Front End Engineering Manager (GenAI experience)

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 30 days leave + 3 volunteering

Flexible work policies

Private healthcare

Mental wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development

Parental leave

Job summary

Accenture Song is seeking a Front End Engineering Manager in London to lead frontend teams across large digital and agile transformation programmes. You will collaborate with product, design, data science and engineering colleagues to deliver high-impact, user-facing products while accelerating the use of Generative AI in our solutions.

The role requires hands-on front-end expertise (web/mobile), extensive experience with modern frameworks, and a consulting mindset to shape client solutions and

Qualifications

• Led frontend engineering teams or squads on complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend engineering across large digital & agile transformation programmes.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists and Engineers to deliver user-facing products and solutions.
• Propel the use of Generative AI within our work and products.
• Mentor teammates to improve skills and performance.
• Contribute to developing offerings, assets, capabilities, and attend events.

Skills

Front-end leadership

React/React Native

Generative AI integration

Client consulting

Cloud integration (GraphQL/REST)

Agile environments

Systems architecture

CI/CD

Tools

React

React Native

GraphQL

REST APIs

Job description

Role- Front End Engineering Manager

Location- London

Level- Manager

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients by combining creativity, technology, and data-driven intelligence. Within Song, our Agentic Commerce practice helps organisations design, build, and scale modern digital commerce ecosystems — embedding Generative AI and Agentic AI into commerce to enable real-time personalisation, autonomous merchandising, and intelligent customer engagement at scale.

About the role:

We’re looking for individuals who are experts in front-end engineering for mobile or web platforms, with deep experience in modern frameworks and performance optimization. You’ll bring hands‑on experience with generative AI technologies and understand how to apply them to enhance product experiences. Consulting experience is also key — you’ll be comfortable engaging with clients, shaping solutions, and driving strategic outcomes.

As a frontend engineering manager, you will:

• Support growth within our customer technology product engineering practice
• Advise clients on how to build product and platform engineering capabilities and teams
• Build strong client relationships focused on customer, digital and platforms
• Lead engineering across large digital & agile transformation programmes
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists and Engineers to deliver compelling user‑facing products and solutions
• Propel the use of Generative AI within our work and products
• Provide input to technology & engineering thought leadership to our clients and teams
• Maximise team performance through mentorship, skills learning and career development
• Contribute to developing offerings, assets, capabilities, and attend events

We are looking for experience in the following:

• Previous experience leading front end engineering teams/squads
• Experience of building with modern frontend technologies on web and/or mobile (e.g. React/iOS/Android/React Native)
• Use of Generative AI within your workflows and/or products you are creating
• Experience with integrating cloud services directly into complex solutions(GraphQL/Restful APIs)
• Previous experience in software engineering senior roles (e.g. Engineering Lead, Team Lead)
• Extensive experience in agile environments for digital product creation
• Broad experience in modern engineering practices including:
  • Systems Architecture
  • Front End Engineering
  • Platform & SRE Engineering
  • Quality Engineering
  • CI/CD
• Comfortable in articulating trends in technology and engineering practices
• Experience improving speed and quality outcomes using modern engineering practices

Set yourself apart:

• Presented your work at an event or conference
• Experience developing short & long-term plans for a teams growth and transformation
• Track record at engaging with senior leadership as a trusted advisor
• Created proven scalable solutions, especially with AI

What’s in it for you:

Our Total Rewards consist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as:

• Up to 30 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice.
• Family-friendly and flexible work policies.
• Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources.
• Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling.
• A range of generous Parental Leave offerings.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.

There is a requirement to work from the office 3 days per week, and on site with client when required.

Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in‑person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

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