Senior Principal, Strategy Technologist

OverviewJoin to apply for the Senior Principal, Strategy Technologist role at Slalom.Slalom is a fiercely human consulting company focused on end-to-end business transformation.

With 20+ years serving clients and operating in 50+ markets around the world, Slalom teams have the autonomy to move fast and do what's right for our clients, making us more personal and more nimble than traditional consulting firms.

After launching our Auckland office in February 2023, we are continuing to grow, and this role is an opportunity to start your journey with Slalom and help us shape the future.We are seeking a Principal Consultant to join our Strategy capability in New Zealand with a focus on Technology Strategy.What You'll DoYou will draw upon your consulting experience to bring value to organisations, offering insights and guiding clients through strategic technology transformations, focusing on delivering long-term strategic value rather than short-term deliverables (15-18 months+).

Typical expectation of duties over the course of a year (day-to-day focus will vary over time, as projects and pursuits come and go).

Pipeline Development (10%) : Work alongside our GTM teams – In Public & Social Impact, Financial Services & Insurance, and Emerging Industries – to identify opportunities, align client needs with solutions, and drive new business with both new and existing clients.Deal Shaping & Sales Activity (30%) : Create tailored proposals, address client concerns, and secure commitments.Delivery to clients (50%) : Lead and contribute as a strategist to client projects that involve strategy, advisory and / or implementation activities.

Complement the deep technical and functional skills of our capability teams with strategic perspective and executive-level influence.Develop others (10%) : Share knowledge, mentor team members, and ensure internal teams are equipped with relevant skills and insights.

Tailor our global frameworks to deliver value to our local clients and road-test with delivery teams.What You'll BringExperience as a Technology Strategy Leader with multiple years of experience, including 5-7 years in an advisory or consulting capacity.Proven ability to combine technology expertise with business strategy, ensuring successful implementation of client solutions.Analyze and address client challenges and business priorities and align them with our solutions and capabilities.Help leverage existing skills and knowledge within our team to enhance client engagement and service delivery.

Bring the best of Slalom to our clients.Prior experience working at consulting firms is preferred.Strong background in digital / technology transformation, ideally with experience across several industries / sectors.Led or delivered strategy as an internal employee or consultant, with experience in areas including IT Portfolio Management, Mergers & Acquisitions (due diligence and post-merger integration), formulating and adopting business / tech strategies (roadmap development), leading platform & product evaluations, RFPs, and related processes, and designing and creating business cases for Cloud / Digital / AI transformation.

Assessing current state technology and business landscape to inform strategy and working with tech / industry capability models and evaluating client / solution maturity.Our ValuesOur culture and values reflect each individual Slalomer.

We are dedicated to encouraging workplace diversity and ensuring all our people, from any background, can contribute to their full potential.

We wish to build a team that echoes the diversity of the communities we serve, and our values are an active part of our everyday, guiding our decisions.What keeps us here?

Our New Zealand office knows the importance of a good work / life balance.

We have the freedom to be ourselves when life gets in the way.

We make a big effort to bring everyone together and allow space when space is needed.

We believe in helping each other thrive in work and life and are proud to invest in benefits that include holistic wellbeing, meaningful allowances and investment in our team's professional, technical and personal growth.

It's an exciting time to be one of our foundational members, getting involved in setting up our 'Kiwi' values and culture and what makes us uniquely Slalom NZ!

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.Seniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionEngineering and Information TechnologyBusiness Consulting and Services

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