Full Stack Engineering Senior Manager

Accenture UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave per year for Charit

Job summary

Accenture UK is seeking a Senior Manager in Software Engineering Transformation based in London, with travel to client sites across the UK as needed. The role focuses on strategy, leadership, and transformation delivery rather than hands-on coding, shaping large-scale programmes and driving engineering maturity.

You will lead seasoned teams, partner with senior clients, and guide AI-enabled transformation initiatives while developing the practice and contributing to growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large-scale software engineering, technology transformation, or digital modernisation programmes within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong track record of engaging senior client stakeholders and operating as a trusted advisor across delivery, engineering strategy, transformation, and business outcomes.
• Experience mobilising and leading complex engagements, including establishing delivery governance, shaping teams, setting direction, and creating the conditions for successful delivery from the outset.
• Demonstrated success leading managers, engineers, architects, and multidisciplinary technology teams, with a strong focus on people development and high-performing team culture.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, cloud-native architectures, platform engineering, DevOps, product-centric delivery models, and engineering quality standards.
• Previous hands-on software engineering experience with one or more modern technology stacks, combined with the ability to step back and provide strategic direction, technical judgement, and leadership guidance.
• Experience helping organisations use AI and emerging technologies as part of wider business, engineering, or operational transformation programmes.
• Commercial awareness with experience managing programme financials, budgets, forecasts, delivery performance, and the commercial health of engagements.
• Experience contributing to business development activity, including opportunity shaping, proposal support, client conversations, sales enablement, and account growth.
• A passion for building engineering communities, developing capability, sharing knowledge, and contributing to practice growth through internal initiatives, events, mentoring, or thought leadership.
• Comfortable operating across a range of client environments and sectors, balancing strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery leadership.
• Consulting experience is beneficial, but not essential; we are equally interested in senior engineering leaders who have built their experience within large engineering-led organisations.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technology transformation programmes and work with senior client stakeholders to shape and deliver business-critical outcomes.
• Help clients modernise their technology estates, accelerate engineering maturity, and unlock value through modern delivery practices and emerging technologies.
• Mobilise and lead large-scale engagements, establishing effective delivery structures, governance, engineering operating models, and the right team shape from the outset.
• Balance strategic leadership with governance and practice development, shaping propositions and client relationships to drive growth.
• Guide AI-enabled transformation programmes and ensure responsible, pragmatic use of emerging technologies.
• Mentor and strengthen the engineering community through capability development, thought leadership, and internal initiatives.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Stakeholder management

Programme leadership

People leadership

Cloud-native architectures

DevOps

Platform engineering

Product-driven delivery

Quality standards

Hands-on software engineering

AI in transformation

Program management

Business development

Community building

Client delivery versatility

Consulting experience

Job description

Role: Senior Manager, Software Engineering Transformation
Locations: London (must be willing to travel to client sites throughout the UK on an ad hoc basis)
Level: Senior Manager
Salary: Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

"Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us." – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Accenture Software & Platform Engineering is over 1,000 people strong and provides end‑to‑end product engineering solutions which deliver tangible value, fast. We bring together an obsession for technical excellence with agility and scale, to help clients move from project to product at speed.

We work with clients in every sector. They range from scale‑ups through to national and international blue‑chip names and public sector organisations. Our teams routinely work on products that are used by millions of people.

We offer an exciting career working in a vibrant environment, with access to training and a global network of experts. As part of our Software & Platform Engineering team, you will work with senior clients and internal leadership to shape transformation outcomes, grow engineering capability, and help teams apply modern technology, including AI‑enabled delivery, to solve complex business challenges.

In our team you will:

As a Senior Manager within Software & Platform Engineering, you will lead complex technology transformation programmes and work with senior client stakeholders to shape and deliver business‑critical outcomes.

Acting as a trusted advisor, you will help clients modernise their technology estates, accelerate engineering maturity, and unlock value through modern delivery practices and emerging technologies.

You will play a pivotal role in mobilising and leading large‑scale engagements, establishing effective delivery structures, governance, engineering operating models, and the right team shape from the outset.

Whilst your foundation will be in software engineering, the emphasis of this role is on strategy, leadership, and transformation delivery rather than day‑to‑day hands‑on development.

The role combines client delivery, business growth, people leadership, and practice development. You will contribute to new opportunities and growth by shaping propositions, supporting sales activities, developing client relationships, and helping position Accenture as a trusted engineering transformation partner across industries and sectors.

AI is increasingly central to how our clients transform their organisations. You will help clients understand where AI can create value, guide the delivery of AI‑enabled transformation programmes, and ensure emerging technologies are applied responsibly, pragmatically, and in a way that improves client outcomes.

Beyond client work, you will help strengthen our engineering community through mentoring, capability development, thought leadership, practice initiatives, internal events, and wider growth activities. You will be expected to build strong teams, support talent development, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of our Software & Platform Engineering practice.

Job Qualifications

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Proven experience leading large‑scale software engineering, technology transformation, or digital modernisation programmes within complex enterprise environments.

• Strong track record of engaging senior client stakeholders and operating as a trusted advisor across delivery, engineering strategy, transformation, and business outcomes.

• Experience mobilising and leading complex engagements, including establishing delivery governance, shaping teams, setting direction, and creating the conditions for successful delivery from the outset.

• Demonstrated success leading managers, engineers, architects, and multidisciplinary technology teams, with a strong focus on people development and high‑performing team culture.

• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, cloud‑native architectures, platform engineering, DevOps, product‑centric delivery models, and engineering quality standards.

• Previous hands‑on software engineering experience with one or more modern technology stacks, combined with the ability to step back and provide strategic direction, technical judgement, and leadership guidance.

• Experience helping organisations use AI and emerging technologies as part of wider business, engineering, or operational transformation programmes.

• Commercial awareness with experience managing programme financials, budgets, forecasts, delivery performance, and the commercial health of engagements.

• Experience contributing to business development activity, including opportunity shaping, proposal support, client conversations, sales enablement, and account growth.

• A passion for building engineering communities, developing capability, sharing knowledge, and contributing to practice growth through internal initiatives, events, mentoring, or thought leadership.

• Comfortable operating across a range of client environments and sectors, balancing strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery leadership.

• Consulting experience is beneficial, but not essential; we are equally interested in senior engineering leaders who have built their experience within large engineering‑led organisations.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

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 first‑class services we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications 30/11/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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.

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