Role: Technology, Strategy & Advisory, Technology Operating Model Consultant

Location: London, Manchester

Mobility: Up to 100%

Career Level: Consultant

Overview

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 of 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 Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Accenture is recognized worldwide for both business performance and inclusion and diversity.

As a team, we solve challenges at the intersection of business and technology, engaging with senior clients, engineers and architects to explore capabilities in Cloud, Big Data, AI and Robotics and how their value can be maximised in a client landscape. Our teams design and implement transformative operating models and technology strategies, guided by industry insights, data and Lean/Agile principles.

Our operating model work focuses on the intersection of business, technology and industry to design and implement transformative solutions that drive business value.

Responsibilities

• Partner with technology and business leaders to architect how technology functions unlock value and agility through the right operating model blueprint
• Co-create a client’s Technology Operating Model vision, strategy and design – from product and platform structures to organisation, governance and process designs
• Shape value cases to articulate the case for change
• Shape implementation approaches and roadmaps, ensuring alignment to wider business objectives
• Stay abreast of industry dynamics and trends to identify and formulate the need for new capabilities and operating model changes
• Advise on, design and implement modern engineering capabilities including Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Automation, Data & AI and Cloud
• Conduct Agile and modern engineering maturity assessments to identify opportunities to improve quality, consistency and speed to market
• Develop recommendations and translate them into actionable roadmaps for complex technology transformations using Lean and Agile enterprise principles
• Support the creation of methods and processes by area/technology function to embed new ways of working
• Provide insights to clients on common pitfalls during operating model transformation and devise risk mitigation strategies
• Lead and coach client teams in adopting new operating models and engineering practices

Qualifications

• Technology Experience:
  • Have experience designing modern technology operating models or are an engineering professional with a background in Data & AI, DevOps or Platform Engineering pursuing advisory work
  • Understand modern IT, Data, AI and Cloud operating model components and methodologies
  • Understand functional architecture and how this informs modern IT operating model design
  • Are curious and passionate about emerging technologies (Cloud Native, Data, AI, Robotics, etc.)
• Strategic Thinking:
  • Can synthesize business strategies and challenges to inform target technology operating model design
  • Can simplify and explain complex business technology challenges
  • Experience adapting operating model designs to varying client industry needs
• Stakeholder Management:
  • Ability to inspire teams and build consensus under pressure
  • Comfortable co-creating with technology and business leaders, working through ambiguity to architect the right outcome
  • Proven stakeholder management and communication skills to influence client stakeholders
• Delivery and Execution:
  • Experience on complex digital transformation programmes
  • Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams

What’s In It For You

At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will have an extensive benefits package including 30 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, with onsite work at client locations as needed to enable delivery of our services.

About Accenture

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 of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. With over 700,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve performance and create lasting value. Visit us at www.accenture.com

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date

Closing Date for Applications: Ongoing. Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.