Principal Commerce Technology Advisor

Accenture PLC; Calgary; On-site; CAD 172,000 - 324,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Song seeks a senior leader in commerce platforms and customer experience technology to guide strategic conversations with CIOs, CTOs, CMOs, and enterprise architects. You will shape transformation roadmaps, define composable commerce strategies, and lead large-scale programs across Canada, the US, and beyond, drawing on a broad technology and industry background.

You will collaborate with clients to define technology strategies that drive growth, digital innovation, and impactful

Qualifications

• 10+ years in customer technology, digital platforms, or transformation consulting.
• 7+ years advising executive stakeholders on technology strategy and transformations.
• Experience with modern commerce platforms such as Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, VTECH, Kibo, CommerceTools and BigCommerce.
• Experience across Marketing Tech, Customer Data, Digital Experience, Content, and Analytics platforms.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and consulting skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted client advisor providing executive-level thought leadership on commerce and customer technology trends and platform capabilities.
• Partner with executives and business stakeholders to define technology strategies that support growth, customer engagement, and digital innovation.
• Lead transformation strategy activities including technology visioning, architecture, roadmap definition, and business case development.
• Advise clients on selection, modernization, integration, and optimization of commerce platforms and customer ecosystems including CDPs, DXPs, Marketing Automation, Personalization and Analytics solutions.
• Lead solution architecture and design of enterprise-level e-commerce and customer experience transformation projects with strategy, creative, data, product, engineering, and platform teams.
• Provide architectural guidance during project delivery to ensure performance, scalability, security, and quality standards.
• Support business development activities including solutioning, proposal development, client presentations, and sales pursuits.
• Stay updated with trends and technologies in digital commerce, including composable commerce, cloud platforms, and AI-driven solutions.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Presales

Architecture workshops

Public speaking

Education

University Degree

Tools

Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Adobe Commerce

CommerceTools

BigCommerce

Job description

We Are:

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product andexperiencedesign; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise,we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence. Visit us at: www.accenture.com/song

There will never be a typical day at Accenture Song, but that’s why people love it here. The opportunities to make a difference while working on exciting client initiatives are limitless in this ever-changing space.

You Are:

A recognized leader in commerce platforms & customer experience technology, you can confidently lead strategic and technical conversations with CIOs, CTOs, CMOs, enterprise architects, and executive stakeholders shaping large-scale commerce transformation initiatives.

A trusted advisor who understands how organizations leverage commerce platforms, marketing technology and customer data platforms to drive growth and create differentiated customer experiences; and can connect business strategy, customer experience, data, and technology into actionable transformation roadmaps.

You have deep expertise across Full-Stack Commerce Suites, Composable/API First and Open-SaaS commerce platforms including Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, VTECH, Kibo, CommerceTools and BigCommerce along with a strong understanding of Martech, Customer Data, and Customer Service platforms, AI, and enterprise integrations.

You are comfortable defining composable commerce strategies, leading architecture workshops, designing implementation roadmaps, estimating complex enterprise programs, and supporting presales and go-to-market initiatives.

The Work:

• Serve as a trusted client advisor providing executive-level thought leadership on commerce and customer technology trends and platform capabilities including AI-enabled experiences, digital content ecosystems, and emerging technologies.

• Partner with executives and business stakeholders to define technology strategies that support growth, customer engagement, and digital innovation, helping organizations navigate technology investments and transformation decisions.

• Lead transformation strategy activities including technology visioning, architecture, roadmap definition, and business case development.

• Advise clients on the selection, modernization, integration, and optimization of commerce platforms and customer technology ecosystems including Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), Digital Experience Platforms (DXPs), Marketing Automation, Personalization and Analytics solutions.

• Lead solution architecture and design of enterprise-level e-commerce and customer experience transformation projects working with strategy, creative, data, product, engineering, and platform teams.

• Provide architectural guidance during project delivery to ensure performance, scalability, security, and quality standards are maintained.

• Support business development activities including solutioning, proposal development, client presentations, and sales pursuits.

• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in digital commerce, including composable commerce, cloud platforms, and AI-driven customer experience solutions.

• Influence and enhance Accenture Song’s offerings, methodologies, assets, market positioning, and industry thought leadership.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• 10+ years of experience in customer technology, digital platforms, digital transformation, consulting, or technology strategy with 5+ years in architecting and delivering enterprise-scale digital commerce solutions.

• 7+ years advising executive stakeholders on technology strategy, platform investments, and large-scale transformation initiatives.

• Experience with modern commerce platforsm such as Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, VTECH, Kibo, CommerceTools and BigCommerce

• Experience working across multiple customer technology domains including Marketing Technology, Customer Data, Digital Experience, Content, and Analytics platforms.

• Experience integrating with enterprise platforms includin PIM, OMS, and payment gateway systems.

• Deep understanding of API-first, microservices, MACH, and cloud-native architecture principles.

• Experience developing technology roadmaps, business cases, target-state architectures, and digital transformation strategies.

• Proven experience in presales, solutioning, estimations, RFP/RFI responses, and client presentations.

• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and consulting skills

• A University Degree is required for this position

• English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company’s activities to avoid this requirement.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location,
role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate. Information on benefits is here: Role Location Annual Salary Range British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $172,100 to $323,600

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.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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