Growth Strategist

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Song’s Venture Studio in London is seeking a Growth Strategist to join a fast-moving team. You will blend strategic thinking with excellent execution across early-stage ideas to digital design, build and operate ventures.

You will work as a generalist across growth, product and venturing, owning a single workstream with autonomy to plan and execute, guided by a Senior Growth Lead.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years of demonstrable professional experience.
• Flexible mindset across disciplines, balancing execution and creative problem solving.
• Entrepreneurial attitude and growth mindset to think around problems, navigate ambiguity, and challenge clients to think differently.
• Strategic thinker with ability to contribute to go-to-market strategies, growth plans and product roadmaps, synthesizing data into actionable strategies.
• Collaborative and versatile team player, comfortable working with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• Committed to world-class execution with an eye for detail, scaling innovative ideas.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent work across the entire venture building process.
• Carry out primary customer research and market analysis to identify new venture opportunities.
• Run in-market tests to validate demand for new venture ideas.
• Develop product roadmaps and work with technical teams to scope features and delivery timelines.
• Design go-to-market strategies for products to win in market.
• Develop the commercial models that articulate the value and dynamics of our ventures.
• Contribute to the smooth operation of your venture team by running key project management initiatives.
• Build on the culture of the Venture Studio by sharing ideas and participating in company forums.
• Work hand-in-hand with our creative team to push quality of thinking and storytelling.

Skills

Growth mindset

Strategic thinking

Go-to-market

Product roadmaps

Cross-functional

Entrepreneurial mindset

Collaboration

Market research

Ambiguity navigation

Job description

Who Are We

We’re Accenture Song’s Venture Studio - brought in when clients need to evolve what works now, reimagine what’s next, or build something entirely new. We make it real, fast, and together.

Location: London

Career level: CL9

Who Are We

We’re Accenture Song’s Venture Studio - brought in when clients need to evolve what works now, reimagine what’s next, or build something entirely new. We make it real, fast, and together.

Our team is made up of Growth strategists, Product builders, and Creative designers who make growth happen, and we do it for truly game-changing businesses like L’Oréal, IKEA, British Airways, Virgin and JLR. The impact we are having is changing the way people live, shop, bank, work, and travel.

We are not your typical consulting team and we are much more than your traditional design studio. We’re a team of founders, operators and creatives who’ve launched products, scaled businesses and been recognised by Fast Company and beyond. We don’t just advise - we build. Fast-moving teams that test, learn and scale what matters.

Scale isn’t easy to come by, but being part of Accenture enables us to truly stand behind that word. We connect the dots across different parts of this organization to be able deliver at true scale, for the biggest brands in the world.

This is a one-of-a-kind place to forge your career. Where the brightest, most ambitious minds are let loose on the biggest, most impactful problems.

Your role

As a Growth Strategist, you are here to bring together strategic thinking and excellent execution to every project, from early-stage idea generation to detailed digital design, build and operation.

We are looking for passionate generalists who exhibit interest and relevant experience in growth, product and or venturing. You will be responsible for the outcomes of a single workstream such as commercial or market analysis. You will have the autonomy to plan and execute across your workstream, delivering work independently, with guidance from a Senior Growth Lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent work across the entire venture building process. Example activities in this process might include:


• Carrying out primary customer research and market analysis to identify new venture opportunities


• Running in-market tests to validate demand for new venture ideas


• Contributing to the business, growth or product strategy thinking that guides our clients’ decision-making


• Developing op models and governance structures for running new ventures


• Developing product roadmaps and working with technical teams to scope out features and delivery timelines


• Designing go-to-market strategies for products to win in market


• Developing the commercial models that identify and articulate the value and commercial dynamics of our ventures


• Contribute to the smooth operation of your venture team by running key project management initiatives (i.e. end of week meetings and team energisers)


• Build on the culture of the Venture Studio, by sharing your ideas and participating in company forums


• Throughout, you will work hand-in-hand with our creative team to push the quality of thinking and storytelling

What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 2+ years of demonstrable professional experience – examples include consulting, working in startups or elsewhere in industry.


• A flexible mindset with the ability to quickly adapt across disciplines, balancing both execution and creative problem solving.


• A proactive, entrepreneurial attitude and growth mindset to think around problems, navigate ambiguity, and challenge clients to think differently.


• A strategic thinker who would relish being able to contribute to at least one of: go-to-market strategies, growth plans, and product roadmaps, synthesizing data and insights into actionable strategies.


• A collaborative and versatile team player, comfortable working with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.


• Committed to world-class execution with an eye for detail, constantly striving to optimize performance and scale innovative ideas.

Who You Are

An absolute must have in every candidate is that they live and truly believe our values:

• Driven - focused on outcomes that matter


• Fearless - unafraid of challenge or complexity


• Striving for better - never settling for average


• Authentic - bringing your true self, always


• Generous - invested in others growth and building as one team

Our inclusion promise

We are building a team that represents the diversity of our society and we are looking for people who will be a cultural add, not a cultural fit.

Accenture Song is an equal opportunity employer, which means we do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone who works at Accenture Song.

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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