DVS CTO (Product & Platform Engineering)

Accenture UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a DVS CTO to lead the technology strategy, architecture, and execution for the Digital Video Services portfolio, including AVS and AMAP. The role drives product innovation, scalability, and alignment with telco, media, broadcasting, and streaming client needs.

You will lead cloud-native architecture and AI-enabled platforms, partnering with sales and product teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions at scale.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in product and platform engineering leadership in media or streaming environments.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, microservices, data platforms, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Proven track record in scaling complex platforms and leading distributed global engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing capabilities to translate needs into scalable roadmaps.
• Experience with video platforms, broadcast workflows, or advertising tech ecosystems.
• Understanding broadcasting needs like reliability, latency, and large-scale content operations is advantageous.
• Experience with OTT or ad monetization platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technology vision and roadmap for DVS platforms (AVS, AMAP).
• Lead architecture and engineering across cloud-native, data, and AI-driven solutions.
• Partner with sales and product teams to translate client needs into scalable solutions.
• Ensure platform reliability, performance, and security at scale.
• Drive innovation in video, advertising, and data monetization ecosystems.
• Lead and mentor global engineering teams.

Skills

Tech leadership

Cloud-native architectures

AI/ML solutions

Distributed engineering teams

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Description Overview

We are seeking a DVS CTO to lead the technology strategy, architecture, and execution of our Digital Video Services (DVS) portfolio, including Accenture Video Solution (AVS) and Accenture Multimedia Advertising Platform (AMAP). The role will drive product innovation, scalability, and alignment with client and market needs across telco, media, broadcasting, and streaming clients.

We Are:

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise. With approximately 786,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, we combine deep industry expertise, technology capabilities, proprietary assets and strong ecosystem relationships to deliver measurable business outcomes.

You Are:

You will join Accenture’s Digital Video Services team, focused on building and scaling product platforms for video, advertising, and data monetization across communications, media, and streaming clients. The team works at the intersection of strategy, product, engineering, and client delivery to create market-relevant, cloud-native, and AI-enabled platforms.

The Work:

• Define and drive the technology vision and roadmap for DVS platforms (AVS, AMAP)
• Lead architecture and engineering across cloud-native, data, and AI-driven solutions
• Partner with sales and product teams to translate client needs into scalable solutions
• Ensure platform reliability, performance, and security at scale
• Drive innovation in video, advertising, and data monetization ecosystems
• Lead and mentor global engineering teams

Travel may be required for this role based on business needs, client engagement requirements, and leadership responsibilities across distributed teams.

Here’s What You Need:

• Strong experience in product and platform engineering leadership, ideally in media, telco, broadcasting, or streaming environments
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, microservices, data platforms, and AI/ML-enabled solutions
• Proven track record in scaling complex platforms and leading distributed global engineering teams
• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing capabilities, with the ability to translate market and client needs into scalable technology roadmaps
• Experience with video platforms, broadcast workflows, content delivery, or advertising technology ecosystems
• Understanding of broadcasting needs such as reliability, latency, quality of service, and large-scale content operations is a strong advantage

Bonus Points If:

• Experience with OTT, video delivery, or ad monetization platforms
• Knowledge of ecosystem partners and emerging technologies in media tech
• Ability to operate across strategy, architecture, and delivery

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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