Job Description

Role: Technology Delivery Lead
Location: London/Birmingham/Manchester
Career Level: Accenture will be recruiting at Career Level 8 - Associate Manager

Minimum Years of delivery experience: 6 years

Must have - Experience of working within the Energy and Utilities Industry sector

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

About the Team

We are one of the world's leading System Integrators and a key supplier of Technical and Business Solutions to the UK’s leading Energy and Utility companies. You'll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with our Energy and Utilities clients to help them implement technology solutions to meet their business challenges/needs.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

Responsibilities

• Drive forward the delivery of high-quality work on-time and on-budget
• Manage end to end technical delivery across the entire delivery lifecycle
• Develop and manage high performing diverse and dispersed teams
• Provide functional and technical expertise to support design and implementation work
• Effectively manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies
• Work closely with our clients to align their expectations with our delivery assumptions and plans
• Develop and manage end to end delivery plans
• Be comfortable in executing delivery across various methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall
• Maintain your knowledge and experience of the latest technology trends and apply these in your day to day operations

Qualifications

• Proven ability of successfully managing entire projects or phases of projects across the delivery lifecycle (design, build and test) along with effective management of the associated budgets
• Experience of leading projects embracing the latest Cloud Technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure) or SaaS offerings such as Salesforce
• Experience of using different delivery methodologies: Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and Waterfall
• Understanding of Risk, Assumption, Issue and Dependency Management
• Strong communication skills with experience of working with Energy or Utilities clients and ideally with delivery teams located in different global locations such as India
• Strong organisational skills managing multiple workstreams and competing priorities simultaneously
• Experience of line managing resources and project managing a team of resources

What We Offer

At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.