Value Architect (AI Strategy & Value Realisation)

Avanade Inc.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade is seeking Value Architects to determine where AI creates meaningful business impact, quantify opportunities, and measure success across client engagements. They work with client executives, Industry Reinvention Leads, Domain Architects and delivery teams to build credible value cases and ROI verification standards that underpin Avanade Next's outcome-based model.

The role involves collaborating across delivery teams to ensure every transformation initiative is grounded in a measurable

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients and Avanade Next teams to identify, quantify and prioritise opportunities.
• Build value hypotheses, business cases and baselines during shaping.
• Translate AI capability into a narrative CFOs, COOs and Boards recognise.
• Set the measurement model before delivery starts.
• Benefit Tracking & Governance: Track realised versus projected benefits up to each gate.
• Contribute verified outcomes and benchmark data to the APAC value library.

Job description

SUMMARYValue Architects determine where AI creates meaningful business impact, which opportunities should be pursued, and how success will be measured. They work alongside client executives, Industry Reinvention Leads, Domain Architects and delivery teams to build the value case that funds a transformation.The role combines strategic thinking, commercial acumen and benefits realisation expertise to ensure every transformation initiative is grounded in a credible value case and linked to measurable business outcomes. Beyond individual engagements, the role defines the value methodology, benchmark library and ROI verification standards that underpin Avanade Next's outcome-based commercial model. The person appointed will build a capability that helps clients make better investment decisions before delivery begins and provides objective evidence of value after deployment.Location: Flexible across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.KEY RESPONSIBILITIESOpportunity & Value DefinitionPartner with clients and Avanade Next teams to identify, quantify and prioritise opportunities.Assess value pools, strategic priorities, operational constraints and feasibility.Sequence use cases by value and feasibility.Business Case & BaselineBuild value hypotheses, business cases and baselines during shaping.Translate AI capability into a narrative CFOs, COOs and Boards recognise.Set the measurement model before delivery starts.Benefit Tracking & GovernanceTrack realised versus projected benefit through delivery.Report benefit variance transparently at each gate.Recommend stopping, re-scoping or re-prioritising work where value is no longer achievable.Collaboration & ContributionWork alongside FDEs and Trust Architects throughout delivery.Contribute verified outcomes and benchmark data to the APAC value library.Support outcome-based and value-based commercial models with defensible numbers.KEY MEASURESBusiness case established and baselined on every engagement.Benefits tracking active across 100% of production deployments, reported at each gate.Post-deployment validation of business case assumptions, with variance explained.Contribution to the APAC value benchmark library each quarter using verified outcomes.Client acceptance of the value case at hard commitment gates.Executive stakeholders able to make investment decisions with clearly quantified value, risk and implementation assumptions.

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