Architect / Senior Architect - Solution Ownership (Houston)

Slalom, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 118,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Annual bonus potential

Well-being stipend

Job summary

Slalom is seeking an Architect/Senior Architect-level Solution Owner to lead large development pods in agile software delivery. You’ll partner with Product Owners to shape requirements, write actionable user stories, and guide engineering teams to deliver on time and budget.

You’ll collaborate with Solution Architects to validate approach, manage governance, and communicate status to clients. AI-enabled options are considered to enhance productivity.

Qualifications

• Product, project, or program management experience using Agile lifecycles.
• Ability to define and document business and functional requirements for iterative software development.
• Experience liaising between business and technical teams to deliver timely solutions.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, and Lean.
• Strong risk identification and mitigation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage project governance, cadence, and Scrum ceremonies.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to define the product and write user stories for engineering teams.
• Lead delivery teams, manage issues, risks, and provide status updates.
• Coordinate with engineering leaders to validate technical approach and deliverables.
• Prepare and deliver client-facing presentations and artifacts.
• Identify AI-enabled capabilities to support development, delivery workflows, or productivity.

Skills

Agile delivery

Scrum & Kanban

SAFe & XP

AI concepts familiarity

Stakeholder liaison

Strong communication

Independent work

Education

Computer Science education

Tools

Cloud AI services

Job description

Description and Requirements

Job Description

Architect / Senior Architect - Solution Owner

This role is not eligible for 100% remote work and employees must live within a commutable distance to the office in which the role is based.

Who You'll Work With

Slalom's Solution Owners are lead-from-the-front technology and Agile delivery experts dedicated to their projects and clients. We partner with clients to translate requirements into actionable user stories and lead cross-capability development teams to deliver working products on time and on budget. We work within high-velocity software engineering teams, bringing expertise in Agile software delivery. Solution Owners are passionate, flexible Agile experts who continually practice and hone their craft.

What You'll Do

As an Architect/Senior Architect-level Solution Owner, you'll be the project expert in Agile software delivery. You'll lead large development pods, either as a stand-alone team or as a single workstream within a multi-workstream program. Core responsibilities include:

• Defining and managing project governance (e.g., establishing cadence, leading Scrum ceremonies).
• Working closely with Product Owners to define the product, identify requirements, and write user stories that are easily consumed by engineering teams.
• Leading delivery teams, managing issues and risks, facilitating meetings, and providing clear project status updates.
• Collaborating with engineering leaders, including Solution Architects, to validate the technical approach, strategy, and deliverables.
• Preparing and delivering client-facing presentations and artifacts.
• Experience identifying where AI-enabled capabilities or tools may support product development, delivery workflows, or team productivity (e.g., AI-assisted documentation, backlog refinement, analysis, or prototyping).

What You’ll Bring

As an Architect/Senior Architect-level Solution Owner, you bring several years of product development experience as a Product, Project, or Program Manager using Agile development methodologies across the full software and testing lifecycle. You demonstrate:

• Skill in defining and documenting business and functional requirements for iterative software development.
• Ability to act as a liaison between business and technical teams to ensure timely, effective solutions.
• Strong investigative, analytical, and communication skills.
• Comfort working independently or as part of a team in challenging environments.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, and Lean.
• Strong risk identification and mitigation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to synthesize complex information.
• A technology-oriented mindset; a computer-science-based education is helpful.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with AI concepts or tools used in modern delivery environments (e.g., generative AI for user story drafts, meeting summaries, documentation support, or client communication), as well as an understanding of how AI services from major cloud providers can support product or solution development.

About Us

Slalom 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 Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that includemeaningful 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 Architect is $118,000 to $133,000 and for Senior Architect is $145,000 to $163,000.

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.

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EEO and Accommodations

Slalomisanequalopportunityemployerandiscommittedtoattracting,developingandretaininghighlyqualifiedtalentwhoempowerourinnovativeteamsthroughuniqueperspectivesandexperiences.

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