Leadership & Culture Strategy Senior Manager

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation per year

Private medical insurance

Gym discounts

Three charity days per year

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland seeks a Leadership & Culture Strategy Senior Manager to design and deliver transformational leadership programs for senior client teams in London. You will shape strategy, develop leadership capabilities, and drive culture change across large-scale programmes.

You will manage key accounts, lead cross-functional teams, and contribute to business development while maintaining strong client relationships. A global, entrepreneurial culture and senior-level impact await.

Qualifications

• Significant client management and business development experience.
• Experience with senior leaders and top teams in major industries.
• Breadth of leadership & culture consulting in a Big Four context.
• Experience in global organisations with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and implement leadership & culture programmes within large-scale transformations.
• Manage client portfolios and embed sustainable solutions benefiting clients and practice.
• Lead business development, originate opportunities, and expand L&C footprint.
• Drive commercial profitability and coordinate internal Accenture teams across regions.
• Coach and guide teams, model leadership and enable transformational change.

Skills

Leadership development

Culture change

Talent transformation

Executive coaching

Diversity inclusion

Stakeholder management

Business development

Education

Master’s degree or above in psychology

Behavioural science or related field

Job description

Role: Leadership & Culture Strategy Senior Manager

Career Level: Senior Manager

Location: London

Travel Requirement: Flexibility to travel approximately 30-35% of the time, depending on client needs. Travel predominantly within UK, Europe & Middle East.

Languages: Fluent in English. Other European languages beneficial.

Job Description

Accenture’s purpose is to help our clients Deliver on the Promise of Technology and Human Ingenuity and within this sits Leadership & Culture (part of our Talent and Organisation Practice). We partner with clients in the intentional design of workplaces where effective leaders, dynamic teams, and workplace culture ensures that organisations thrive and achieve their business strategies.

About The Leadership & Culture Practice

We are a global team that thrives on connection, collaboration, and tackling complex client challenges. We care deeply about having impact at the individual, team, and organisational level. We are committed to excellence, consistently delivering the highest quality results for our clients. Our team is a mix of curious and diverse individuals with varied professional backgrounds in psychology, organisational behaviour, management, adult learning, and related fields.

Desired Senior Manager candidate

• Able to deliver leadership & culture services at all levels within an organisation, from emerging leaders to C-Suite/Board.
• Deeply committed to improving business outcomes for our clients through leveraging a broad set of solutions, from Leadership & Culture and wider Accenture.
• Self-motivated, personable, and highly commercial with significant experience in our the field, looking to join a high-growth, dynamic, and entrepreneurial culture.
• Adept at navigating complex, global, matrixed organisations to drive client solutions.
• Insightful, collaborative, and flexible, comfortable with ambiguity and continuous learning.
• Accomplished at developing large-scale business solutions and driving transformational growth with new and existing clients.
• Skilled at selling leadership & culture solutions through brilliant exceptional client service, and building, nurturing and sustaining long-term client relationships.

Responsibilities of a Senior Manager

• Design & delivery: Design, deliver, and implement impactful, consulting programmes within large-scale transformation programmes. Create solutions that will likely incorporate Leadership Strategy, Leadership Development, Talent Management, Culture Change, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Executive Assessment, Advisory Coaching, Team Development, Board Effectiveness, and CEO Succession Planning.
• Client management: Manage a portfolio of clients with a focus on embedding solutions that will bring benefits for the client, as well as serve in the interest of the practice.
• Business development: Develop and maintain a high-calibre network of senior-level contacts to create business opportunities, leading large-scale RFPs, including integrated deals within Accenture. Proactively originating new opportunities to sell work and expand the L&C footprint within Accenture.
• Commercial Acumen: Highly commercial individual, with experience managing project profitability.
• One Accentre: Build deep relationships with internal Accentre stakeholders. Work across diverse functions and geographies. Demonstrate credibility within the wider Accentre ecosystem and credibly talk to the wider range of Accentre offerings (beyond L&C), co-creating solutions that incorporate Leadership & Culture offerings into large-scale transformational deals.
• Leadership: Manage and coordinate client teams, serve as a role model within the practice, and lead others through change.
• Empowering leaders to deliver business value by leading in new ways, building resilient organisations that thrive in complexity, and drive transformative, human centred change?

Experience & Skills Required

• Significant client management and business development experience.
• Experience working with senior leaders and supporting top teams in major industries.
• Broad, deep consulting experience, ideally in a Big Four organisation demonstrating breadth of experience in leadership & culture services.
• Proven record of working within a global organisation, effectively engaging with challenging and complex stakeholders.
• Credible experience in some/all of the following Leadership & Culture service offerings:
• Team effectiveness
• Culture change
• Leadership development
• Leadership/Executive Coaching and Advisory
• Talent transformation
• Workshop design and facilitation
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy, services, and/or training
• Confidence using data, analytics, and technology alongside experience-based intuition.
• Experience as a line manager and/or coach and mentor.
• Aptitude, or genuine desire to deepen AI expertise in a Leadership & Culture context.
• Master’s degree or above in psychology, behavioural science, or a related field or equivalent levels of skill and knowledge – preferred but not a requirement.

What is 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 of vacation per year, access to app-based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

We strive to help our people create the right work-life balance that allows them to realise their full potential. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern that works best for you.