Lead large-scale transformation and shape the future of work for Australia’s most iconic organisations.
Accenture’s Talent & Organisation (T&O) practice helps clients navigate complex change across technology transformation, operating model redesign, workforce shifts, cultural evolution, and HR innovation. We are growing our leadership team in Sydney and seeking an experienced Senior Manager specialising in Change Management to drive strategic programs and lead multidisciplinary teams.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Manager, you will play a key leadership role in designing and delivering people-centric transformation across industries such as financial services, government, resources, health, consumer products, and technology.

You will lead client engagements, shape change strategies, manage senior stakeholders, and oversee the successful delivery of complex programs of work. This is a strategic role with high visibility and significant impact on both client outcomes and the growth of our T&O practice.
 

What You Will Do

• Lead end-to-end change delivery across major transformation programs, including digital, cloud, technology implementation, organisational redesign, and enterprise-wide change.

• Design enterprise change strategies, frameworks, roadmaps, and adoption plans.

• Provide advisory and coaching to C-suite, executives, and senior sponsors.

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams, providing guidance, quality assurance, and capability uplift.

• Shape and drive client relationships with senior stakeholders across complex environments.

• Oversee change impact assessments, readiness reviews, workforce transition, behavioural adoption and benefits realisation.

• Facilitate leadership workshops, alignment sessions, and decision-making forums.

• Partner closely with colleagues across Strategy, Technology, Industry, and HR to drive integrated delivery.

• Contribute to practice growth, pipeline development, proposals, market engagement, and talent development.

• Act as a thought leader, bringing insights on emerging trends in change, workforce, culture, and transformation.

What You Bring

• 10+ years’ experience delivering Change Management programs in large, complex environments.

• Demonstrated experience in leading transformation at scale (e.g., technology programs, org design, operating model, HR transformation, workforce change, culture change).

• Strong capability in stakeholder management, influencing, and executive communication.

• Proven experience leading teams and shaping client outcomes as a trusted advisor.

• Deep knowledge of change methodologies (e.g., PROSCI, Agile change, Accenture frameworks).

• Prior consulting experience is highly valued.

• Industry experience across one or more of the following is advantageous:

  • Banking & Financial Services

  • Government & Public Sector

  • Energy & Utilities

  • Health

  • Consumer & Retail

  • Technology or Telecommunications

• Strong commercial acumen and experience contributing to business development.

Why Accenture T&O?

• Work on some of Australia’s largest and most influential transformation programs.

• Access to global methodologies, leadership development programs, and world-class learning platforms.

• A collaborative, high-performing culture focused on innovation and human-centred transformation.

• Clear leadership pathways, career growth, and national/global mobility options.

• Competitive remuneration, share plans, wellbeing benefits, and flexible hybrid working.

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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 approximately 791,000 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. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, 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.

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