Performance Strategy Senior Principal

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

Job summary

Accenture, via its Partners in Performance unit, seeks an Associate Principal to lead on-site client teams across multiple engagements. You will coach Business Improvement leaders, align delivery with strategy, and drive sustainable results on client sites and remote locations.

With 10+ years in blue chip consulting, a Bachelor's degree, and a proven ability to influence C-level executives, you will travel extensively (approximately 80%), shape outcomes, and develop teams while delivering

Qualifications

• 10+ years blue chip, generalist consulting background in a T1 consulting house.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong leadership and ability to influence C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall on-site team leadership across multiple engagements.
• Coach client Business Improvement leaders and managers to embed improvements.
• Influence diverse stakeholders and translate strategy into sustainable results.
• Travel extensively, with on-site work across client sites.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Travel capability

C-level influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

This role is with our Partners in Performance team, part of Accenture.

Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture is a global management consulting firm with a focus on human performance working alongside client partners to make change happen. We’ve got offices in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Africa, North and South America and Europe but prefer to spend as little time in them as possible. Instead, we work alongside our clients to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that you hardly ever achieve by sitting in a boardroom.

Visit pip.global, Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture on LinkedIn, or @lifeatpip on Instagram to get to know us better.

As a Partners in Performance Associate Principal you will provide overall, on-site team leadership, usually across multiple teams on a single site. You will be passionate about providing support and coaching to client Business Improvement leaders and managers, ensuring consistency and that improvements are embedded. You will rate your success through the sustainability of your results. You will also be an inspiring development leader and mentor.

Your career development will be supported by your Development Leader and a first class Capability Management Team. With no tenure restriction, you will be in control of the pace of your development and focus of the future of your career. Maintaining a generalist portfolio of engagements, you will be equally as comfortable in a carpeted CBD office as you are on a remote industrial site. Partners In Performance will provide you with countless opportunities to employ influencing and coaching skills from C Level and all along the operational management value chain while keeping your finger on the pulse of tangible results delivery.

Our leadership team is a combination of home-grown talent and those drawn from senior postings in top-tier consulting firms. Each has deep industry experience or possesses deep subject matter expertise born from prior operations experience. As our business continues to grow at an exceptional pace we are growing at all levels and offer a genuinely exciting opportunity to be a part of a business that is small enough to treat you as an individual and identify your unique skills, and large enough to unleash that potential as your career develops.

This position involves a significant amount of on-site travel. The ideal candidate is comfortable and available to travel 80% as part of the role.

Here is what you need:

• 10+ years blue chip, generalist consulting background in a T1 consulting house
• Bachelors degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence C level and operational management
• Exceptional logical reasoning and the ability to ruthlessly prioritize to ensure rapid gains are achieved and sustained
• Ideally experience of delivering results based engagements with proven, lasting impact
• A genuine passion for sustainable results
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively, with on-site travel comprising approximately 80% of the role
• Experience on mining, heavy industry, or construction sites

Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.