Description and RequirementsJob Description
Location: Nashville, TN (Hybrid / On-Site Requirements)
Title: Principal , AI Product Strategist
Who You'll Work With: Slalom is seeking an experienced and collaborative Principal to help organizations transform how they define, build, and deliver products and customer value. Our work spans modern product management and strategy, Product Operating Model transformation, Agile transformation, and the use of AI across the Product Development Lifecycle (AI-PDLC).As a Principal within our Modern Product Organization capability, you will partner with senior business, product, and technology leaders to shape and lead complex product and organizational transformations. You'll help organizations improve how they define product strategy, structure and empower teams, prioritize investments, manage portfolios, modernize ways of working, and incorporate AI into how products are discovered, planned, built, tested, launched, and continuously improved.You will operate across strategy and execution, bringing the experience and versatility to move between executive conversations, transformation strategy, operating model design, Agile and product ways of working, and practical implementation. You will also lead multidisciplinary teams, develop trusted client relationships, mentor and grow talent, and contribute to the continued growth of Slalom's Modern Product Organization capability. Areas of focus may include:
- Product strategy and modern product management
- Product Operating Model design and transformation
- Agile and ways-of-working transformation
- Portfolio management, governance, funding, and value management
- Organizational and team design
- AI-enabled Product Development Lifecycle (AI-PDLC)
- Product and transformation leadership
- Transformation roadmaps, implementation, and adoption
What You'll Do:In this role, you will lead client engagements across strategy, design, implementation, and adoption activities. Responsibilities may include:
- Leading product organization and transformation assessments to identify gaps, opportunities, organizational constraints, and recommendations across product, people, process, technology, governance, and ways of working
- Partnering with senior business, product, and technology leaders to define transformation strategies and connect business objectives to practical product and organizational changes
- Leading the design and implementation of Product Operating Models, including product and value-stream structures, roles and responsibilities, governance, decision rights, team structures, planning rhythms, funding approaches, and success measures
- Helping organizations strengthen product strategy and modern product management practices, including discovery, customer value, prioritization, roadmapping, portfolio management, and outcome-based decision-making
- Leading Agile and ways-of-working transformations, helping organizations evolve delivery models, improve flow, increase team effectiveness, and adopt practices appropriate to their organizational context
- Helping organizations evolve from project-oriented delivery toward durable, cross-functional, product-oriented teams focused on measurable customer and business outcomes
- Developing transformation roadmaps, implementation plans, pilots, playbooks, and adoption strategies that translate transformation ambitions into measurable change
- Leading executive workshops, stakeholder working sessions, and leadership alignment conversations to establish direction, resolve competing priorities, and accelerate decision-making
- Advising and coaching product leaders, Product Managers, Product Owners, Agile leaders, delivery teams, and business stakeholders on modern product practices and ways of working
- Helping clients identify and implement opportunities to integrate AI across the Product Development Lifecycle, including product discovery, research, requirements, planning, backlog development, engineering, testing, documentation, analytics, and decision-making
- Helping clients evaluate AI opportunities based on business value, process impact, organizational and data readiness, responsible use, adoption requirements, and measurable outcomes
- Defining success metrics and feedback loops to measure product performance, transformation progress, delivery effectiveness, customer value, and business outcomes
- Leading complex, cross-functional engagements and workstreams while maintaining accountability for engagement quality, client outcomes, and successful delivery
- Identifying additional opportunities to create value for clients and contributing to solution shaping, proposals, sales conversations, and account growth
- Coaching and mentoring Slalom team members, providing feedback and supporting the development of future product and transformation leaders
- Contributing to Slalom's thought leadership, capability and offering development, recruiting efforts, and internal knowledge sharing
What You'll Bring
- 10+ years of experience across product management, product strategy, Agile delivery and transformation, product operations, Product Operating Models, business or digital transformation, technology consulting, or related disciplines
- Significant consulting experience within a professional services environment, including experience leading complex client engagements
- Experience operating across both strategy and execution, with the ability to translate transformation objectives into actionable roadmaps, organizational changes, and measurable outcomes
- Strong experience in one or more areas of modern product transformation, with broader working knowledge across product management, Product Operating Models, Agile transformation, and AI-enabled product delivery
- Experience designing or implementing modern Product Operating Models, including organizational structures, team models, governance, decision rights, planning, funding, portfolio management, and ways of working
- Strong understanding of modern product management practices, including product strategy, customer discovery, prioritization, roadmapping, customer value, outcome definition, feedback loops, and product lifecycle management
- Experience leading Agile or ways-of-working transformations and applying approaches such as Agile, Lean, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or flow-based delivery based on the needs of the organization rather than relying on a single prescribed framework
- Experience with portfolio planning, investment prioritization, governance, funding, value management, and outcome measurement
- Practical experience applying AI and Generative AI across the Product Development Lifecycle, with an understanding of how AI can improve product management, delivery, workflows, decision-making, and team effectiveness
- Demonstrated experience advising, influencing, and building trusted relationships with senior business, product, and technology leaders
- Strong executive presence, communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and align stakeholders with competing priorities
- Experience leading multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams in complex organizational environments
- Demonstrated people leadership and talent development experience, including coaching, mentoring, providing feedback, and developing others
- Experience contributing to business development, including identifying client needs, shaping solutions, supporting proposals, expanding client relationships, and contributing to account growth
- Ability to connect the dots across product, people, process, technology, AI, and delivery and determine the right approach based on a client's specific transformation needs
- Product Management, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Lean, ICAgile, AI, or related certifications are considered an asset
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. The compensation range for Principal role is $145,000- $180,000. 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 are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: [redacted]. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.
