Technology Operating Model Manager – Resources Industry

WeAreTechWomen; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

30 days vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 days charitable leave

Job summary

Accenture in London, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh seeks a Technology Operating Model Manager – Resources Industry to partner with technology and business leaders to design and implement operating models that unlock value.

You will co-create visions, shape roadmaps, advise on Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Data & AI and Cloud, and lead multi-disciplinary teams through large digital transformations.

Qualifications

• Experience designing modern technology operating models or engineering background with Data & AI, DevOps or Platform Engineering seeking advisory work.
• Understand modern IT, Data, AI and Cloud operating model components and methodologies.
• Understand functional architecture and how this informs operating model design.
• Curious about emerging technologies (Cloud Native, Data, AI, Robotics).
• Synthesize business strategies to inform target technology operating model design.
• Explain complex business technology challenges simply.
• Adapt operating model designs to meet varying client industry needs.
• Inspire teams and build consensus under pressure.
• Co-create with technology and business leaders, navigating ambiguity to architect the right outcome.
• Proven stakeholder management and communication skills to influence client stakeholders.
• Experience in complex digital transformations.
• Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Industry experience in Mining, Natural Resources, Utilities or Energy.

Responsibilities

• Partner with technology and business leaders to architect how technology functions unlock business value and agility through the right operating model blueprint.
• Co‑creating a client’s Technology Operating Model vision, strategy and design – from initial product and platform structures to organisation, governance and process designs.
• Shaping value cases to articulate the case for change.
• Shaping implementation approaches and roadmaps, ensuring alignment to wider business objectives.
• Staying abreast of industry dynamics and the impact of trends on an organisation, to identify and formulate the need for new capabilities and operating model changes.
• Advising on, designing and implementing modern engineering capabilities including Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Automation, Data & AI and Cloud.
• Conducting Agile and modern engineering maturity assessments to identify opportunities to improve quality, consistency and speed to market.
• Developing recommendations and translating them into actionable roadmaps for complex and large technology transformations using Lean and Agile enterprise principles.
• Supporting the creation of methods and processes by area / technology function, to embed new ways of working.
• Providing insights to clients on common pitfalls during operating model transformation and devising appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Leading and coaching client teams in adopting new operating models and engineering practices.
• Leading and coaching junior team members.

Skills

Technology Experience

Strategic Thinking

Stakeholder Management

Delivery and Execution

Job description

Role

Technology Operating Model Manager – Resources Industry

Location

London, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh

Mobility

Up to 100%

Career Level

Manager

Responsibilities

• Partner with technology and business leaders to architect how technology functions unlock business value and agility through the right operating model blueprint.
• Co‑creating a client’s Technology Operating Model vision, strategy and design – from initial product and platform structures to organisation, governance and process designs.
• Shaping value cases to articulate the case for change.
• Shaping implementation approaches and roadmaps, ensuring alignment to wider business objectives.
• Staying abreast of industry dynamics and the impact of trends on an organisation, to identify and formulate the need for new capabilities and operating model changes.
• Advising on, designing and implementing modern engineering capabilities including Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Automation, Data & AI and Cloud.
• Conducting Agile and modern engineering maturity assessments to identify opportunities to improve quality, consistency and speed to market.
• Developing recommendations and translating them into actionable roadmaps for complex and large technology transformations using Lean and Agile enterprise principles.
• Supporting the creation of methods and processes by area / technology function, to embed new ways of working.
• Providing insights to clients on common pitfalls during operating model transformation and devising appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Leading and coaching client teams in adopting new operating models and engineering practices.
• Leading and coaching junior team members.

Qualifications

• Technology Experience
  • Have experience designing modern technology operating models or are an engineering professional with a background in Data & AI, DevOps or Platform Engineering that is seeking to pivot their career towards advisory work.
  • Understand modern IT, Data, AI and Cloud operating model components and methodologies.
  • Understand functional architecture and how this informs modern IT operating model structure and design.
  • Are curious and passionate about exploring emerging technologies (Cloud Native, Data, AI, Robotics, etc.).
• Strategic Thinking
  • Can synthesise business strategies and challenges to inform target technology operating model design.
  • Can simplify and explain complex business technology challenges.
  • Experience adapting operating model designs to meet varying client industry needs.
• Stakeholder Management
  • Ability to inspire teams and build consensus in high‑pressure situations.
  • Are comfortable co‑creating and partnering with technology and business leaders, working through ambiguity to architect the right outcome.
  • Have proven stakeholder management and communication skills, leveraged to influence and persuade client stakeholders.
• Delivery and Execution
  • Have experience working on complex digital transformation programmes.
  • Can work across multi‑disciplinary teams.

Industry Experience

• Have experience in Mining, Natural Resources, Utilities or Energy.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary, 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and an additional 3 days leave per year for charitable work.

Flexibility and Mobility

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.

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