Executive Leader, Data Engineering & AI Transformation

Slalom; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 285,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Well-being reimbursement

Insurance discounts

Job summary

Slalom seeks a Managing Director of Data Engineering & AI to lead growth in data foundations, analytics, and AI adoption. You will partner with CIOs and executives to shape strategy, drive revenue, and build high-performing teams across modern data platforms and AI capabilities.

You will guide enterprise data strategy, governance, and architecture, overseeing engagements from discovery to implementation across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Slalom emphasizes responsible AI and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience leading data, analytics, AI, or cloud transformation initiatives.
• Proven success growing consulting businesses, practices, portfolios, or strategic client accounts.
• Experience influencing executive stakeholders and leading complex business and technology transformations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large pursuits, develop pipeline, and drive revenue growth.
• Track record of building, developing, and mentoring high-performing teams.
• Exceptional communication, storytelling, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Grow the Business: Build and expand executive relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CAIOs, and business leaders.
• Grow the Business: Drive revenue growth through strategic account development, pipeline creation, and complex pursuits.
• Grow the Business: Lead executive discovery sessions, solution workshops, and business case development.
• Grow the Business: Partner across Slalom capabilities to shape integrated transformation solutions that deliver measurable business value.
• Grow the Business: Develop and evolve go-to-market offerings that strengthen Slalom's position in Data Engineering & AI.
• Lead Data & AI Transformation: Advise clients on enterprise data strategy, data modernization, analytics, and AI adoption.
• Lead Data & AI Transformation: Help organizations build data foundations for ML, generative AI, and intelligent automation.
• Lead Data & AI Transformation: Guide clients through AI readiness, governance, operating models, and enterprise-scale implementation.
• Lead Data & AI Transformation: Connect business priorities to technology investments, architecture decisions, and transformation roadmaps.
• Lead Data & AI Transformation: Serve as a trusted advisor on responsible AI, risk management, and value realization.
• Provide Technical Leadership: Design and communicate enterprise data and AI architectures for executives and engineers.
• Provide Technical Leadership: Facilitate architecture workshops and whiteboard sessions with client stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Provide Technical Leadership: Lead solution strategy for modern data platforms (ingestion, transformation, governance, analytics, ML, AI).
• Provide Technical Leadership: Advise on cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Provide Technical Leadership: Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, governed, and aligned to business objectives.
• Build Modern Data & AI Solutions: Shape solutions leveraging Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, Dataiku, Fivetran, Matillion, and related platforms.
• Build Modern Data & AI Solutions: Guide lakehouse architectures, data products, governance, and metadata management.
• Build Modern Data & AI Solutions: Lead conversations around generative AI, LLMs, agentic AI, RAG, and AI-enabled processes.
• Build Modern Data & AI Solutions: Partner with delivery teams to ensure architectural integrity.

Skills

Leadership experience

Executive influence

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

AI & ML

Consulting sales

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt

Dataiku

Fivetran

Matillion

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Slalom seeks a Managing Director of Data Engineering & AI to lead growth in data foundations, analytics, and AI adoption. You will partner with CIOs and executives to shape strategy, drive revenue, and build high-performing teams across modern data platforms and AI capabilities.

You will guide enterprise data strategy, governance, and architecture, overseeing engagements from discovery to implementation across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Slalom emphasizes responsible AI and measurable outcomes.