Data & AI Strategy Advisory Senior Manager Full-time

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The digital revolution is changing everything. It’s everywhere – transforming how we work and play. Accenture Digital’s 36,000 professionals are driving these exciting changes and bringing them to life across 40 industries in more than 120 countries. At the forefront of digital, you’ll create it, own it and make it a reality for clients looking to better serve their connected customers and operate always-on enterprises. Join us and become an integral part of our experienced digital team with the credibility, expertise and insight clients depend on.

Accenture Data & Applied Intelligence team, part of Accenture Strategy & Consulting, helps clients to use analytics and artificial intelligence to drive actionable insights, at scale. We apply sophisticated algorithms, data engineering and visualization to extract business insights and help clients turn those insights into actions that drive tangible outcomes-to improve their performance and disrupt their markets. Accenture Applied Intelligence is a leader in DATA & AI, with deep industry and technical experience. We provide services and solutions that include Analytics Advisory, Data Science, Data Engineering and Analytics-as-a-Service.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Manager in our DATA & AI Advisory practice, you will play a critical role in helping our clients tackle complex business issues. You will develop and deliver analytically informed, issue-based solutions that help clients make faster, smarter decisions. Specifically, you will help sell and deliver analytics strategy and transformation programs including defining an DATA & AI vision & strategies, redefining the operating model & talent strategy, and managing the change journey to deliver sustainable business value. You will act as the DATA & AI “value architect” for our most transformative opportunities, enabling an end-to-end DATA & AI journey by bringing the best of Accenture Applied Intelligence to our clients. As a Senior Manager you will also play a key role on the leadership team-building the practice, assets and thought leadership.

• Sales Origination & Business Development
  • Position Accenture as the lead partner for DATA & AI with our clients
  • Identify new business opportunities relating to analytics or digital initiatives.
  • Lead the development of businesses cases for further project sales as determined by the practice.
  • Facilitate the development of “request for proposals” responses and contract development.
  • Meet sales targets as determined by the practice
• DATA & AI Strategy & Transformation Delivery and Relationship Management
  • Serve as the overall relationship lead to guide the client through the DATA & AI journey
  • Drive the client stakeholder engagement plan to scope the overarching opportunity.
  • Work closely with leadership to set strategy and define success criteria for any project.
  • Actively structure and drive the executive governance process with the client (VP and above)
  • Drive the integrated value proposition and work with the client to gain alignment and buy-in
  • Apply Accenture standard methods for performing strategy assessments and implementations.
  • Deliver high quality strategy outputs and architect subsequent transformation.
  • Leverage the best from Accenture to architect the solution and shape the commercial proposition
• Practice & Offering Management
  • Shape DATA & AI strategy assets to accelerate sales and delivery.
  • Drive the analytics innovation agenda, including publishable thought leadership.
  • Play an active role building a practice including capability development and recruiting.
  • Identify and help bring into the practice talented individuals both internally and externally.

• Solid knowledge and experience in Financial Services, Resources – Oil & Gas would be advantage.
• Core DATA & AI strategy skills (assessment, strategy definition, business case, roadmap development, etc.)
• Understanding of how to link DATA & AI with business value to shape the business case.
• Understanding of DATA & AI operating models and governance structures
• Ability to lead and manage the execution of one or more portfolios of strategic, business, and technical client projects including providing day to day leadership to multiple work streams.
• Deep understanding of Analytics & AI, including data management, business intelligence, and predictive analytics
  • Understanding of how advanced data techniques can be applied to solve client problems.
  • Knowledge of big data platforms, tools, and applications
  • Quantitative background/proven problem-solving skills.
  • Understanding of Analytics & AI roles and responsibilities (e.g., data scientist)
• Deep Industry & Functional Analytics & AI experience
  • Strong industry relevance
  • Ability to partner with our clients to understand business problems and strategies.
  • Ability to translate business issues into specific requirements to develop DATA & AI solutions.
• Client Delivery & Relationship Management
  • Ability to interact with and influence VP and above.
  • Ability to interpret the results of analytical insights and translate results to the client in business context to drive value.
  • Able to explain complex concepts in non-technical language.
  • Strong story-telling ability

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