depth. You will demonstrate expertise in the development of objectives, key results, and initiatives that will shape our growth trajectory.
  • Strategy Development: Lead a team of strategy consultants and work directly with clients to define their questions, structure the team’s approach to problem solving, guide the team to develop insights and recommendations, and quantify results. You will also guide and develop team members’ consulting skillset (e.g. hypothesis development, analysis output, storytelling, financial modeling, etc.) while on a project.
  • Relationship Building: Cultivate robust relationships with senior client executives and leaders. Your ability to connect and collaborate will be instrumental in driving success.
  • People Development: You may also take on a people leader role. In this role, you will coach and mentor new consultants, guide their career path, and help them achieve their development goals.

What You’ll Bring

  • Significant consulting and/or professional services leadership experience.
  • A proven track record of success selling and delivering Strategy & Operations work to a variety of clients.
  • A strong balance between big picture/strategic thinking and ability to execute.
  • Demonstrated industry-specific experience. Ability to speak to key trends, growth factors, competitive landscape, and investment areas. Ability to provide own perspective on the market outlook.
  • Experience leading corporate strategy engagements (e.g. build / buy / partner assessment, new market entry, investment ROI evaluation, etc.).
  • Experience leading business unit strategy engagements (e.g. growth strategy, product strategy, go-to-market assessment, project ROI evaluation, etc.).
  • Proven success in all aspects of strategy project delivery – hypothesis development, usage of analysis frameworks, market research, operational performance assessments, storyboarding, slide creation, financial / quantitative modeling.
  • Ability to effectively manage teams and relationships across multiple clients.

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 10,000+ 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 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.

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.

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.