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 of all kinds redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future—and get there.

We are seeking a Birmingham-based Client Partner to join our team, supporting our accounts across a variety of industries and portfolios. The main responsibilities of a Client Partner are growing Slalom’s business at the designated account(s), developing, maintaining and expanding client relationships, delivering outcome-based solutions, leading/coaching teams, driving sales, and account management. You will be responsible for growing the client account, including revenue, margin, and customers across all geographies.

What You’ll Do

Business Development

• Demonstrate deep understanding of your clients’ business, industry, and strategic priorities through ongoing research and preparation

• Act as a primary Slalom representative for both new and prospective clients in the Birmingham area

• Host or facilitate Slalom marketing events

• Proactively invest time and energy in how you show up with clients, ensuring they feel supported, valued, and confident in Slalom as a long-term partner

• Bring the right Slalom leaders, practitioners, and partners into conversations at the right time to maximize client outcomes

• Has driven proposals and partnered with cross-functional pursuit teams to develop and execute on sales strategy

• Has consistently led the successful negotiation and closing of opportunities

• Maintain visible executive presence with clients beyond active delivery, reinforcing long term partnership and continuity

• Build and execute strategies to develop business within existing and new clients

• Build and manage a $4-6M+ portfolio across a mix of industries and portfolios

• Be responsible for achieving and maintaining client satisfaction

Solution Development and Oversight:
• Proactively partner with internal teams to shape high impact solutions that address client challenges and create new opportunities

• Lead the conversion of solution ideas into qualified opportunities, coordinating pursuit strategy and value proposition development

Team Leadership:

• Orchestrate and build pursuit teams to solve clients’ business problems, and lead teams through deal close with a high degree of collaboration and motivation

• Lead engagements and project teams, delivering complex solutions

• Contribute to project delivery

• Collaborate with other Client Partners, Sales team members and practitioners to develop and deliver business

What You’ll Bring

Account Leadership:
• Proven experience growing and leading client accounts within the consulting industry
• Has collaborated with Sales Executives to create and execute against account plans
• Relevant experience managing to utilization targets
• Hands-on contract negotiation experience with NDA’s, MSA’s, & SOW’s.
• Experience leading teams, building community, and helping grow and expand a client portfolio
• Experience managing the performance of individual consultants, either direct reports and/or as members of project team
• Excellent negotiation, conflict management, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Leverage your Alabama-based network across various segments and clients
• Superlative writing skills & deep experience with creating highly polished content for client executives
• Deep experience with oversight, governance, and quality assurance of all sold/managed engagements

Executive Presence & Communication:
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate, present, and tell compelling stories that influence senior client stakeholders

Capability or Functional Expertise:
• Ability to apply personal expertise (e.g., digital commerce, data & analytics, cloud, transformation, or industry-specific domains) to shape solutions and outcomes, guide teams, and build client confidence

Alliance & Partner Led Growth:
• Understanding of partner led sales motions, with the ability to drive pipeline and revenue through ecosystem relationships

Client Relationship Management:
• Track record of building and deepening client relationships across all levels of an organization over time

Team Leadership and Management:
• 10+ years’ of experience leading and managing teams across the full project lifecycle within an IT services or consulting environment, including managing a large account or multiple accounts
• Experience delivering as a consultant, balancing leadership of large-scale transformational programs with hands-on individual contribution
• Exhibits a relentless drive to realize goals and deliver excellent outcomes across complex engagements
• Responds to critical escalated issues, resolves competing priorities, and drives alignment across teams

About Us
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. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

The salary range for this position $180k - 220k. 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.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. 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 if you require accommodations during the interview process.