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Locations
* Philadelphia, PA
Business Function
Corporate functions
Date posted
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Ref #
JBR0002233
Description and Requirements
Job Description
Who You’ll Work With
Slalom is a purpose-driven consulting firm that helps companies solve business problems and build for the future, with solutions spanning business advisory, customer experience, technology, and analytics. We partner with companies to push the boundaries of what’s possible—together.
At Slalom we are passionate about and dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive team, recognizing that diverse team members are celebrated for bringing their authentic selves to work and are empowered to build solutions that reach more diverse populations in innovative and impactful ways.
The Business Operations Lead supports the Pennsylvania Metro account teams across all industries and the PA Metro Growth Leadership Team.
What You’ll Do
Business Operations at Slalom is responsible for the end-to-end operational health of our markets and accounts. The function enables the business to run smoothly by driving annual planning, managing pipeline and forecasting, supporting engagement setup, monitoring financial performance, and delivering clear, actionable reporting. We work as trusted operational partners to sales, account, and engagement leaders, bringing efficiency to internal functions so our consultants can focus on our clients.
The Business Operations Lead owns day-to-day operations for the Pennsylvania Metro Market. This role blends hands-on execution with advisory partnership: turning data into insight for portfolio leaders, surfacing risks early, and helping teammates deliver high-quality work. This role reports to the East Region Business Operations Director.
Responsibilities include:
Operational Execution
- Manage day-to-day business operations for the market, including pipeline, forecasting, staffing data, and engagement setup.
- Facilitate deal review processes and governance, ensuring sales and opportunity data is accurate in our systems.
- Support annual and account planning processes.
- Coordinate account onboarding for strategic accounts (background checks, client credentials, equipment, etc.).
- Monitor engagement financials and time entry; identify risks (e.g., aged receivables, working at risk) and partner with delivery teams to resolve them.
- Apply knowledge of the sales-to-cash lifecycle to troubleshoot issues and navigate challenging risk scenarios, escalating early when needed.
Insight & Partnership
- Analyze sales and financial data and translate insights into clear recommendations for account, portfolio, and market leaders.
- Serve as a go-to resource on the reporting landscape, advising stakeholders on data and analysis topics.
- Build trusted relationships with senior market leadership.
- Act as a liaison to the Engagement Management Office and other global services teams to research complex questions and resolve issues.
- Champion global initiatives locally and build enthusiasm for change.
Location:
* Philadelphia
* Hybrid role, with three days a week on-site in the office
What You’ll Bring
- 4–7+ years of professional experience, ideally in operations, consulting, or a related field.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to varied audiences.
- Financial and business acumen; ability to analyze and explain financial performance.
- Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work with a high degree of autonomy.
- Experience with Microsoft technologies (Excel required) and the ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Experience identifying and driving process improvements.
Preferred experience:
- People management or mentoring experience.
- Professional services industry experience.
- Salesforce or similar CRM tool.
- Power BI or similar analytics tool.
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 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 prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.
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 this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for the Lead, Business Operations is $80,000 to $110,000. 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.
We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: peopleone@slalom.com. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. 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 or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.
General Information
Locations
* Philadelphia, PA
Business Function
Corporate functions
Date posted
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Ref #
JBR0002233
Description and Requirements
Job Description
Who You’ll Work With
Slalom is a purpose-driven consulting firm that helps companies solve business problems and build for the future, with solutions spanning business advisory, customer experience, technology, and analytics. We partner with companies to push the boundaries of what’s possible—together.
At Slalom we are passionate about and dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive team, recognizing that diverse team members are celebrated for bringing their authentic selves to work and are empowered to build solutions that reach more diverse populations in innovative and impactful ways.
The Business Operations Lead supports the Pennsylvania Metro account teams across all industries and the PA Metro Growth Leadership Team.
What You’ll Do
Business Operations at Slalom is responsible for the end-to-end operational health of our markets and accounts. The function enables the business to run smoothly by driving annual planning, managing pipeline and forecasting, supporting engagement setup, monitoring financial performance, and delivering clear, actionable reporting. We work as trusted operational partners to sales, account, and engagement leaders, bringing efficiency to internal functions so our consultants can focus on our clients.
The Business Operations Lead owns day-to-day operations for the Pennsylvania Metro Market. This role blends hands-on execution with advisory partnership: turning data into insight for portfolio leaders, surfacing risks early, and helping teammates deliver high-quality work. This role reports to the East Region Business Operations Director.
Responsibilities include:
Operational Execution
- Manage day-to-day business operations for the market, including pipeline, forecasting, staffing data, and engagement setup.
- Facilitate deal review processes and governance, ensuring sales and opportunity data is accurate in our systems.
