Professional Services Commercial Governance & Contract Senior Manager

About the role

Slalom is seeking a strategic, entrepreneurial, and execution-oriented Senior Manager, Commercial Governance & Contract Management to help establish and scale a new capability that strengthens how we manage contractual risk, commercial performance, client relationships, and delivery outcomes across our most complex engagements.

The ideal candidate understands the unique commercial, contractual, procurement, compliance, and governance considerations associated with both public sector and commercial consulting engagements and can effectively adapt approaches across diverse client environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive contractual governance during delivery by partnering with Accountable Executives, Engagement Leads, and Delivery Leaders to provide commercial governance for Slalom's largest and most complex engagements.
• Oversee contract performance throughout the engagement lifecycle by managing contractual obligations, scope governance, change control, and contract modifications while proactively resolving risks before they impact delivery or client relationships.
• Manage risk and compliance by partnering with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Operations, and Delivery teams to ensure compliance with contractual obligations, client commitments, and regulatory requirements while proactively managing commercial risk across public sector and commercial engagements.
• Protect revenue and improve profitability by partnering with finance and delivery leaders to improve margin performance and commercial outcomes.
• Support pursuits and commercial deal shaping by providing guidance on contract structures that balance client objectives, delivery flexibility, and profitability.
• Enable client growth and lifecycle management by supporting account teams in identifying opportunities for contract expansion, renewals, amendments, and follow-on work.
• Build and scale a new capability by developing its vision, role definitions, competencies and operating standards/frameworks, contract lifecycle management practices, and supporting tools.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in consulting, professional services, commercial management, contract management, delivery governance, deal management, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting both public sector and commercial consulting engagements, with an understanding of the differing procurement models, contract structures, compliance requirements, governance expectations, and risk profiles associated with each.
• Experience supporting complex consulting engagements exceeding $10M in contract value.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments, including government, healthcare, financial services, utilities, or other compliance-intensive industries, is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated success improving commercial performance, profitability, risk management, or operational effectiveness.
• Strong understanding of Statements of Work, Master Services Agreements, change orders, pricing models, contract lifecycle management, and consulting economics.
• Proven ability to influence leaders and drive adoption without direct authority.
• Experience building processes, frameworks, operating models, or organizational capabilities.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Passion for building new capabilities and creating measurable business impact.

Benefits

Slalom offers a range of benefits, including 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 a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Pay

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: East Bay, San Francisco, Silicon Valley: $164,000- $200,000 San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Seattle, Boston, New Jersey, New York City, Washington DC, Westchester: $150,000- $184,000 All other locations: $138,000- $169,000

In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors.