GN-I&E- Comms and Media Lean Telco Exec

Accenture in India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in India seeks a Lean Telco Manager/Senior Manager to lead reinvention of telco operating models for global clients, moving from high CAPEX/OPEX to AI-first, lean models. You will shape strategy and value realization roadmaps, drive cost and productivity improvements, and oversee restructuring and carve-out programs.

The role requires coaching teams, guiding multi-workstream transformations, and engaging C-suite stakeholders to deliver measurable results across customer, commercial,

Qualifications

• Executive stakeholder mgmt, including C-suite engagement and SteerCo updates.
• Experience leading multi-workstream transformation programs with governance and risk management.
• Experience shaping AI transformation pursuits and AI-led proposals and delivery.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor consulting teams and ensure delivery quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead Lean Telco engagements from strategy to execution mobilization.
• Shape client ambition and target state across Lean Telco strategy, operating model reinvention and cost/productivity transformation.
• Lead company-wide transformation programs across networks, IT & platforms, sales & marketing, customer service and other functions.
• Drive restructuring and carve-out workstreams including governance design and transition planning.
• Create business cases and value realization dashboards for leadership decisions.
• Facilitate senior stakeholder workshops, SteerCo updates and cross-functional planning.
• Develop assets and delivery approaches for the Lean Telco capability.
• Coach and mentor consultants to ensure delivery quality and client readiness.

Skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Multi-workstream leadership

AI transformation

Coaching & mentoring

Consulting delivery

Tools

Amdocs

Ericsson

Salesforce

ServiceNow

Azure AI

Databricks

AWS

GCP

Job description

Manager & Senior Manager | S&C GN - Non Network

Job Title - Lean Telco Strategy

Management Level

Level 07 to 06

Location

Bangalore / Gurgaon / Pune

Entity

S&C GN - Non-Network

Job Summary

As a Lean Telco Manager / Senior Manager, you will lead the reinvention of telco operating models for global Communications & Media clients, helping them move from high-CAPEX/OPEX, low-return positions to AI-first, lean and agile operating models. You will shape Lean Telco strategy and value realization roadmaps, drive enterprise-wide cost, productivity and operating model reinvention, lead telco restructuring and separation initiatives, and apply AI-first process reinvention across customer, commercial and technology domains to deliver measurable cost, productivity and cash-flow impact

Must-Have Skills

• Executive stakeholder management skills, including C-suite engagement, strategic workshop facilitation, SteerCo communication and board-level storytelling
• Experience leading multi-workstream transformation programs, setting up governance cadences, managing RAIDs and dependencies, and driving outcome-based execution
• Experience shaping AI transformation pursuits, developing solution narratives, commercial frameworks and AI-led transformation proposals & delivery
• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop consulting teams while ensuring delivery quality, structured problem solving and client readiness

Must-Have Skills by capability area

You are expected to possess proven experience and skills in one or more of the following capability areas

Lean Telco Strategy & Roadmap

• Deep expertise in telecom operating model transformation across Network, IT & Platforms, Sales & Marketing, Customer Service, Corporate Functions and adjacent telecom domains
• Ability to shape Lean Telco strategy and transformation ambition, including future-back roadmap design, AI-first operating model definition, value architecture and investment case development
• Experience defining transformation roadmaps, execution priorities and value realization governance to drive measurable cost, productivity, cash-flow and operating model outcomes

Process-Driven Reinvention

• Experience leading customer, commercial and service operations transformation across customer care, contact center, service operations and Lead-to-Cash journeys
• Expertise in customer journey redesign, digital self-service, Customer 360, CRM/CPQ enablement, Quote-to-Cash transformation and AI-assisted workflow redesign
• Experience conducting process diagnostics, process mining and value discovery to identify productivity, customer experience, revenue growth and revenue leakage reduction opportunities
• Ability to define future-state operating models, eTOM-aligned process architectures, AI/Agent-enabled operating models and transformation roadmaps across care, sales, channel and commercial operations
• Experience developing business cases, value levers, benefits realization frameworks and workforce optimization strategies for transformation programs

IT Reinvention

• Experience leading IT reinvention across BSS/OSS, ITSM and enterprise IT service management environments
• Expertise in IT operating model and service management design, including incident, request, problem and change management transformation
• Experience defining service operations redesign, workflow orchestration, automation, AIOps and AI-enabled IT operations strategies
• Ability to conduct process assessments, workflow mining, service request optimization and productivity improvement initiatives across IT operations

Telecom Restructuring & Carve-outs

• Strong experience leading telecom restructuring, business separation, carve-out, portfolio rationalization and simplification programs
• Expertise in separation strategy, transition planning, Day-1 readiness, future-state operating model design and legal entity design considerations
• Experience assessing infrastructure and asset boundaries in separation scenarios (network, IT, shared platforms)
• Familiarity with partnership, monetization and value-based operating models in the context of telecom portfolio and structural transformation

Good-to-Have Skills

• Exposure to AI/GenAI/Agentic AI use cases across telecom operations, customer care, IT service management, sales, marketing, finance, procurement or HR
• Experience designing multi-agent enabled operating models, including human-in-the-loop checkpoints, agent guardrails and orchestration across process, IT and customer domains
• Familiarity with agent orchestration frameworks, LLMOps/MLOps concepts and enterprise AI platforms such as Azure AI, Databricks, AWS or GCP; Relevant AI, Agentic AI, cloud or industry certifications
• Knowledge of BSS/OSS platforms and COTS products such as Amdocs, Ericsson, Netcracker, Salesforce, ServiceNow or equivalent platforms
• Certifications such as PMP, Prince2, SAFe, CSM/PSM, CBAP, eTOM, Lean Six Sigma or relevant telecom/process certifications

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead Lean Telco engagements from strategic diagnosis through value targeting, roadmap design and execution mobilization.
• Shape client ambition and target state across Lean Telco strategy, business model reinvention, operating model reinvention and cost/productivity transformation.
• Lead company-wide transformation programs covering Network, IT & Platforms, Sales & Marketing, Customer Service and other adjacent functions
• Drive restructuring and carve-out workstreams, including separation models, governance design, shared services, service catalogues and transition planning
• Create business cases, value driver trees, KPI baselines, savings estimates and value realization dashboards for leadership-level decision-making.
• Facilitate senior stakeholder workshops, SteerCo updates, transformation governance cadences and cross-functional planning sessions
• Develop assets, methods, thought leadership, proposals and reusable delivery approaches for the Lean Telco capability.
• Coach and mentor consultants and analysts, ensuring delivery quality, structured problem solving, client readiness and professional development
• Support global sales teams to identify and win opportunities, lead proposals and business-development efforts, and create consensus-driven deliverables as a domain expert

Additional Information

This position is based at our Bengaluru/Gurgaon/Pune office. About Accenture