Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Associate Director London

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Gym subsidy

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave per year for Charit

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer – Associate Director in London to lead high-impact Palantir Foundry engagements. You will own client strategy, design governance, and delivery across complex programmes, mentoring senior engineers and shaping practice growth.

As a senior leader, you will drive AI integration, establish technical direction, and secure executive partnerships, while maintaining a culture of high performance and integrity.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large data/AI delivery programmes at executive level.
• Ability to advise C-suite and navigate complex organisations.
• Hands-on engineering foundations across modern data stack.
• Experience with cloud platforms and data tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead large-scale deployments with full accountability for delivery outcomes.
• Act as senior technical leader and trusted advisor to client stakeholders.
• Shape strategic direction of the FDE practice and contribute to hiring.
• Mentor and develop senior managers and engineers.
• Represent the practice in forums and contribute to business development.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Data engineering

Programming basics

People management

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Accenture seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer – Associate Director in London to lead high-impact Palantir Foundry engagements. You will own client strategy, design governance, and delivery across complex programmes, mentoring senior engineers and shaping practice growth.

As a senior leader, you will drive AI integration, establish technical direction, and secure executive partnerships, while maintaining a culture of high performance and integrity.