Slalom Flex (Project Based) Sr Program Manager

Slalom Build; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful time off

401(k) with match

Health, dental, & vision coverage

Job summary

Slalom Build is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead a centralized program command center in a hybrid role with 1-2 days onsite in Sacramento. You will coordinate large-scale transformation initiatives, facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and deliver real-time dashboards and executive reports.

The role requires 5+ years in program management or transformation, strong facilitation, and excellent written and verbal communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Program Management or Transformation in complex environments.
• Proven ability to coordinate large-scale, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Experience driving operational excellence and process improvement.
• Strong facilitation and executive communication skills.
• Experience creating dashboards, reports, and visual management tools.
• Ability to translate ambiguity into structured plans and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and manage a centralized program command center for alignment and execution across workstreams.
• Coordinate planning, readiness, and execution of large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Facilitate collaboration across cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Develop dashboards and reporting for real-time program health and milestones.
• Lead meetings, document decisions, and track action items.
• Create executive-ready status reports summarizing progress and risks.
• Support problem-solving and future-state design activities.
• Drive change management and governance artifacts for consistency.

Skills

Program Management

PMO

Transformation

Stakeholder coordination

Facilitation

Executive communications

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Power BI

Jira

Smartsheet

Excel

Teams

Microsoft 365

Job description

Location: hyrbid, 1-2days onsite in Sacramento (local required)

Who You’ll Work With

At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We help organizations of all kinds redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future—and get there.

What You’ll Do

• Stand up and manage a centralized program command center to drive alignment, visibility, and execution across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate planning, readiness, and execution activities in support of large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives.
• Facilitate collaboration across cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and leadership to drive progress against strategic goals and key outcomes.
• Develop and maintain visual management tools, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to provide real-time visibility into program health, milestones, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Lead recurring program meetings, workshops, and working sessions, including facilitation of hybrid and virtual discussions, documentation of decisions, and tracking of action items.
• Create and distribute executive-ready status reports summarizing progress, accomplishments, risks, issues, and next steps.
• Facilitate structured problem-solving sessions, helping teams identify root causes, define target-state outcomes, and develop implementation plans.
• Support process improvement initiatives through value stream mapping, current-state assessments, and future-state design activities.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, standard operating procedures, and governance artifacts to support operational consistency and adoption.
• Partner with stakeholders to drive change management activities, gain alignment, and ensure successful implementation of new processes and ways of working.
• Monitor initiative progress, track benefits realization, and ensure accountability for key deliverables and improvement efforts.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of Program Management, Project Management, PMO, or Transformation experience in complex, cross-functional environments.
• Proven ability to coordinate large-scale initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, workstreams, and competing priorities.
• Experience driving operational excellence, business process improvement, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong facilitation skills with the ability to lead executive, stakeholder, and team-level meetings effectively.
• Experience creating executive communications, status reporting, dashboards, and visual management tools.
• Ability to translate ambiguity into structured plans, actionable workstreams, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
• Experience documenting business processes, standard work, governance frameworks, and operating models.
• Ability to identify risks, remove roadblocks, and drive accountability across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership.
• Experience supporting change management, business transformation, or organizational readiness efforts.
• Lean, Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Agile, or related process improvement experience is preferred.
• Proficiency with collaboration, project management, and reporting tools such as Microsoft 365, Teams, Excel, Power BI, Jira, Smartsheet, or similar platforms

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 hourly pay range is $70-85h r. 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.Allqualifiedapplicantswillreceiveconsiderationforemploymentwithoutregardtorace,color,religion,sex,nationalorigin,disabilitystatus,protectedveterans’status,oranyothercharacteristicprotectedbyfederal,state,orlocallaws.Slalomwillalsoconsiderqualifiedapplicationswithcriminalhistories,consistentwithlegalrequirements.Slalomwelcomesandencouragesapplicationsfromindividualswithdisabilities.Reasonableaccommodationsareavailableforcandidatesduringallaspectsoftheselectionprocess.Pleaseadvisethetalentacquisitionteamorcontact [e-mail] ifyourequireaccommodationsduringtheinterviewprocess.