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Director, Delivery Leadership
Slalom
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Posted on Feb 16, 2025
Slalom is a purpose-driven consulting company focused on strategy, technology and business transformation. Founded in 2001, we had a simple goal - build a company where people love their work and love their life. As we continue to grow in Australia, we have a responsibility and opportunity to do good in the world. We’re committed to building our business in ways that are sustainable and responsible, while creating innovative solutions to the world’s biggest challenges. We have bold aspirations for the future and together with our people, partners and customers, we take measurable actions for today.
Director
Slalom Delivery leaders oversee and manage complex client engagements across diverse industries. This role requires a dynamic individual capable of optimising delivery impact, driving client success, and managing large delivery teams, including transformation, technology, and engineering programmes.
What You’ll Do
Our Values
There’s work - life and life- life. And we think it’s time they got together for good. Calibrated to your needs and to your life, we want every builder to be happy, healthy, supported, and inspired. Every day. For this reason, we offer health and well-being, learning and growth, and tech perks (to name a few). We also provide a welcoming place to connect and share experiences and perspectives through our Employee Resource Groups. So that every builder feels safe to be themselves everywhere.
Slalom prides itself on helping our team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in our team members with competitive and innovative benefit programs and services that meet the unique needs of our diverse workforce
Director
Slalom Delivery leaders oversee and manage complex client engagements across diverse industries. This role requires a dynamic individual capable of optimising delivery impact, driving client success, and managing large delivery teams, including transformation, technology, and engineering programmes.
What You’ll Do
- Create, manage, and lead large programmes with multiple stakeholders, resolving complex issues and ensuring alignment with organisational strategies.
- Design comprehensive delivery and execution plans, leading complex engagements from inception to completion.
- Form and lead delivery teams tailored to project requirements, ensuring successful client engagements.
- Lead delivery efforts on the ground, navigate risks, adjust project plans, and ensure timely project completion.
- Actively participate in day-to-day programme and project engagements, focusing on hands-on delivery.
- Manage risks, adjust plans proactively, and implement necessary changes to ensure success.
- Drive financial outcomes, including meeting revenue, margin, and profitability targets.
- Act as a senior delivery expert within the delivery leadership capability, focusing on building and leading a delivery community capable of managing complex engagements and transformational programmes.
- Contribute to the sales lifecycle by developing tailored delivery approaches and customised delivery plans.
- Deepen your functional and technical expertise, mentor others, and enhance Slalom's capabilities.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve Slalom delivery expertise and framework
- Demonstrated success in enterprise delivery, including programme management from inception to solution rollout.
- Skill in shaping client expectations, delivering quality programs on time, and mentoring project managers.
- Proven track record in consulting environments, managing large-scale transformational programmes across diverse industries.
- Extensive experience leading cross-functional teams, including engineers, designers, operational and functional consultants, and quality assurance experts.
- Proficiency in anticipating risks, addressing obstacles, co-creating team vision and strategy, and providing meaningful feedback.
- Capability to lead and solution for pursuits, share opportunities with project or account leads, and manage project financial and operational health.
- Demonstrated success in leading and growing teams, managing employee performance, and fostering a culture of excellence.
- Experience in designing and implementing modern delivery practices, leveraging and scaling agile delivery frameworks, and work methodologies to enhance team velocity and collaboration.
- Hands-on experience navigating various contractual terms (e.g., fixed-price, time-and-material contracts).
- Comprehensive industry knowledge of enterprise delivery environments, including expertise in enterprise architectural principles, engineering, and infrastructure domains.
- Exceptional communication skills, coupled with strong problem-solving and risk-management capabilities.
Our Values
There’s work - life and life- life. And we think it’s time they got together for good. Calibrated to your needs and to your life, we want every builder to be happy, healthy, supported, and inspired. Every day. For this reason, we offer health and well-being, learning and growth, and tech perks (to name a few). We also provide a welcoming place to connect and share experiences and perspectives through our Employee Resource Groups. So that every builder feels safe to be themselves everywhere.
Slalom prides itself on helping our team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in our team members with competitive and innovative benefit programs and services that meet the unique needs of our diverse workforce