What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Business Operations (Staffing) position at Slalom?
Who You’ll Work With
As a Staffing Manager, you will partner closely with Slalom Capability Leaders to ensure team members are staffed efficiently and effectively across project teams. You'll play a key role in managing supply and demand through strategic prioritization, while also influencing talent planning and acquisition efforts. In this role, you'll coach leaders on best practices in staffing, support career development initiatives, and contribute to the overall people experience. Success in this role means building strong, trusted relationships across all levels of leadership, acting as a knowledgeable advisor to the business, and serving as a mentor and leader to junior team members.
What You’ll Do
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.
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 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 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 position, the base salary pay range is $110,000 to $140,000 In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. 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.
We will accept applications until November 21, 2025, or until the position is filled.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.
As a Staffing Manager, you will partner closely with Slalom Capability Leaders to ensure team members are staffed efficiently and effectively across project teams. You'll play a key role in managing supply and demand through strategic prioritization, while also influencing talent planning and acquisition efforts. In this role, you'll coach leaders on best practices in staffing, support career development initiatives, and contribute to the overall people experience. Success in this role means building strong, trusted relationships across all levels of leadership, acting as a knowledgeable advisor to the business, and serving as a mentor and leader to junior team members.
What You’ll Do
- Be the first line of defense and guidance for team and leaders on all staffing process (prioritization, geo dedication, etc)
- Be the connector between Consultants, People Business Partner, Talent Acquisition, Talent Enablement, Capability Leaders, Markets and People Leaders
- Provide progressive, forward-thinking recommendations and suggestions
- Influence and drive a system thinking team and organization
- Collaborate, implement and drive various staffing programs to support our people experience
- Review and analyze business metrics and workforce analytics
- Synthesize staffing data to create staffing intelligence for Capability and Market leaders
- Manage logistics and communications across multiple stakeholder groups
- Recommend improvements and enhancements using data
- Manage staffing supply and demand across all Capabilities and Market teams
- Drive staffing escalation to closure
- 5-7 years of experience in a Resource Planning role (2-3 years in Consulting/Professional Services)
- Bachelor's degree required; Business Administration preferred
- 2-3 years of people management experience
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Experience working within the professional services industry or within a high-growth technology company preferred
- Demonstrated competence in logistics, workforce planning, and supply/demand management
- Ability to deal effectively with ambiguity, recognize trends, and identify systemic approaches to solving problems in a fast-moving, constantly changing environment
- Experience working with managers at various levels and multi-client groups
- Demonstrated skills in business acumen, consulting, analysis, project management, communication, presentation, negotiation, conflict management and problem solving
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills a must
- Experience with Salesforce, Microsoft Power BI, and Microsoft Teams preferred
- 10% Travel required
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.
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 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 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 position, the base salary pay range is $110,000 to $140,000 In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. 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.
We will accept applications until November 21, 2025, or until the position is filled.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.
Salary : $110,000 - $140,000