Technology Delivery Associate Manager Comms, Media and Technology | Software & Platforms

Accenture UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an Associate Manager in London within the Tech Delivery space to lead software product and platform delivery workstreams. You will translate objectives into structured plans, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, and manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk, embedding AI-enabled delivery practices to improve outcomes.

You will partner with product, engineering, architecture, UX and security teams, driving governance and client workshops while ensuring contractual

Qualifications

• Experience leading technology, digital, software product or platform delivery workstreams.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, commercial awareness and written/verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing plans, budgets, forecasts, resources, risks and dependencies.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery, product management and the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of cloud-native engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, automated quality engineering and production support concepts.
• Ability to lead distributed, cross-functional teams and resolve delivery challenges pragmatically.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery workstreams across discovery, design, engineering, integration, testing, release and transition to operations.
• Own workstream plans, roadmaps, budgets, forecasts, resourcing, dependencies, risks, issues and delivery reporting.
• Coordinate product, software engineering, architecture, UX, quality engineering, security, data and cloud teams.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, planning sessions, governance forums and client workshops, ensuring decisions and actions are owned and tracked.
• Manage delivery against contractual commitments, acceptance criteria and measurable business outcomes.
• Promote engineering excellence through controls for code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, resilience, security and technical debt.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery through automation, reusable assets, platform capabilities and responsible use of generative AI.
• Support proposals, estimates, solutioning and mobilisation activity for Software & Platforms opportunities.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Product management

Software development lifecycle

Cloud-native engineering

DevOps / CI-CD

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Jira

Monday.com

Anaplan

Job description

Comms, Media and Technology | Software & Platforms | Technology Delivery

Associate Manager- CL7

London

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual, and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Job Description

As a Technology Delivery Associate Manager in our Software & Platforms team, you will lead workstreams that deliver software products, digital platforms and technology transformation for our clients.

You will translate objectives into structured delivery plans, coordinate multidisciplinary teams and provide clear control of scope, schedule, quality, cost and risk. You will also embed AI-enabled delivery practices that improve predictability, productivity and client outcomes.

What you will do

• Lead delivery workstreams across discovery, design, engineering, integration, testing, release and transition to operations.
• Own workstream plans, roadmaps, budgets, forecasts, resourcing, dependencies, risks, issues and delivery reporting.
• Coordinate product, software engineering, architecture, UX, quality engineering, security, data and cloud teams.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, planning sessions, governance forums and client workshops, ensuring decisions and actions are owned and tracked.
• Manage delivery against contractual commitments, acceptance criteria and measurable business outcomes.
• Promote engineering excellence through appropriate controls for code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, resilience, security and technical debt.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery through automation, reusable assets, platform capabilities and responsible use of generative AI.
• Support proposals, estimates, solutioning and mobilisation activity for Software & Platforms opportunities.

What we are looking for

• Experience managing technology, digital, software product or platform delivery workstreams.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, commercial awareness and written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing plans, budgets, forecasts, resources, risks and dependencies.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery, product management and the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of cloud-native engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, automated quality engineering and production support concepts.
• Ability to lead distributed, cross-functional teams and resolve delivery challenges pragmatically.

Set yourself apart

• Experience delivering SaaS, platform engineering, product modernisation, API ecosystems or cloud transformation.
• Experience with Jira, Monday.com Anaplan or comparable delivery/operational tooling.
• Understanding of product operating models, multi-tenant services and ecosystem partnerships.
• Experience applying AI and automation to delivery management, reporting, engineering or service operations.

About the opportunity

You will work with diverse teams to solve complex client challenges, develop your skills and contribute to inclusive, high-performing delivery. Role requirements may vary by engagement and client context.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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