Technology Delivery Lead

Accenture; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Job Role: Technology Delivery Lead- Tech Industry Group- Resources

Location: London/Birmingham (with ad hoc travel)

Career Level: Level 7 (Manager)

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits.

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

Experience of working within the Energy and Utilities Industry sector is Essential

Company Background

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. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries – powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. With 650,000+ people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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.

Accenture is a company that will allow you to learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that flourishes with shared success, innovative ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

As a team:

We are one of the world's leading System Integrators and a key supplier of Technical and Business Solutions to the UK’s leading Energy and Utility companies. You'll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with our Energy and Utilities clients to help them implement technology solutions to meet their business challenges/needs.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to comprehensive training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills.

In our team you will learn how to:

• Work with our global delivery network to manage complex and large-scale technology projects.
• Implement large scale Business Transformations across key UK Energy and Utilities clients, supporting end to end Business Transformations rather than technical solutions to point business challenges.
• Provide solutions to real world problems being faced in the Energy and Utilities Industries, working at the forefront of the most topical areas within the Industry.

As a Technology Delivery Lead, you will:

• Drive forward the delivery of high-quality work on-time and on-budget.
• Manage end to end technical delivery across the entire delivery lifecycle.
• Develop and manage high performing diverse and dispersed teams.
• Provide functional and technical expertise to support design and implementation work.
• Effectively manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Work closely with our clients to align their expectations with our delivery assumptions and plans.
• Develop and manage end to end delivery plans.
• Be comfortable in executing delivery across various methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall.
• Maintain your knowledge and experience of the latest technology trends and apply these in your day to day operations.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Experience of working within the Energy and Utilities Industry sector is Essential
• Proven ability of successfully managing entire projects or phases of projects across the delivery lifecycle (design, build and test) along with effective management of the associated budgets.
• Experience of leading projects embracing the latest Cloud Technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure) or SaaS offerings such as Salesforce.
• Experience of using different delivery methodologies: Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and Waterfall.
• Understanding of Risk, Assumption, Issue and Dependency Management.
• Strong communication skills with experience of working with Energy or Utilities clients and ideally with delivery teams located in different global locations such as India.
• Strong organisational skills managing multiple workstreams and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Experience of line managing resources and project managing a team of resources.

Set yourself apart:

• Mastery of managing complex deliveries coordinating with more than one supplier with multiple dependencies and work plans.
• Experience of leading projects embracing the latest Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure) or SaaS offerings (Salesforce).
• Cloud/Industry and Programme Management certifications and credentials.
• Demonstrate a strong Technical and Emotional Quotient.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

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 first-class services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications: 31/08/2025

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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