Senior Venturing Lead

Senior Venture Lead

WHO WE ARE

We co-found corporate ventures that stand out and scale up. We do it for truly game-changing businesses like MINI, Google, O2, British Airways, Airbnb, Amex, L'Oréal, Virgin and Natwest. The impact we are having is changing the way people live, shop, bank, work, and travel.

We are not your typical consultancy and we are much more than your traditional design studio. Bringing together the sharpest minds in Growth, Product and Creative crafts, we work in tight, truly collaborative and high-performing start-up teams to accelerate concepts from ideas to market-ready ventures. We are a team of 40+ Venture builders that are backed by the superpower that is Accenture, which gives us access to a treasure chest of technology and opens doors to big-ticket clients.

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.

We are looking for people with a fired up, start-up spirit who have a thirst for knowledge, excellence and collaboration. We want people to help us grow and evolve and, in return, we promise we will let you loose on the biggest clients & challenges, allowing you to build in reality, with real businesses and real budgets.

YOUR ROLE

As a Senior Venture Lead, you fuse strategic vision with execution from ideation to scaling. Whether your expertise lies in product, growth, or both, your ability to collaborate creatively transforms ideas into breakthrough solutions.

You excel at driving complex projects, inspiring diverse teams, and building strong partnerships with clients and colleagues alike. We're seeking a dynamic generalist who thrives in ambiguity and is ready to push boundaries for high-impact results.

• Be ultimately responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the project according to agreed scope and budget, spotting commercial opportunities to extend project scope and develop on-sell opportunities through deepening client relationships. You will work closely with Associate Directors to grow and develop accounts.
• Take ultimate responsibility for setting the overall project plan and end-to-end delivery of the entire venture building process, leading a team to conduct activities in this process such as:
  • Identifying market gaps and validating high-potential opportunities.
  • Crafting product concepts, defining the MVP, and overseeing the 0-to-1 design and build from ideation to launch.
  • Supporting the development of robust commercial models and proposition / feature roadmaps.
  • Identifying acquisition channels, executing growth initiatives and measuring performance to drive scalable growth.
  • Establishing operating models, processes and structures for successful launch and longer term scale for new ventures.
• Become the go-to partner for your client's day-to-day needs, proactively shaping their thinking and keeping them informed of progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Leading the development of proposals and pitches, detailing compelling approaches, resource requirements, and costs.
• Contribute to supporting future pipeline opportunities, both with existing clients and new prospects.

What we love in a candidate:

• Demonstrable strong professional experience - examples include consulting, working in startups or elsewhere in industry.
• You have a track record of guiding multi-disciplinary teams across multiple workstreams-balancing strategic direction, creative collaboration, and high-quality delivery.
• You're comfortable managing budgets, teams and client relationships. You can pivot between strategic planning and hands-on execution seamlessly.
• You are excited by partnering with creative teams, leveraging your understanding of the creative process to seamlessly integrate innovative ideas into strategic, market-ready products.
• 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.

An absolute must have in every candidate is that they live and truly believe our values of being driven, fearless, striving for better, bringing your authentic self and being generous in all that we do.

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.

What's in it for you:

Our Total Rewards consist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as:

• Up to 30 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice.
• Family-friendly and flexible work policies.
• Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources.
• Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling.
• A range of generous Parental Leave offerings.
  

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.