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Senior Principal, Delivery Leadership
Slalom
Auckland, New Zealand
Posted on May 10, 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.
Senior Delivery Principal
Slalom Senior Delivery Principals play a critical role in managing complex client engagements across diverse industries. This position requires a skilled individual capable of leading delivery execution, driving client success, and managing delivery teams in transformation, technology, and engineering programs.
What You’ll Do
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
Senior Delivery Principal
Slalom Senior Delivery Principals play a critical role in managing complex client engagements across diverse industries. This position requires a skilled individual capable of leading delivery execution, driving client success, and managing delivery teams in transformation, technology, and engineering programs.
What You’ll Do
- Demonstrate a strong sense of accountability and entrepreneurship, driving projects and teams from discovery to closure.
- Manage and lead programs with multiple stakeholders, resolving complex issues and ensuring alignment with organisational strategies.
- Design delivery and execution plans, guiding engagements from inception to completion, with a focus on technical delivery management.
- Form and support cross-functional teams tailored to project requirements and ensure successful client engagements.
- Lead delivery efforts, navigate risks, adjust project plans, and ensure timely project completion.
- Actively engage in day-to-day program and project activities, focusing when needed on hands-on technical delivery across various technology environments such as Azure, AWS, or Salesforce.
- Manage risks, adjust plans proactively, and implement necessary changes to ensure success.
- Drive financial outcomes, including meeting revenue, margin, and profitability targets.
- Serve as a senior delivery expert, contributing to a delivery community capable of managing complex engagements and transformational programs.
- Support the sales lifecycle by developing tailored delivery approaches and customised delivery plans.
- Enhance your functional and technical expertise, mentor others, and contribute to Slalom's capabilities.
- Identify opportunities to improve Slalom delivery expertise and framework, specifically in technical delivery.
- Success in enterprise delivery, including program management from inception to solution rollout, with a strong emphasis on technical delivery management.
- Experience working within different technology environments, such as Azure, AWS, and Salesforce, and understanding their unique capabilities and integration points.
- Skill in shaping client expectations, delivering quality programs on time, and mentoring project managers.
- Experience managing transformational programs across diverse industries in consulting environments.
- 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.
- Experience in leading and growing teams, managing employee performance, and fostering a culture of excellence.
- Experience in 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).
- Industry knowledge of enterprise delivery environments, including expertise in enterprise architectural principles, engineering, and infrastructure domains.
- Strong communication skills, coupled with problem-solving and risk-management capabilities.
- Proven technical delivery management experience, with the ability to oversee complex technical implementations and integrations.
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