Technology Advisory Lead

Technology Account Lead – London

London/Hybrid           

Slalom is a global, human-centric business and technology consulting firm. We specialise in partnering with organisations that aspire to excellence, helping them tackle complex challenges and achieve transformative results through strategy, technology, and business transformation services. By prioritising people, Slalom creates a unique consulting experience, with a team of strategists and engineers delivering practical, end-to-end solutions that drive impactful outcomes for our clients. We empower people and organisations to dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all.

About our role:  Slalom UK is seeking a senior Financial Services Technology Advisory leader to drive technology‑led growth across Banking, Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management. 

This role will work closely with the Head of Financial Services, acting as the bridge between FS market ambitions and Slalom’s technology capabilities across Cloud, Data, AI and Engineering. It holds end‑to‑end accountability for technology‑led pre‑sales and solution shaping and plays a key role in identifying and prioritising FS technology delivery and capability needs to support sustainable growth. 

The role is instrumental in ensuring early phase engagements translate into scalable, high‑quality delivery, with a strong focus on delivery excellence, consistency and client outcomes across the FS portfolio. 

This is a market‑facing leadership role, with significant leadership influence over strategy, growth and client outcomes. 

Life as a Technology Account Lead:

As a Technology Account Lead, you will act as a senior technology adviser to FS clients, shaping complex opportunities and providing leadership and assurance on strategic engagements. Your role is to align client business objectives with Slalom's technology capabilities, build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders, and ensure early-stage work transitions into high-quality delivery. Specifically, you will:

Responsibilities: 

• FS Technology Advisory & Client Leadership: Serve as senior technology adviser to FS clients across banking, capital markets and wealth & asset management, leading executive-level conversations and shaping client agendas on technology strategy, cloud modernisation, data & AI and large-scale transformation
• Go-To-Market & Pre-Sales Leadership: Partner with Head of FS and Technology Capability teams to develop technology go-to-market strategy and lead technology-led pre-sales including opportunity shaping, executive storytelling and deal close.

Work with Client Partners to progress complex, high-value opportunities from early advisory through to sustained delivery, contributing directly to FS revenue growth.

• Capability Integration & Solution Shaping: Act as the bridge between FS GTM leadership and Slalom's Cloud, Data, AI and Build capabilities, shaping integrated solutions that align business objectives to technology execution and ensuring effective reuse of Slalom IP and partner propositions.
• Delivery Leadership & Assurance: Provide senior leadership and assurance on strategically significant FS engagements, ensuring early-stage work transitions into high-quality, sustainable delivery and stepping into client leadership roles where senior technology credibility is required.
• Thought Leadership & Market Presence: Amplify Slalom's brand as a credible FS technology voice in the UK market through client engagement, industry events and published viewpoints, whilst building strong relationships with key technology and cloud partners.

What You’ll Bring: 

• Deep Financial Services experience with strong exposure to banking, capital markets, and/or wealth & asset management
• Proven track record in technology-led transformation (cloud, data, AI, platforms, operating models)
• Senior consulting background with strong pre-sales, deal shaping, and C-suite engagement experience
• Entrepreneurial and growth-focused, demonstrating strong commercial judgement and encouraging creativity with a sense of fun in tackling new challenges
• Highly collaborative and team-oriented, fostering a positive and enjoyable team atmosphere, and leading with a low-ego style 
• Brings credibility, integrity, and calm leadership presence, together with an approachable manner and a large dose of good humour

We have a question for you - and it’s something we’re passionate about. Can you imagine a world in which you can truly love your life and your work? Well, we have some good news – creating that world and making this vision a reality is what we get out of bed for; it’s our north star.

But what do we really mean when we talk about loving your life and your work? Let’s look at the ways in which we help our team members to achieve this – and the ‘how’.

Deep connections, better outcome 

We have deep relationships with leading technology partners and they love us for our innovative and outcome based approach. Our people are passionate about solving our clients problems using the tech that’s the best solution for them. What’s more, we’re there to work side-by-side with our client teams to enable them for success long after we’ve gone. We’re all about momentum that outlasts us. 

Flexibility 

Life is busy, and we understand that. Our team often juggles work, family, personal commitments, and crucial client obligations. We prioritise supporting our people in balancing what matters to them while ensuring we meet our client commitments. Flexibility is key, as we sometimes need to adapt to meet client needs. This way, our team can work on high-impact projects they’ll love, knowing they have the flexibility to manage their personal and professional lives effectively.

People-first 

Great solutions start with great people. At our employee-led company, your voice matters, and we love to hear your feedback. By leading with kindness, empathy, and striving for equity, we create better experiences for everyone. Our culture encourages passion, adventure, adaptability, and diverse thinking. Inclusion, diversity, and equity are our top priorities, empowering our team to be their best selves. Together, we can create a great future by working collaboratively and supporting each other.

Rewards 

There’s no shying away from it - the compensation and benefits on offer have to be competitive too, right? We know that. That’s why we have a dedicated team working with our leaders to ensure our packages are fair, competitive, and rewarding!  

Who are we... We are Slalom!

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 prioritise purpose, flexibility, connection and recognition so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.

We’re honoured to be consistently recognised as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work for nine years running. Read more at slalom.com. 

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Slalom prides itself on helping our team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in our team members with competitive and innovative benefit programs and services that meet the unique needs of our diverse workforce. If you require any assistance with regards to reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us – we will always be happy to help.

Technology Account Lead , Financial Services , Cloud AI Transformation , Executive Advisory