Talent Strategy & Org Design Principal

Slalom is a global, human-centric business and technology consulting firm. We partner with organisations to solve complex challenges and achieve transformative outcomes through strategy, technology, data and business transformation services.

Our UK&I Transformation team helps organisations make change happen, and make it stick. We work with leaders to reshape how their organisations operate, from structures, processes and ways of working to capabilities and culture, so that investments in strategy and technology translate into lasting outcomes for people and performance.

Unlike traditional consultancies, we don't hand over a report and walk away. We work alongside our clients from design through to adoption, putting people at the centre of change and building the capability our clients need to sustain it long after we leave.

As a Principal within our Transformation team, you will lead our work across Workforce Planning, Organisation Design, HR Advisory and Talent Optimisation. You will help clients build organisations and work forces that are ready for the future and help us grow our reputation and business in this space.

You will lead your own engagements and client relationships end to end, working with executives, CHROs and HR leadership teams to diagnose challenges, shape solutions and deliver outcomes. You will also play a key role in growing the offering: spotting opportunities, shaping proposals and developing our propositions.

We are looking for an experienced practitioner with deep people and organisation expertise, who is credible in front of senior clients and comfortable leading teams. Whether your background is in consulting, in-house HR, or a combination of both, you will bring a passion for helping organisations get the very best from their people.

• Lead the delivery of client engagements across workforce planning, organisation design, HR advisory and talent, taking accountability for quality, outcomes and commercial performance.
• Own and grow senior client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor to executives, CHROs and HR leadership teams.
• Lead strategic workforce planning, helping clients understand future skills and capacity needs, including the impact of AI and automation, and build practical plans to close the gaps.
• Design organisational structures, spans and layers, roles and responsibilities, and the transition plans needed to implement them.
• Advise HR functions on their operating model, processes, policies and capabilities, including HR transformation and technology-enabled change.
• Shape talent strategies that attract, develop, deploy and retain people, including skills and capability frameworks, career architecture and succession planning.
• Make sure people and organisation changes land well, working with change management colleagues on engagement, consultation and adoption.
• Identify and pursue new opportunities, scope and shape engagements with clients, and lead proposal development.
• Develop our propositions, methods and thought leadership in this space, and represent Slalom at client and industry events.
• Lead, coach and develop consultants, contributing to the growth and culture of our Transformation team.

• Significant experience leading workforce planning, organisation design, HR advisory or talent engagements, ideally gained in a consulting environment.
• A proven track record of owning senior client relationships and leading projects and teams to successful outcomes.
• Business development experience, including identifying opportunities, shaping and writing proposals, and supporting sales conversations.
• Ability to connect people and organisation decisions to wider business strategy and commercial outcomes.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, with the credibility to challenge and advise senior leaders.
• A commercial mindset, with experience managing project scope, budget and risk.
• Strong analytical skills, including confidence working with workforce and HR data.

• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Strategic workforce planning
  • Organisation design and operating model development
  • HR operating model design and HR transformation
  • Talent management, succession and career frameworks
  • Skills and capability frameworks
  • People analytics
  • Organisational change and employee consultation
  • Job architecture, grading or reward
  • Organisation design and HR tools (e.g. Org Vue, Workday, SAP Success Factors)

We are particularly interested in candidates…