Corporate Strategy Senior Manager

Accenture; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks a senior strategy leader to shape the SCE Reinvention Partner strategy and drive execution across growth pivots including Services+Products, IP Revenue Growth, and Core Value Chain Reinvention.

You will lead market insights, competitive intelligence, and high-impact decisions with a focus on AI-enabled transformation and industrial technology, partnering with global leaders to deliver measurable value.

Qualifications

• Strong business acumen with experience across industrial sectors.
• Advanced financial and business-case judgment including TAM sizing and ROI.
• Deep SCE domain expertise in supply chain, capital projects, industrial AI or engineering & RD.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the SCE Reinvention Partner strategy and plans.
• Lead inorganic growth prioritization, deal origination, and milestones.
• Align priorities with global SCE leaders and key stakeholders.
• Drive analytics, governance, and earnings-readiness for leadership reviews.

Skills

Business acumen

Financial analysis

SCE domain expertise

Strategic thinking

AI & data fluency

Inorganic growth

Stakeholder leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Overall Responsibilities

Define and shape the SCE Reinvention Partner strategy, ensuring alignment with the global Reinvention Services GS agenda. Be accountable for strategy and execution plans across the three growth pivots - Services + Products, IP Revenue Growth, and Core Value Chain Reinvention - ensuring coherence and impact. Direct the identification of differentiated, profitable growth ideas across ''New Business'' and ''Reinvent the Core'', and lead turnaround analyses and action plans. Set the point of view on emerging technology trends - including Physical AI and Industrial AI - and their strategic implications for SCE. Direct the inorganic growth agenda - defining MA priorities, target evaluation criteria, and deal-origination recommendations. Be accountable for the quality of diligence and value-realization assessments, advising leadership on inorganic prioritization and the MA and partnership landscape. Lead the evaluation and prioritization of GTM partnership and alliance opportunities that expand SCE''s differentiation and market reach. Be accountable for translating strategic priorities into outcomes - ensuring ownership, governance, and execution discipline across SCE GS workstreams. Engage directly with global SCE leaders and offering leads to align priorities, mobilize action, and unblock critical decisions. Own the investment-ROI view to leadership - anticipating risks and leading course correction across RD, capability, and market development. Act as a strategic interlocutor to SCE Reinvention Partner leadership, defining narratives and earnings-readiness content. Lead analyst relations (Gartner, Everest Group, IDC, HFS) and build and leverage internal and external networks - including Competitive Intelligence, Accenture Research, and Corporate Development.

Qualification

Skills Required

• Strong business acumen and deep understanding of industrial, engineering, and asset-intensive sectors.
• Advanced financial and business-case judgment-including TAM sizing, CAGR analysis, investment ROI, and portfolio-level prioritization.
• Deep domain expertise in one or more SCE-relevant areas-supply chain, capital projects, industrial AI, or engineering and RD.
• Ability to set the research agenda and synthesize original, forward-looking perspectives across market, competitive, ecosystem, and technology dimensions.
• Authoritative command of Technology, AI (including Physical and Industrial AI), data, and ecosystem trends and their strategic implications.
• Strong grasp of inorganic growth dynamics: MA landscape, alliance ecosystems, and partnership structures in industrial and engineering services.
• High proficiency with AI-enabled ways of learning the team uses AI to accelerate rigorous, senior-audience-ready work.

Education

Bachelor''s degree required; MBA or advanced degree in business, engineering, or a related field preferred.

Experience

1215+ years of total work experience, with deep tenure in strategy, management consulting, corporate strategy, business transformation, or industrial technology. Strong track record leading market research, competitive intelligence, and business analysis in supply chain, engineering, or adjacent industrial sectors. Extensive experience defining executive-level strategic recommendations and advising senior leadership. Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams across global geographies. Experience guiding and developing team members within a matrixed structure.

Preferred

• Knowledge of Physical AI, Industrial AI, digital twins, or advanced manufacturing trends.
• Exposure to VA (MA) pipeline evaluation, deal diligence, or inorganic growth strategy.
• Familiarity with strategic analyst relations and major analyst firms covering SCE-adjacent markets.
• Familiarity with Accenture''s SCE offerings, offering architecture, or GTM frameworks.