Technology Strategy & Advisory- Technology Operating Model Consultant

WeAreTechWomen; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Technology Operating Model Consultant to unlock business value through innovative technology strategies. You will collaborate with leaders, develop operating models, and guide clients through transformation. Ideal candidates should have experience in Data & AI, DevOps, and excellent stakeholder management skills. Benefits include 30 days of vacation and private medical insurance.

Benefits

30 days’ vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave for charitable work

Qualifications

• Experience designing modern technology operating models.
• Curious and passionate about emerging technologies.
• Proven stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with technology and business leaders to unlock business value.
• Co-create a client’s Technology Operating Model vision and strategy.
• Shape value cases to articulate the case for change.
• Lead and coach client teams in adopting new operating models.

Skills

Designing modern technology operating models

Data & AI

DevOps

Platform Engineering

Stakeholder management

Delivery and execution

Job description

Job Description

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. Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity.

“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

Role

Technology Operating Model Consultant – Technology, Strategy & Advisory

Location

London, Manchester

Mobility

Up to 100%

Career Level

Consultant

About the Team

Do you enjoy using innovation, and the latest technologies to solve challenges and realise business goals? Do you enjoy working at the intersection of business and technology, where you’re engaging with senior clients, engineers and architects, on a daily basis? Are you a critical thinker that is keen to continue exploring the untouched capabilities of technologies such as Cloud, Big Data, AI and Robotics, and how their value can be maximised in a client’s landscape.

Joining the team means becoming part of a community that serves Accenture’s clients with the best and brightest insights regarding technology operating model strategy, design and transformation. Our values include challenging our clients’ norms, building trusted relationships, and embracing diversity as a source of creativity and inspiration.

Our teams are changing businesses every day using deep industry insights, technology knowledge and innovative ideas. Positioned at the intersection of business, technology and industry, we devise creative new strategies and target operating models, based on trends, insights and data.

With an eye for competitive advantage, digital disruption, operating models, and the future workforce, we take on the challenge of designing and implementing transformative business solutions, using the technology to drive business advantage.

Responsibilities

• Partner with technology and business leaders to architect “how” technology functions unlock business value and agility through the right operating model blueprint.
• Co‑create a client’s Technology Operating Model vision, strategy and design – from initial product and platform structures to organisation, governance and process designs.
• Shape value cases to articulate the case for change.
• Shape implementation approaches and roadmaps, ensuring alignment to wider business objectives.
• Stay 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.
• Advise on, design and implement modern engineering capabilities including Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Automation, Data & AI and Cloud.
• Conduct Agile and modern engineering maturity assessments to identify opportunities to improve quality, consistency and speed to market.
• Develop recommendations and translate them into actionable roadmaps for complex and large technology transformations using Lean and Agile enterprise principles.
• Support the creation of methods and processes by area/technology function, to embed new ways of working.
• Provide insights to clients on common pitfalls during operating model transformation and devise appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead and coach client teams in adopting new operating models and engineering practices.

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 synthesize 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.
  • 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.

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

Closing Date for Applications

Ongoing

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