West Region SLED Contracts Leader at Slalom, LLC in Denver, Colorado

Job Description:

Who You'll Work With



At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We help organizations of all kinds redefine what's possible, give shape to the future-and get there.


As the West Region SLED Contracts Leader, you will have the unique opportunity to help mature Slalom's Public & Social Impact (P&SI) contracts team, which is focused on supporting our West Region Markets in delivering impactful experiences and outcomes for State and Local Government, Education, and Non-Profit Organizations. You'll be tasked with a variety of responsibilities that will include providing strategic advisory services, tactical support, and demonstrating thought leadership. You will leverage your ability to build trust and lead through influence and expertise to build and scale the risk and contract management function across Slalom.



What You'll Do

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  Strengthen our delivery excellence approach and execution for P&SI work including:
  
  
  
  • Drive national contracts strategy for Slalom using a network of contract vehicles, multi market contracts and SLED/FED contracts.
  
  
  • Spend time advising local markets on how to most strategically contract with public sector clients
  
  
  • Provide strategic and tactical advice to Local Market teams on all areas of the procurement and contracting lifecycle when utilizing contract vehicles and multi-market contracts.
  
  
  • Identify areas to automate contract management, reporting and compliance activities
  
  
  • Collaborate with internal business teams to resolve contract administration challenges as well as manage and mitigate contract risk.
  
  
  • Foster relationships with our Slalom local market teams to create strong working relationships in support of contract usage
  
  
  • Educate markets and deliver training on contract compliance and required activities such as trainings and reporting.
  
  
  • Develop internal content and collateral to increase understanding of contract management concepts and increase usage of available contract vehicles.
  
  
  • Drive utilization of contract mechanisms across the company
  
  
  
  


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  Provide proactive support during the pursuit process including:
  
  
  
  • Review RFx to identify areas of potential business and contractual risk, develop questions, assumptions, and exceptions that may influence contract strategy and/or impact post-award contract compliance
  
  
  • Draft, negotiate, and/or review a range of contracts, agreements, and scopes of work that leverage existing contract vehicles to enable compliance with corporate and legal requirements;
  
  
  • Develop relationships with external contracting officers in order to effectively manage Slalom's contractual obligations and understand the organizational landscape where needed.
  
  
  
  


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  Post-award:
  
  
  
  • Conduct contract review workshops with engagement teams, identifying key compliance obligations, contract requirements, and service level agreements
  
  
  • Provide post-award contract interpretation, support contract modifications, and develop and socialize tools to enable engagement teams to meet contractual obligations and requirements
  
  
  • Maintain database of critical contract details and monitor key contract dates and events
  
  
  • Delivering training and tools to enable local markets to meet their contractual compliance obligations
  
  
  • Responsible for contract vehicle compliance and reporting obligations
  
  
  • Develop go to market content to enable contract usage
  
  
  • Drive quarterly business reviews to support growth of contract usage
  
  
  
  

What You'll Bring

• Deep knowledge of risk, contract, and legal principles, and ability to identify high-risk terms; ability to understand the impact of flow-down terms


• Experience with prime and subcontracts administration and management in the public sector


• Ability to influence and lead institutional process improvements without authority


• Knowledge of cooperative contracting vehicles, e.g., NASPO, E&I, OMNIA, etc.


• Experience with statewide contract vehicles and contract reciprocity agreements (e.g., Tx DIR, CMAS, etc)


• Proficiency and experience contracting with and through public sector industry partners including an understanding of supplier diversity programs


• Ability to work with a matrixed team across multiple time zones

About Us



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.



Compensation and Benefits



Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that includemeaningful 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 insurance.


Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the base salary pay range is $92,000 to $175,000 for Manager level and $113,000 to $215,000 for Senior Manager level. 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. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.



EEO and Accommodations



Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.


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