- Support annual and account planning processes.
- Coordinate account onboarding for strategic accounts (background checks, client credentials, equipment, etc.).
- Monitor engagement financials and time entry; identify risks (e.g., aged receivables, working at risk) and partner with delivery teams to resolve them.
- Apply knowledge of the sales-to-cash lifecycle to troubleshoot issues and navigate challenging risk scenarios, escalating early when needed.
Insight & Partnership
- Analyze sales and financial data and translate insights into clear recommendations for account, portfolio, and market leaders.
- Serve as a go-to resource on the reporting landscape, advising stakeholders on data and analysis topics.
- Build trusted relationships with senior market leadership.
- Act as a liaison to the Engagement Management Office and other global services teams to research complex questions and resolve issues.
- Champion global initiatives locally and build enthusiasm for change.
Location:
* Philadelphia
* Hybrid role, with three days a week on-site in the office
What You’ll Bring
- 4–7+ years of professional experience, ideally in operations, consulting, or a related field.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to varied audiences.
- Financial and business acumen; ability to analyze and explain financial performance.
- Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work with a high degree of autonomy.
- Experience with Microsoft technologies (Excel required) and the ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Experience identifying and driving process improvements.
Preferred experience:
- People management or mentoring experience.
- Professional services industry experience.
- Salesforce or similar CRM tool.
- Power BI or similar analytics tool.
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 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 prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.
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 this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for the Lead, Business Operations is $80,000 to $110,000. 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.
We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: peopleone@slalom.com. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. 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 or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.
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Frame your degree for specialty occupation
Business Operations Lead roles face more RFE scrutiny than engineering roles because USCIS reviews whether the position genuinely requires a specific bachelor's degree. Document how your operations coursework directly applies to the job duties, not just business broadly.
Use OFLC Wage Search before negotiating salary
Your employer's LCA must certify wages at or above the prevailing wage for your location and role. Pull the OFLC Wage Search figures yourself before you negotiate so you know the floor and can flag any offer that would fail DOL certification.
Target companies with operational scale requirements
Employers sponsoring operations leads typically have multi-site, cross-functional, or supply chain complexity that justifies a dedicated role. Focus on organizations where the position clearly requires specialized process expertise, not general management, to strengthen the specialty occupation argument.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate's verified employer data
Identifying employers who've filed LCAs for operations roles is faster than cold-applying. Migrate Mate shows verified sponsorship history by role and location, so you can prioritize outreach to companies already familiar with the H-1B process for this job category.
Align your offer letter to the LCA job description
Inconsistencies between your offer letter duties and the LCA job description are a common H-1B RFE trigger for operations roles. Ask your employer to confirm the two documents match before the LCA is filed with DOL, not after USCIS reviews the petition.
Check O*NET before the employer files your LCA
The O*NET occupation profile for Business Operations Specialists lists the core tasks and required knowledge areas USCIS expects to see reflected in your petition. Cross-reference your actual job duties against O*NET before your employer drafts the LCA job description.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Business Operations Lead role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It can, but it's not automatic. USCIS requires that the position normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific related field, not just any bachelor's degree. Operations roles with strategic, analytical, or systems-focused duties tied to a business or operations management degree tend to qualify. Generalist management roles with no specific degree requirement are more likely to draw an RFE.
Which visa types realistically cover Business Operations Lead sponsorship?
H-1B is the primary path for most candidates, requiring a specialty occupation and an employer-filed petition after a successful lottery registration. Australian citizens can pursue the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and renews every two years. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN visa if the role maps to a recognized USMCA profession. For longer-term options, EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship is available through PERM labor certification.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor Business Operations Lead roles?
Migrate Mate shows employers with verified LCA filing history for operations roles, searchable by city and job category. This lets you focus your applications on companies that have already navigated the sponsorship process for this type of position, rather than spending time on employers who've never filed for a comparable role.
What degree does a Business Operations Lead need to support an H-1B petition?
USCIS looks for a bachelor's degree in a field directly related to the role, typically business administration, operations management, industrial engineering, or a closely aligned discipline. A general arts or unrelated STEM degree makes the specialty occupation argument harder to sustain. If your degree is in a related but adjacent field, your employer's attorney will need to draw a clear connection between your coursework and the specific job duties.
What happens to my H-1B status if I'm laid off as a Business Operations Lead?
You have a 60-day grace period after your employment ends to find a new sponsor, change to another visa status, or depart the U.S. During that window, you're not authorized to work. If a new employer files an H-1B transfer petition while you're still in valid H-1B status, you can begin work once USCIS receives the petition, without waiting for approval.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Business Operations Lead jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.