Technical Staffing Specialist

Overview

As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including AWS industry leaders, sales teams, and solution architects, to drive impactful outcomes.

Together, we leverage cutting-edge technologies and industry best practices to deliver innovative and scalable solutions tailored to our clients' unique needs.

This Technical Staffing Specialist will serve as the primary staffing interface between Slalom and AWS Professional Services (Pro Serve), supporting all resourcing needs. The role requires understanding AWS talent requirements, translating them into actionable staffing strategies, and building aligned teams. This role may evolve into co-sell collaboration in the future.

• Staffing liaison between AWS Pro Serve and internal Slalom staffing.
• Track and report on staffing metrics, fulfillment rates, and candidate pipeline health.
• Identify gaps in talent supply and proactively develop sourcing strategies with Talent Acquisition teams.
• Facilitate regular meetings between AWS and Slalom leadership on resourcing priorities.
• Translate AWS requirements into clear, actionable skill profiles.
• Partner with recruiting teams to align talent rapidly.
• Guide AWS toward scalable team compositions over unicorn sourcing. (hiring for one niche specific skill)
• Build understanding of Slalom’s talent pool and skills.
• Manage expectations and communications with AWS stakeholders.
• Hold AWS accountable for candidate timelines.
• Work to streamline the process including build trust to move towards zero interview process for Slalom consulting joining AWS Pro Serve projects.
• Managed end-to-end onboarding and offboarding of Slalom consultants supporting AWS Pro Serve engagements, ensuring smooth transitions, access readiness, and alignment with project timelines.
• Interfacing with Slalom leadership for staffing escalation.

• A strategic thinker with a passion for the staffing and consulting industry and a proven track record of driving growth through staffing.
• Experience managing and coordinating staffing requests.
• Experience working with and navigating AWS.
• A connector’s mentality and exceptional relationship-building skills with the ability to connect with Slalom and AWS Pro Serve teams.
• Strong project management abilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field; relevant certifications are a plus.
• Strong understanding of AWS services, cloud architecture concepts, and technical skill taxonomies.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Strong negotiation and expectation management skills.
• Proven ability to build trust and credibility with external partner.

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.

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…