Senior Consultant - Portfolio Manager

• This role is not eligible for 100% remote work. Employees must live within a commutable distance of the Portland Area and must be willing to be onsite at the client and/or Slalom Portland office up to 5 days a week.**
  
  

Title: Portfolio Management Consultant

Who You’ll Work With

Our Business Advisory Services teams help organizations of all kinds redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future—and get there. We focus on high-impact projects, meeting our clients where they are to uncover business needs and deliver results. Our teams go beyond the expected to help clients move confidently through ambiguity and risk and drive more transformative outcomes. In addition to leveraging this standard paragraph, make updates for additional local team and role information.

What You’ll Do

• Understand client business objectives and design portfolio management strategies that effectively drive tangible business benefits.
• Conduct analysis and assessment of client portfolios to identify areas for optimization and alignment with business priorities.
• Develop and implement portfolio governance structures to ensure strategic alignment and effective decision-making processes.
• Create and execute improvement plans for portfolio performance, adapting strategies to fit client-specific environments and challenges.
• Mentor clients on portfolio management best practices, deliver independently, participate as a team member, or lead teams of less experienced consultants and/or clients to ensure successful portfolio delivery.
• Design and conduct readiness assessments for portfolio initiatives, evaluate results, and present findings in a clear and logical manner.
• Quickly build client knowledge and credibility by managing diverse portfolios, with projects varying in length from a few weeks to over a year.
• Manage the production of portfolio deliverables, monitor budgets, and prepare presentations for client personnel and leadership, ensuring alignment with portfolio priorities.
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• 3 years of experience leading projects in a consulting environment, including projects with 5 people, over 2,500 labor hours, or budgets exceeding $500,000.
• Training in formal process, organization, change, and/or learning improvement methodologies at an enterprise-level client or employer.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with technologies such as cloud, low-code platforms, intelligent process automation, robotic process automation, or GenAI.
• Proficiency in Agile delivery methods (Scrum, SAFe, etc.).
• A track record of mentoring or teaching others in process, organization, change, and/or learning improvement methodologies.
• Strong logical and analytical problem-solving skills with a rigorous approach to project management for delivering enterprise-level projects.
  
  

Desirable Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile certifications
  
  

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 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 insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For the Senior Consultant position the base salary pay range is $110,000 to $171,000 and the targeted base salary range is $110,000 to $155,000. 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. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time. I

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.