Principal, Enterprise Transformation; AI and Op Model

We are targeting for this role to be located in Northern California where there is a Slalom office and are looking for candidates who are interested in working in a hybrid environment.

As a Principal at Slalom, you will play a critical role in shaping client outcomes while also contributing to the growth and maturity of our Transformation Design & Leadership (TDL) practice. You will bring thought leadership, mentor teams, and help strengthen Slalom’s reputation as a trusted partner in enterprise and AI-enabled transformation.

This role sits within TDL’s Transformation Architecture sub-capability and operates at the intersection of strategy, operating model design, technology, data, and AI. You will partner closely with Slalom’s Data & Analytics, Technology, and Industry teams to ensure transformations are well-designed, adopted, governed, and sustained.

This role has a strong focus on AI-enabled transformation and AI Office enablement, helping organizations move from experimentation to scaled, responsible, and value-driven adoption of AI.

• Serve as a Transformation Architect and trusted advisor, guiding clients through large-scale business, technology, and AI-enabled transformations with accountability for outcomes, adoption, and value realization.
• Lead AI-enabled transformation and AI Office initiatives, helping clients:
  • Define AI operating models, governance structures, decision rights, and funding approaches
  • Establish responsible and ethical AI adoption practices aligned to risk, compliance, and enterprise priorities
  • Enable workforce readiness, change, and adoption at scale
  • Transition from pilots and proofs of concept to enterprise AI-enabled capabilities
• Architect end-to-end transformation approaches that integrate people, process, data, technology, and ways of working, partnering with Data & Analytics and Technology teams for detailed solution design and delivery.
• Shape and prioritize data- and AI-enabled business use cases, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy, organizational readiness, and measurable outcomes.
• Create strategic transformation roadmaps based on insights into how enterprise architecture, business processes, data, and new technologies interconnect at scale.
• Drive business process optimization and organizational change by embedding data-informed and AI-augmented decision-making into operating models and day-to-day execution.
• Advise executive leaders on transformation strategy, sequencing, and trade-offs, helping them navigate ambiguity, align stakeholders, and sustain momentum across multi-year initiatives.
• Contribute to the evolution of Slalom’s AI-enabled transformation and AI Office offerings, including points of view, methodologies, and accelerators.
• Guide and support consultants at all levels, fostering expertise in transformation, data, and AI both within TDL and among partner teams.
• Lead and contribute to proposal development, shaping transformation approaches from ambiguous problem statements through clear, compelling client value propositions.

To be successful as a Transformation Principal within TDL’s Transformation Architecture capability, you will bring:

• 7+ years of experience in consulting or advisory roles, leading or advising enterprise-scale business and technology transformations.
• Demonstrated experience shaping AI-enabled transformation or AI Office efforts, including operating model design, governance, adoption strategies, and executive alignment.
• Strong fluency in data, analytics, cloud, and AI concepts, with the ability to architect transformation approaches, evaluate trade-offs, and guide strategic decisions, while partnering with Data & Analytics teams for detailed engineering and implementation.
• Proven experience leading multi-capability, cross-functional programs, aligning business leaders, technologists, and analytics practitioners around a shared transformation vision.
• Experience framing, sequencing, and governing data- and AI-enabled use cases in support of strategic priorities and measurable business value.
• Possesses comprehensive knowledge of contemporary enterprise and cloud architectures, providing informed…