Client Partner Director | Public & Social Impact

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 redefine what is possible, shape the future, and get there together. Our Northern California market is seeking a Client Partner who is motivated to make meaningful impact across Higher Education, Nonprofit, and State and Local Government clients.

This role sits at the center of some of California's most complex, high visibility institutions and systems, partnering with mission driven leaders navigating digital transformation, data modernization, cloud adoption, cybersecurity, and constituent experience. In this role, you will proactively identify opportunities across the Public and Social Impact portfolio, deepen trusted executive relationships, and ensure high quality delivery across the full suite of Slalom offerings while scaling long term impact in the Nor Cal market.

• Own direct revenue responsibility of $5M+ as Director within the Northern California market
• Balance individual and team utilization based on client needs, with a target of 40 percent individual utilization as Director, and 75 percent plus blended utilization for teams
• Own profitability for assigned Nor Cal accounts, including revenue growth, utilization, and margin management
• Identify opportunities to expand and mature Slalom's Public and Social Impact offerings in Northern California, setting account and portfolio level strategy
• Provide executive oversight and governance across all sold and managed engagements, ensuring delivery excellence and client trust
• Drive business development activities including opportunity shaping, SOW creation, and RFP responses in collaboration with market and global partners
• Develop and deliver best practices, POVs, and delivery assets relevant to California based public sector, education, and nonprofit clients
• Maintain relevant certifications such as CSM, PMP, ITIL, or Prosci, along with partner certifications including AWS, Google Cloud, or Databricks, as appropriate for client needs
• Maintain awareness of public sector, higher education, and nonprofit trends in California, and understand how Slalom capabilities align to evolving client priorities
• Oversee delivery quality assurance and facilitate client satisfaction surveys
• Support recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of consultants in the Northern California market
• Collaborate with regional and global strategy initiatives to scale impact across Slalom's Public and Social Impact practice

• Demonstrated client management and leadership experience within a management consulting environment
• Ability to balance business development, contracting and negotiation, solution design, client engagement, delivery excellence, financial management, and people leadership in a single role
• Expert-level delivery experience across complex programs and portfolios
• Active, transferable relationships within Northern California public sector, higher education, nonprofit, or adjacent ecosystem partners, including state or local agencies, universities, foundations, or mission-driven organizations
• Demonstrated success originating and growing a significant book of consulting business, including ownership of account strategy and revenue growth
• Experience navigating public sector procurement, RFP processes, contracting, and complex buying environments
• Ability to build trusted executive relationships and translate client priorities into complex, multi-capability consulting opportunities

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.

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful 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…