Director - AI-Accelerated Quality Engineering (Atlanta)

Who You’ll Work WithAt Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We help organizations of all kinds to redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future, and get there. Within Slalom, our Build capability helps customers maximize the value of the software they create. We do this by… * Being fast, effective, high-quality, and consistent * Evolving our software development lifecycle by blending cutting-edge AI tooling with outcome-focused strategic thinking * Delivering end-to-end to our customers at any scale and at any point in their journey. You will be a Director in our Quality Engineering (QE) discipline, bringing a modern approach to software quality, playing a critical role in high-velocity software engineering teams. We help clients build reliable, scalable solutions through automation, modern frameworks, and now, AI-accelerated practices. We don’t just want a QE leader. We want one who knows how to embed AI into delivery, accelerate quality practices, and evangelize it internally and externally. This role will shape how AI transforms software quality at Slalom and in the broader industry, while also cultivating an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture. 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. A requirement for this role is to live within commutable distance to Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA. What You’ll DoAs Director, you’ll provide leadership across our QE capability, go-to-market strategy, project delivery, and client partnerships. You’ll play a key role in scaling our teams, driving technical excellence while cultivating team culture and community. Go to Market Approach * Research client portfolio needs and adjusts focus to topics of resonance. Focuses on building client relationships at target and active client portfolios. * Works to proactively ignite awareness and generate demand for Capability and related client outcomes in the market. Leads Campaigns, RFIs, RFPs, workshops, and POCs to ignite specific opportunities. Business Development & Sales * Partners with Industry aligned client partners and sales executives to identify and pursue potential opportunities related to technology-led outcomes. * Individually acts as a Solution Lead or SME in pursuit process, identifying appropriate SME from broader capability team as needed. Focuses on specific Customers aligned to Market strategy. * Participates in multi-capability solutioning and client outcome based selling motions with the GTM team, in the direction of the GTM lead. * Works together with peers in other markets and regions in similar roles in how we evolve our GTM approach. Project Delivery Management * Define and lead modern QE + AI practices for complex client engagements, integrating quality engineering with AI-enabled development lifecycles from design through operations. * Drive delivery excellence across multiple teams and programs, ensuring speed, reliability, and high quality. * Build frameworks and playbooks (prompt libraries, evaluation harnesses, review bots, CI/CD hooks) to enable safe, scalable AI adoption across teams. * Establish responsible AI guardrails to ensure ethical, secure, and sustainable use of AI in software delivery. * Represent Slalom externally through speaking, writing, or thought leadership, advocating for the evolving role of QE and AI in modern engineering. * Measure and demonstrate impact by defining metrics for cycle time, quality outcomes, AI adoption, and client success. * Partner across capabilities (Data, DevOps, Security, Engineering) to embed AI consistently and responsibly in end-to-end delivery. * Mentor and grow leaders and engineers in QE and AI-accelerated practices, fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and craft. * Build and scale teams: hiring, developing talent, and cultivating an inclusive, collaborative environment. * Influence business growth through client education, sales pursuits, and market engagement. What You’ll Bring* Deep experience in Quality Engineering and software delivery leadership, shaping and scaling practices across complex programs. * Proven track record of building and operating production software, including architecture and delivery leadership. * Hands-on experience with AI-accelerated development: daily use of AI coding tools, prompt/context engineering, LLM integration, and workflow orchestration. * Strong understanding of software architecture, cloud-native delivery, and DevOps (APIs, microservices, CI/CD, observability, and security). * Ability to translate AI and QE concepts into business value for executives, clients, and delivery teams. * Demonstrated passion for team culture and collaboration, with a history of building inclusive, high-performing teams. * Strong communication and thought leadership skills: presenting ideas, writing, and advocating for the role of AI in QE. * A consultative mindset with the ability to balance client delivery, business growth, and capability development. Nice to Have * Experience with MLOps, AI governance, and responsible AI practices (model evaluation, red-teaming, drift monitoring). * Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex) and vector databases. * Contributions to open-source projects, conferences, or community forums on QE or AI. Why Join UsThis is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Quality Engineering within the Build Capability at Slalom. As Director, AI-Accelerated Quality Engineering, you’ll not only lead delivery and teams but also influence how the industry thinks about quality in the age of AI. You’ll help define responsible About UsSlalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact. What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days. Compensation and BenefitsSlalom 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. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range is $220,000 to $269,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time. We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: View email address on apply.placed-app.com and AccommodationsSlalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. 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 or contact View email address on apply.placed-app.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.