Posted:
9/24/2024, 9:15:45 AM
Location(s):
Ontario, Canada ⋅ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
Business & Strategy
We Are:
We are Technology Strategy and Advisory. Our vision is to become the world’s leading advisors in harnessing technology and innovation as a force to reinvent and improve every business. Our mission is to help client business executives disrupt their industry and utilize technology to capture market share.
Transformation Excellence leverages deep business expertise combined with technology know-how, empowering clients to be more competitive by leading initiatives that unlock value and drive growth across industries. To stay agile in a world dominated by change, the C-suite must position technology to create new products and services, while building new business architectures that break away from old ways of doing things, giving them the agility to compete and grow in the new. Accenture Transformation Excellence enables leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot to the future. We help clients determine clear, actionable paths to competitive agility by bringing them new thinking on business and technology.
You Are:
Passionate about leveraging new technologies and advising clients on data-driven technology strategies to achieve their strategic, financial, and operational goals. You are results-oriented, self-directed, inquisitive, and entrepreneurial-minded. You continually build your knowledge of emerging technology trends and apply those to develop innovative approaches to deliver value for our clients. You have top notch communication and people skills and are a natural at building relationships and collaborative problem solving. You are a curious leader who can connect with and advise senior clients through storytelling and strong domain knowledge. As a senior manager, you will be a coach to develop our up-and-coming leaders in their careers, and an orchestrator of our diverse multi-disciplinary workforces to solve our client’s challenges.
In Transformation Excellence:
Transformation Excellence practitioners will shape and steer technology-enabled, large-scale transformations with our clients
Convey deep understanding of technology platforms and architecture at the intersection of our clients’ industry to guide them towards a well-defined, value-rich target while effectively managing change
Using deep industry and technology competence e.g., in Cloud, Data or Security, you will build rapport with senior and expert stakeholders in both business and technology functions to facilitate quick and effective decision-making
Transformation Excellence professionals will act as the glue between program stakeholders (internal and external) to keep the course and maximize value realization for clients
Complex transformation management will be oriented towards value realization across multiple domains (e.g., financial, experience, sustainability)
As a Director:
Day to day leadership of large transformation projects / programs as well as corresponding deliverables while supervising and mentoring large teams
Define transformation program value, oversee, and hold accountability for the transformation's success
Manage and oversee the definition of the practices, processes, toolsets, and operations for one or more transformation domains
Executive oversight and client relationship management of diverse delivery teams working with mid-level clients
Resolve program-level issues and advice on complex technology decisions with strong influence over senior client leadership
Originate sales with managing director support (incremental and new) and partner with other service group entities to effectively shape and sell large digital transformation opportunities
Earn the trust of senior leaders at client organizations and partner with them to create strategic solutions at the intersection of business, technology, and operations
Fortify Accenture’s Transformation Excellence practice and role as a thought leader by owning and creating content and taking part in professional forums, both internal and external
Mentor junior members of the consulting team and position them for future growth
Facilitate large and complex client stakeholder groups with tailored approaches to collaboration
Here’s What You Need:
Minimum 6 years of advisory experience at a consulting
Minimum 5 years of experience on a transformation program driving value management/realization, executive storytelling and managing measures of success
Minimum 5 years of experience writing business cases
Minimum 5 years of experience in planning and structuring analytical work, facilitating delivery, and developing and implementing transformation recommendations
Minimum 5 years of leading large and complex teams effectively, including planning / structuring analytical work, facilitating workshops and driving delivery
Curiosity about technology and its influences on business and work
Experience advising senior leaders
Desire to mentor and coach others
Strong communication and people skills
Industry-leading expertise in a focused technology area
Strong industry knowledge and experience
Ability to travel and work in Canada
Bachelor’s Degree
Bonus Points if:
You have an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
You perform as a long-term trusted advisor on how technology is influencing a specific industry, and technology implications to successful business transformation
Public Cloud Certification(s) (AWS, MS Azure, GCP)
Certification related to SAFe (Scale Agile Framework)
Experience in the implications of Cloud economics on IT financial management
You are a natural at building, managing, and fostering teams
You have managed end-to-end projects and have reported and escalated to top levels
You can manage budgeting and forecasting activities and build financial proposals
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com
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Year Founded: 1989
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