Senior Manager - Technology Strategy, Financial Services
Accenture UK & Ireland
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Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Senior Manager to lead technology strategy for Financial Services clients across the UK. You will shape multi-year roadmaps, orchestrate delivery, and grow the practice with high-impact engagements.
This role combines client leadership, team development and thought leadership, with opportunities to influence board-level decisions and collaborate across Accenture’s AI, data and cloud-native initiatives.
Qualifications
- Proven leadership of large, complex technology strategy engagements with delivery accountability.
- Strong command of strategy methods including research, quantitative analysis, structured problem solving and executive communication.
- Strong financial and commercial fluency, including modelling, valuation, business cases and key Financial Services value drivers.
- Excellent board-level communication, influencing, negotiation and C-suite workshop facilitation skills.
- Proven team leadership, coaching, people management and capability development.
- Commercial acumen and a strong record of originating and closing work.
- Ability to structure ambiguous problems, assure complex deliverables and challenge conventional approaches.
Responsibilities
- Set technology strategy for Financial Services clients, lead delivery, originate work and build the practice.
- Lead technology strategies that align business goals, investment, market change and regulation.
- Prioritise value opportunities and present board-level options and trade-offs.
- Design operating models, investment cases and multi-year roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
- Link business priorities to technology investment, challenging assumptions with independent judgement.
- Define how AI, data and cloud-native technology enable reinvention and competitive advantage.
- Lead scalable AI and data strategies, operating models and governance roadmaps.
- Address model risk, data governance, resilience and regulatory requirements.
- Use AI to accelerate analysis while independently validating outputs.
- Lead complex, concurrent engagements, accountable for outcomes, quality and coherence.
- Own engagement scope, mobilisation, commercials and financial performance.
- Build trusted C-suite relationships and deliver clear, challenging advice.
- Align senior stakeholders on direction, investment, expectations and delivery risk.
- Lead, coach and develop teams, including recruitment and performance management.
- Shape practice strategy, targets, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Champion Accenture's values and recognise others' contributions.
- Meet the chargeability target [align to current practice target], with remaining time focused on sales and practice building.
- Lead business development from opportunity identification to close.
- Shape propositions, RFP responses, proposals and statements of work.
- Drive cross-Accenture sales through client relationships and internal collaboration.
- Publish thought leadership and represent the practice at industry events.
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Job description
Role: Technology Strategy: Senior Manager, Financial Services
Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh
Mobility: Up to 100%
Career Level: Senior Manager (ML6)
Industry Technology Strategy & Architecture (ITSA)
Industry Technology Strategy & Architecture works at the intersection of business and technology, helping clients realise value from AI, technology and data. We define industry-relevant technology visions, build the case for change and design the enterprise architecture and roadmaps required for delivery.
Our work spans four solution areas: Business Technology Strategy; Technology Visioning, Future Technology and Innovation; Enterprise Technology, AI and Data Strategy; and Industry Enterprise Architecture. We deliver measurable outcomes by linking business priorities to technology investment, improving decision-making, reducing architectural complexity and identifying AI, data and digital opportunities.
As a Senior Manager, you will set technology strategy for Financial Services clients, lead delivery, originate work and build the practice.
- Lead technology strategies that align business goals, investment, market change and regulation.
- Prioritise value opportunities and present board-level options and trade-offs.
- Design operating models, investment cases and multi-year roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
- Link business priorities to technology investment, challenging assumptions with independent judgement.
- Define how AI, data and cloud-native technology enable reinvention and competitive advantage.
- Lead scalable AI and data strategies, operating models and governance roadmaps.
- Address model risk, data governance, resilience and regulatory requirements.
- Use AI to accelerate analysis while independently validating outputs.
- Lead complex, concurrent engagements, accountable for outcomes, quality and coherence.
- Own engagement scope, mobilisation, commercials and financial performance.
- Build trusted C-suite relationships and deliver clear, challenging advice.
- Align senior stakeholders on direction, investment, expectations and delivery risk.
- Lead, coach and develop teams, including recruitment and performance management.
- Shape practice strategy, targets, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Champion Accenture's values and recognise others' contributions.
- Meet the chargeability target [align to current practice target], with remaining time focused on sales and practice building.
- Lead business development from opportunity identification to close.
- Shape propositions, RFP responses, proposals and statements of work.
- Drive cross-Accenture sales through client relationships and internal collaboration.
- Publish thought leadership and represent the practice at industry events.
We are looking for the following skills and experience
- Proven leadership of large, complex technology strategy engagements, with accountability for delivery, quality and business outcomes.
- Strong command of strategy methods, including research, quantitative analysis, structured problem solving and executive communication.
- Strong financial and commercial fluency, including modelling, valuation, business cases and key Financial Services value drivers.
- Excellent board-level communication, influencing, negotiation and C-suite workshop facilitation skills.
- Proven team leadership, coaching, people management and capability development.
- Commercial acumen and a strong record of originating and closing work.
- Ability to structure ambiguous problems, assure complex deliverables and challenge conventional approaches.
- Deep expertise in business and technology strategy, roadmaps and business cases.
- Strong command of AI, data and emerging technology, including GenAI, agentic AI, cloud-native architectures and AI-ready data.
- Ability to assess the feasibility, scalability, value and risks of technology choices in regulated environments.
- Experience designing technology and business operating models and translating them into implementable change.
- Broader capability in technology assessment, market and competitor analysis, ecosystem strategy and application strategy.
- Track record of linking technology investment to measurable business outcomes.
- Strong understanding of the Financial Services landscape, market trends and participants across banking, capital markets, payments and insurance.
- Familiarity with key sub-sector ecosystems, including banks, regulators, fintechs, payment providers, insurers and London Markets.
- Depth in one or more areas such as products and channels, digital strategy, operating models or strategic cost reduction.
- Understanding of regulation affecting technology investment, including operational resilience, AI governance and model risk.
- Proven leadership experience of significant technology strategy engagements or programmes.
- A strong Financial Services delivery record in consulting, industry or a comparable advisory setting.
- Formal people management experience, including performance and career development.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent; an MBA or relevant MSc is advantageous.
We're very interested in hearing from you if you have some or all of the following.
- Recognised expertise in a Financial Services sub-sector or functional area, supported by a distinctive viewpoint on investment themes and client challenges.
- Technology due diligence experience in a Financial Services M&A or private equity context.
- An established senior network across the Financial Services technology C-suite.
- Recognised thought leadership through publications, conference contributions or influence in practitioner networks.
At Accenture in addition to a competitive salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
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