Data Delivery Lead: Data Products & Transformation

Slalom; Calgary; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Well-being reimbursement

Job summary

Slalom is seeking an experienced Data Delivery Owner to lead large data transformation programs and data-driven initiatives for client engagements. You will bridge business strategy with technical execution, manage scope, timelines, budgets, and staffing, and drive measurable outcomes with a strong emphasis on agile delivery and stakeholder alignment.

You will collaborate with executives and technical teams, translate data capabilities into business value, and guide high-performing delivery

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, resource allocation, budget management, program dependencies, risks, and issues with appropriate mitigation strategies
• Partner with solution architects to facilitate alignment between business vision and technical implementation approach, while co-owning solution design and ensuring integration across workstreams
• Engage with executive sponsors, business stakeholders, client technical teams, and Slalom teams to explain and drive forward delivery solution initiatives and efforts
• Create and deliver executive summaries and presentations that demonstrate program vision, roadmap, solution impact, and program status
• Lead one or more agile teams by facilitating scrum events (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives)
• Guide the team in estimation techniques (story points, planning poker) and capacity planning
• Validate solutions against requirements and ensure acceptance criteria are met
• Track team velocity, burndown charts, and other agile metrics to drive predictability
• Responsible for comprehensive documentation including requirements, process flows, and acceptance criteria
• Responsible for creation of clear, actionable backlogs aligned with business priorities, governance frameworks and operational playbooks, surfacing, managing, and seeing Risks and Issues to resolution

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of data products, data transformation programs, and data-focused workstreams, owning scope, timelines, budgets, and staffing to ensure successful, profitable outcomes aligned to business objectives
• Serve as the primary solution and delivery owner, balancing business needs with technical feasibility, scalability, and architectural standards while making data-informed prioritization and trade-off decisions
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating technical capabilities into business value and managing expectations across scope, timelines, and resources
• Own financial and strategic program outcomes by articulating ROI, cost savings, revenue opportunities, and long-term value of the solution and associated client and delivery data initiatives
• Drive account (client) growth through strong delivery execution, high quality delivery outcomes, trusted client relationships, and measurable outcomes
• Coach and enable high-performing, self-organizing teams through agile principles, practices, and mindset
• Empower delivery team to maintain momentum by proactively resolving impediments, serving as a trusted resource when navigating complex or uncertain situations, and championing the delivery principles that guide the team's ways of working
• Leverage AI, automation, and AI-powered collaboration tools to streamline delivery, improve productivity, surface insights and lessons learned, and support faster, data-driven decisions
• Contribute to growing and improving the Slalom Data Capability through mentorship, sharing best practices for delivery leadership and execution, and engaging in community development

Skills

Agile delivery

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Team coaching

Data-driven decisions

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Miro

VersionOne

Rally

Monday.com

Asana

Jira Roadmaps

Azure DevOps Delivery Plans

Microsoft Planner

Project

TestRail

Zephyr

qTest

Job description

Slalom is seeking an experienced Data Delivery Owner to lead large data transformation programs and data-driven initiatives for client engagements. You will bridge business strategy with technical execution, manage scope, timelines, budgets, and staffing, and drive measurable outcomes with a strong emphasis on agile delivery and stakeholder alignment.

You will collaborate with executives and technical teams, translate data capabilities into business value, and guide high-performing delivery