Master Data Management; MDM; Principal

Position: Master Data Management (MDM) - Principal - 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 collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value.

At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

Master Data Management (MDM) - Principal (Vacant Role)
Lead the vision, strategy, and delivery of next-generation Master Data Management capabilities that create trusted, AI-ready enterprise data foundations. Design and scale multi-domain MDM solutions that power operational excellence, analytics, agentic AI, GenAI, and data product ecosystems across modern platforms, including Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, and cloud-native architectures.

What You’ll Do
* Define and own the enterprise MDM vision, strategy, operating model, and multi-year roadmap aligned to business transformation, AI adoption, and digital modernization initiatives
* Advise executive stakeholders on future-state data architectures, including data products, data mesh, lakehouse, knowledge graph, and AI-ready data ecosystems
* Architect enterprise-wide mastering strategies spanning customer, patient, provider, product, supplier, location, and reference data domains
* Leverage AI, machine learning, graph technologies, and agent-based capabilities to improve entity resolution, relationship discovery, stewardship productivity, and data quality outcomes
* Define target-state integration patterns across operational applications, SaaS platforms, ERP, CRM, data platforms, and AI systems
* Establish governance-by-design approaches connecting stewardship, metadata, lineage, privacy, security, and compliance requirements
* Develop business cases and value realization frameworks that quantify revenue growth, operational efficiency, risk reduction, regulatory compliance, and AI enablement
* Lead large-scale global transformation programs, mentor senior consultants and architects, and contribute to strategic pursuits and thought leadership
* Drive development of reusable accelerators, industry solutions, and AI-enabled delivery assets that differentiate Slalom in the market

What You’ll Bring
* 10+ years leading enterprise data, architecture, information management, or digital transformation initiatives with significant MDM leadership experience
* Deep expertise in multi-domain MDM, hierarchy management, match and merge, survivorship, reference data management, stewardship, syndication, and governance
* Experience with leading MDM platforms, including Informatica, Reltio, Profisee, Semarchy, Stibo STEP, SAP MDG, or custom/cloud-native MDM solutions
* Strong expertise in modern data platforms, including Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Big Query, Redshift, and associated cloud ecosystems
* Experience designing AI-ready data foundations that support GenAI, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), agents, knowledge graphs, and intelligent automation
* Understanding of data products, domain-driven design, data mesh concepts, metadata management, lineage, observability, and data quality disciplines
* Ability to translate complex technical strategies into executive-level business outcomes and investment decisions
* Proven leadership in client delivery, practice development, asset creation, pre-sales, solutioning, and market growth activities
* Exceptional facilitation, communication, stakeholder…