Technology Strategy & Advisory- Technology Operating Model Consultant

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

Job description

Role: Technology, Strategy & Advisory, Technology Operating Model Consultant

Location: London, Manchester

Mobility: Up to 100%

Career Level: Consultant

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.

As a 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, engaging with senior clients, engineers and architects daily? Are you a critical thinker keen to explore the untouched capabilities of technologies such as Cloud, Big Data, AI and Robotics?

Joining the team means becoming part of a community that serves Accenture’s clients with 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.

Your responsibilities as a technology operating model consultant will include:

1. Partner with technology and business leaders to architect how technology functions unlock business value and agility through the right operating model blueprint.
2. Co-create a client’s Technology Operating Model vision, strategy and design – from initial product and platform structures to organisation, governance and process designs.
3. Shape value cases to articulate the case for change.
4. Shape implementation approaches and roadmaps, ensuring alignment to wider business objectives.
5. 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.
6. Advise on, design and implement modern engineering capabilities including Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Automation, Data & AI and Cloud.
7. Conduct Agile and modern engineering maturity assessments to identify opportunities to improve quality, consistency and speed to market.
8. Develop recommendations and translate them into actionable roadmaps for complex technology transformations using Lean and Agile enterprise principles.
9. Support the creation of methods and processes by area/technology function, to embed new ways of working.
10. Provide insights to clients on common pitfalls during operating model transformation and devise appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
11. Lead and coach client teams in adopting new operating models and engineering practices.

We are looking for individuals with the following skills and experience:

Technology Experience:

1. Experience designing modern technology operating models or an engineering professional with a background in Data & AI, DevOps or Platform Engineering seeking to pivot towards advisory work.
2. Understanding of modern IT, Data, AI and Cloud operating model components and methodologies.
3. Understanding of functional architecture and how this informs modern IT operating model structure and design.
4. Curiosity and passion for exploring emerging technologies (Cloud Native, Data, AI, Robotics, etc.).

Strategic Thinking:

1. Synthesize business strategies and challenges to inform target technology operating model design.
2. Simplify and explain complex business technology challenges.
3. Experience adapting operating model designs to meet varying client industry needs.

Stakeholder Management:

1. Ability to inspire teams and build consensus in high-pressure situations.
2. Comfortable co-creating and partnering with technology and business leaders, working through ambiguity to architect the right outcome.
3. Proven stakeholder management and communication skills, leveraged to influence and persuade client stakeholders.

Delivery and Execution:

1. Experience working on complex digital transformation programmes.
2. Ability to 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.

About Accenture

Accenture combines 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 over 700,000 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.

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, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications: Ongoing

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