Forward Deployed Engineer - Associate Director, London

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Gym subsidy

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave per year for CharIT

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an ambitious Forward Deployed Engineer – Associate Director in London. You will own end-to-end client deployments, engaging C-suite stakeholders and shaping strategic direction for the FDE practice.

You will mentor staff, contribute to thought leadership, and drive AI-enabled delivery across complex programs. This role requires deep expertise in data/AI, cloud platforms, and modern tooling, with a focus on delivering measurable business outcomes for top clients in a dynamic

Qualifications

• Experience leading large data and AI delivery projects.
• Ability to advise C-suite and senior client stakeholders.
• Hands-on engineering foundations across modern data stack.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead large-scale client deployments end-to-end.
• Advise C-suite and Director stakeholders with credibility.
• Shape the strategic direction of the FDE practice.
• Mentor Senior Managers and engineers across teams.
• Represent the FDE practice in forums and business development.
• Take executive ownership from discovery to delivery governance.
• Lead multiple deployment teams across workstreams.
• Set technical direction and architecture decisions.
• Escalation point for technical and client challenges.
• Drive AI integration strategy across programmes.
• Build executive relationships to position Accenture.
• Develop reusable FDE assets for the practice.
• Participate in recruitment and talent development.
• Partner with Sales to shape opportunities.
• Champion a high-performance engineering culture.

Skills

Large-scale delivery

Executive engagement

Cloud platforms

Data tooling

Programming: Python/SQL/TS

Team leadership

BD support

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt

Job description

Accenture is seeking an ambitious Forward Deployed Engineer – Associate Director in London. You will own end-to-end client deployments, engaging C-suite stakeholders and shaping strategic direction for the FDE practice.

You will mentor staff, contribute to thought leadership, and drive AI-enabled delivery across complex programs. This role requires deep expertise in data/AI, cloud platforms, and modern tooling, with a focus on delivering measurable business outcomes for top clients in a dynamic