Sr Director AI-Powered Consulting Excellence

Role: Senior Director of AI-Powered Consulting ExcellenceLocation: Open to Location (must be close to a Slalom office)Reports to: VP, Talent and People ExperienceAbout the OpportunitySlalom is building the consulting workforce of the future — and this role leads it.As Senior Director of AI-Powered Consulting Excellence , you will define how Slalom's consultants learn, grow, and show up for clients in an AI-enabled world. This is a business-critical leadership role at the intersection of consulting excellence, AI-driven capability development, and enterprise people strategy. You will sit at the table with senior consulting leaders — shaping how Slalom's talent performs and wins in the market.You will lead a team delivering AI-powered learning, consulting and capability development, onboarding and early career experiences, culture and belonging programs, and coaching ecosystems across Slalom's global workforce. The programs are high-impact and scaling. Your job is to keep them moving forward — accelerating adoption, deepening integration with client work, and continuously raising the bar on what great consulting capability looks like.This role is part of the TAPE leadership team, reporting to the VP of Talent & People Experience, and sits alongside the heads of People Solutions, People Technology, Leadership Development, and Executive Talent Management.What You'll DoLead AI-Enabled Consultant Development• Set the enterprise vision for how AI transforms consulting capability — from how consultants learn to how they deliver• Build AI-informed learning paths by capability and role, targeting the skills Slalom needs most to win and deliver in the market• Drive the evolution from scaled AI awareness to embedded AI practice — ensuring consultants apply fluency on real engagements, not just in the classroom• Use AI to modernize how development is designed, personalized, and delivered across a global workforceDefine the Consultant of the Future• Shape a clear, enterprise-wide point of view on the skills, mindsets, and commercial instincts that differentiate Slalom consultants — and keep that definition current as the market evolves• Partner with senior consulting leaders to continuously refine what great consulting looks like at Slalom, and ensure those expectations are visible, reinforced, and integrated into how consultants develop and advance• Leverage workforce analytics and market intelligence to inform capability investments — ensuring development stays ahead of where client demand is heading• Build sponsorship and acceleration models that identify and fast-track high-trajectory talent into the capabilities Slalom needs mostEmbed Development in Consulting• Act as a strategic partner to market and capability leaders — co-owning workforce performance and connecting development directly to client outcomes, delivery excellence, and commercial performance• Ensure development is experienced in the flow of work — elevating coaching, mentorship, and sponsorship as core operating practices across the consulting organization• Establish clear visibility into how development investments connect to performance, mobility, and growthOwn and Advance the Program Portfolio• Lead the People Experience portfolio: consulting and capability development, onboarding and early career, culture and belonging, coaching and assessment ecosystems, and change communications• Champion experience-based, in-the-flow-of-work learning — with AI as the engine of personalization and scale• Redesign the early career and first-year experience to produce client-ready consultants faster, with emphasis on problem framing, executive communication, and business judgment• Continuously measure impact and evolve offerings in response to business performance and market signalsWhat We're Looking ForAI Fluency — DemonstratedA track record of using AI to meaningfully change how people work and develop — in consulting, professional services, or a comparably complex, skills-intensive environment. Enough technical depth to lead credible conversations with practitioners, shape vendor decisions, and build AI into the fabric of how your function operates.Consulting CredibilitySignificant experience in professional services — either as a consultant or deeply embedded in consulting delivery, operations, or capability. You understand utilization, pursuit cycles, client relationships, and delivery pressure. Senior consulting leaders trust your judgment because you've lived the work.Strategic & Analytical AcumenProven ability to connect talent strategy to business outcomes using workforce data, market insights, and commercial signals. You think in systems, design at enterprise scale, and make capability investment decisions that hold up under scrutiny.Executive InfluenceA track record of shaping enterprise priorities through insight and credibility. You're comfortable in ambiguity, confident setting direction, and skilled at aligning stakeholders who have competing priorities and full calendars.People & Capability LeadershipExperience leading development functions where success is defined by workforce performance — not program metrics. You know how to design at scale, measure what matters, and build systems that survive contact with a large, distributed, client-facing organization.Why This Role MattersSlalom's consulting workforce is its product. The quality, agility, and AI-readiness of our consultants is what wins clients, delivers outcomes, and differentiates Slalom in a rapidly evolving market. This role ensures that development is woven into how consultants work and grow every day — and that Slalom's people remain the reason clients keep coming back.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 for this role is $190,000- $240,000.  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 will accept applicants until June 4th, or until the position is filled.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: [1] View email address on click.appcast.io. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.EEO 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 [2] View email address on click.appcast.io if you require accommodations during the interview process. ReferencesVisible links1. mailto:View email address on click.appcast.io. mailto:View email address on click.appcast.io