Director, GTM – Product Engineering & Cloud (Canada)

Who You’ll Work With

At Slalom, we blend personal connection with global scale to transform how organizations redefine possibilities, shape the future, and achieve their goals. Our mission is to maximize the value of the technology and software our clients create through efficient, high-quality, and consistent service, incorporating AI tools and outcome‑focused strategies across the product lifecycle.

As a Director within our Cloud‑Build capability in the Americas, you will operate as part of a broader go‑to‑market leadership network. The role drives sales, delivery, and client outcomes across product engineering and cloud modernization, supporting clients as they build, scale, and operate digital products and platforms. A requirement of this role is residency within Calgary as well as travel across Canada.

Job Title: Director, GTM – Product Engineering & Cloud (Canada)

What You’ll Do

This role will align regional or country‑wide Capability strategies with market needs by acting as a subject matter expert and thought leader. You will collaborate closely with clients and industry partners to identify opportunities. Additionally, you will support and develop a go‑to‑market team, contribute to delivery through billable roles with specific utilization targets, and partner with leadership to achieve revenue goals and address capability challenges.

Capability Vision and Strategy

• Tailors regional or country‑wide capability strategy to market needs.
• Ensures our Product Engineering and Cloud capabilities align with desired client outcomes.

Delivery Management

• Engages in billable client delivery roles, ensuring high‑quality outcomes in product engineering and cloud modernization.

Go to Market Approach

• Ignites awareness and demand for Product Engineering and Cloud offerings through campaigns, RFIs, RFPs, workshops, and POCs.
• Builds and sustains relationships across target and active client portfolios in your market.
• Creates demand by proactively seeking speaking opportunities within the geographic market as a Capability SME and thought leader at external conferences and events.

Business Development and Sales

• Partners with client and sales leaders to identify technology‑led opportunities, acting as the Solution Lead or Subject Matter Expert during pursuits.
• Participates in multi‑capability solutioning and outcome‑based selling motions with other Go‑to‑market leaders.
• Collaborates on growth projections, driving revenue performance against forecasts and identifying capability health challenges, aligning corrective actions as needed.
• Owns the portfolio of sales and revenue of this capability in this market.

Resource Pipeline

• Participates in hiring, staffing, and workforce planning rhythms for market and/or capability teams.

People Development

• Leads and develops teams through direct and indirect reporting relationships to scale go‑to‑market impact.
• Provides performance feedback on Capability team members supporting pursuits and delivery.

What You’ll Bring

You possess deep technology delivery and leadership experience, with a passion for building teams and client partnerships. You are skilled as both a strategic leader and hands‑on practitioner, with expertise in product engineering, cloud operations, AI‑accelerated engineering, and large‑scale delivery models. Your leadership is inspirational and proactive, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, growth, and market‑focused strategic thinking.

Core Expertise

• Product Engineering: Extensive experience leading cross‑discipline teams (Agile, Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, DevOps, and UX).
• Cloud & Modern Operations: Experience with modern operations (SRE) and working with top partners like AWS, Microsoft, and Google to co‑sell or deliver.
• Accelerated Engineering with AI: Deep understanding of how Generative AI is evolving the SDLC and maturing technology organizations.
• Team‑Based Delivery at Scale: Experience delivering engineering projects using scale teaming models, including Nearshore and Offshore partners.
• Product Mindset: Ability to work with customers to shape product strategy, roadmaps, and outcome‑based results.

Leadership Attributes

• Inspirational Leadership: Forward‑looking strategic thinking connected to market needs.
• Proactive GTM Mentality: A builder of relationships and pipeline who does not wait for leads to be handed to them.
• Collaboration: Strong ability to collaborate across different teams and global organizations.
• Growth Mindset: Acts as an external speaker at events and speaks to customer CXOs as a peer with credibility and confidence.

Hybrid / In‑Office

We are hybrid but there are expectations that if your team leader or client 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

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

Background Check

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