High Tech - Technology & Transformation - Associate Manager

High Tech Technology & Transformation - Associate Manager

Career Level 8

Location London

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About the Role

As an Associate Manager within Accenture’s High Tech Industry practice, you’ll work with leading technology companies to lead and deliver complex technology transformation programmes, helping clients translate business priorities into practical technology solutions and measurable outcomes.

You’ll work across Enterprise Technology, Consumer Technology, Semiconductor, Data Centre and Digital Infrastructure clients. Engagements may span AI and data transformation, cloud and digital platforms, systems implementation, technology modernisation and large-scale transformation programmes.

You’ll take ownership of key workstreams, working across business and technology teams and managing delivery from requirements and solution design through to implementation, testing and deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technology delivery workstreams, taking ownership of scope, plans, milestones, dependencies and outcomes.
• Manage and develop Analysts and Consultants, providing direction, coaching and quality assurance across their work.
• Work directly with client business and technology stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into clear delivery plans and technology outcomes.
• Drive delivery across the technology lifecycle, including requirements, solution design, build, testing, implementation and deployment.
• Coordinate across architects, engineers, product owners, business teams and third-party providers to maintain delivery momentum.
• Lead delivery using Agile methodologies, including planning, backlog management, prioritisation and delivery tracking.
• Proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies, driving resolution and escalating appropriately.
• Lead client meetings and workshops and provide clear, concise updates to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to programmes across AI, cloud, data, automation and digital platforms, bringing relevant technology knowledge and market awareness.
• Identify opportunities to improve client outcomes and bring additional Accenture capabilities into engagements.
• Support proposals, solutioning and business development activity across the High Tech portfolio.
• Build strong client relationships and act as a trusted day-to-day point of contact for key stakeholders.

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience delivering technology or digital transformation programmes, ideally within a consulting or complex client environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading a project or significant workstream and taking accountability for delivery.
• Good understanding of the end-to-end technology delivery lifecycle.
• Experience managing and developing junior team members.
• Strong experience working across business and technical teams, with the ability to translate between both.
• Experience operating in Agile delivery environments and working with multidisciplinary technology teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging senior client stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, risks, issues and dependencies in a complex delivery environment.
• Understanding of AI, cloud, data, automation, digital platforms or other emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Commercial awareness and an ability to recognise opportunities to create additional value for clients.

Preferred Background

We’re open to candidates from a range of backgrounds, including Technology Consulting, Technology Programme Delivery, Digital Transformation, Engineering, Data & AI, Cloud Transformation, Product Management, Business Analysis and Technology Operations.

Experience within High Tech is beneficial but not essential; we are particularly interested in candidates with strong technology delivery experience who can quickly build industry knowledge.

Desired Capability Areas

Technology Programme Delivery | AI & Generative AI | Cloud & Digital Platforms | Data & Analytics | Technology Transformation | Agile Delivery | Systems Implementation | Product & Platform Delivery | Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure | Client & Stakeholder Management

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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