AWS Data Architect | Senior Principal – Slalom

Location: London or Manchester | Hybrid

Slalom is a purpose‑led, global business and technology consulting company with more than 10,000 consultants worldwide. We help clients end‑to‑end, from strategy to implementation.

What you will do

• Shape and drive Slalom’s AWS cloud, data, and AI strategy, developing new commercial offerings and methodologies.
• Act as Slalom's public voice and thought leader for AWS Data & AI; present at industry conferences, publish white papers.
• Identify key market trends and client needs to guide the evolution of our practice and go‑to‑market strategy.
• Lead multiple, complex client engagements, guiding large program teams to deliver enterprise‑scale, AI‑enabled data solutions on AWS.
• Serve as the lead technical and strategic advisor for senior client stakeholders, translating business objectives into multi‑phased modern data strategy roadmaps.
• Oversee solution architecture, delivery quality, risk management, and financial performance across your portfolio of engagements.
• Partner with client and sales teams to drive new business; lead pre‑sales activities, including opportunity identification, RFI/RFP responses, and client presentations.
• Develop compelling commercial proposals and statements of work, articulating value proposition and ROI to C‑suite executives.
• Build and nurture executive‑level client relationships, becoming a trusted partner for strategic data challenges.

What you’ll bring

• Expertise translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and effective data architectures (Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Vault, Dimensional Modelling).
• 12+ years of experience architecting and delivering cloud, data, and AI solutions, with deep expertise in the AWS data platform (Redshift, S3, Glue, Lambda, EMR, Kinesis, SageMaker).
• Proven track record in a client‑facing, commercially focused consulting role, leading pre‑sales activities and shaping multi‑million‑pound technology programmes.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, able to advise C‑suite executives.
• Experience leading, designing, and implementing enterprise‑wide cloud‑data strategies and multi‑phased implementation roadmaps.
• Advanced understanding of modern data management and governance concepts (Data Quality, Metadata Management, Master Data Management).
• Demonstrated success developing practice offerings, methodologies, or accelerators for cloud, data, or AI/ML.
• Recognised thought leader in AWS, data architecture, and AI/ML enablement (publications, conference speaking) highly desirable.
• Relevant AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, Data Analytics – Specialty) strongly preferred.

Why Slalom

We foster flexibility, people‑first culture, and competitive rewards. We support reasonable adjustments and promote inclusion, diversity, and equity.