Data Engineering Director - Vancouver

About the organization

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.

Who You’ll Work With

As the Director of Data Engineering & Architecture at Slalom, you will oversee and inspire a team of Data Architects and Data Engineers, providing both strategic direction and hands-on leadership. You will drive our business forward by empowering your team, delivering outstanding client results, and nurturing a culture of learning, inclusion, and growth. You will shape and lead complex engagements, guiding architectural vision, solution delivery, and practice development.

What You’ll Do

People & Team Leadership:

• Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of leaders, Data Architects and Data Engineers.
• Foster a diverse, inclusive, and growth-minded culture that aligns with Slalom’s values.
• Coach team members through career development, feedback, and stretch opportunities.

Practice Development:

• Lead the evolution and adoption of modern data engineering and architecture best practices.
• Contribute to thought leadership, internal training, and knowledge sharing across the practice.
• Drive innovation by evaluating and piloting emerging technologies, including AI-accelerated engineering.
• Own team health and assist in workforce planning by monitoring and managing key team metrics - including utilization, headcount, hiring, capability growth, and capacity against demand - to support sustainable growth and delivery excellence.

Client & Market Leadership:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, shaping data strategies and roadmaps.
• Represent Slalom in the market through speaking engagements, client workshops, and industry events.

Client Delivery Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Technical Oversight:

• • Lead solution design and technical delivery for complex data engineering and architecture projects across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Guide teams in assessing current-state client environments and defining scalable, future-state architectures.

• • Oversee the implementation of production-grade data platforms, pipelines, and workflows.

• Engagement Management:

• • Drive client engagement from discovery through delivery, ensuring alignment to business goals and technical excellence.
  • Balance architectural leadership with hands-on involvement, stepping in to resolve technical challenges as needed.
  • Collaborate closely with client stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable solutions.

• Quality & Excellence:

• • Ensure delivery excellence by setting and upholding standards for architecture, engineering, and project execution.
  • Promote the use of AI-accelerated tools and automation to drive efficiency, scalability, and quality.
  • Maintain a primary focus on data platforms, pipelines, and architecture, with minimal emphasis on BI/reporting.

What You’ll Bring

You are a visionary leader and hands-on expert passionate about shaping and delivering next-generation data solutions. With a strong foundation in modern cloud data platforms, you thrive at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and client engagement. You are energized by leading high-performing teams, fostering innovation, and ensuring exceptional client outcomes.

As a Director at Slalom, you will play a critical role in advancing our data engineering and architecture capabilities - enabling clients to unlock transformative value from their data. You’ll bring your previous experience to make an impact in this space, including:

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or related fields.
• 5+ years in technical leadership and team management roles.
• Advanced proficiency in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience in consulting or client-facing delivery environments.
• Familiarity with modern data engineering tools, languages, and paradigms (e.g., Spark, Python, dbt, Terraform, generative AI).

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 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.

Hybrid/In office: We are hybrid but there are expectations that if your team leader requires you onsite that you are able to meet those expectations/requirements

Slalom Employee Perks 

• Culture & fun!
• Lunch & learns
• Health & wellness activities
• Holiday parties
• Employee community groups
• Social clubs & activities
• Vacation (20 days prorated based on start date & wellness/sick days) 

Tangible perks 

• Competitive compensation package
• $100 cell phone monthly reimbursement
• Registered Retirement Program (RRSP) & Employer Matching
• Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Annual “Thrive Well-Being” Gift Card
• Family planning/ Fertility Benefit
• Maternity/Parental Leave Top-Up
• Medical & Dental Benefits
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Access to Supplementary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Inkblot Therapy
• And more!
• All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements

Slalom is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer dedicated to building a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will work to reasonably accommodate applicants’ needs throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

Targeted Base Pay Ranges:

The targeted base salary pay range is outlined below:

Director: $189,000 - $236,000 CAD

Please note if you are hired at Slalom you will be required to complete a background check.