Accenture NZ – Data & AI Managers

8300 Accenture NZ Limited Company; Warkworth; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development support

Job summary

Accenture NZ is seeking Managers to drive AI and data strategies for our clients in Auckland. You will lead teams or provide strategic insights on impactful projects, shaping how organizations use data and AI to create value.

In this role you’ll build diverse teams, manage client relationships, present data-driven strategies to senior leaders, and guide end-to-end engagements from ideation to deployment across industries.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience deploying machine learning algorithms for analytics-driven digital transformations.
• 3+ years of experience in people management, leading teams in AI and data projects.
• Strong expertise in data-driven insights and helping clients advance analytics maturity.
• Degree in statistics, applied mathematics, operations research or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead diverse teams with qualitative and quantitative expertise, using insights-led approaches.
• Manage client relationships, ensuring successful execution of AI and data projects.
• Drive growth and innovation within the AI practice and present data-driven strategies to leaders.
• Advise business leaders with compelling data-driven strategies that exceed expectations.
• Manage multiple projects across industries, developing evidence-based solutions.
• Communicate insights effectively, delivering reports and presentations to stakeholders.
• Respond to data governance, ML, and NLP challenges for clients and internally.
• Articulate business impact through storytelling and advanced visualization techniques.
• Develop AI-driven language solutions and deploy neural network models to transform data.
• Lead end-to-end engagements from ideation to deployment.

Skills

Data-driven insights

People management

Strategic thinking

Education

Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, or Economics

Tools

Snowflake

Apache Spark

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Mathematical Programming

Sentiment Analysis

Job description

Accenture NZ – D&AI Managers Location: Auckland

We are seeking Managers to help drive AI and data strategies for our clients. Whether you're looking to lead teams or provide strategic insights, this role offers an exciting opportunity to work on impactful projects.

Why Join Accenture New Zealand’s Data & AI Practice?

At Accenture New Zealand, we believe in empowering our people to do their best work while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. As part of our Data & AI practice, you’ll have the opportunity to work on cutting‑edge technologies, solve real‑world challenges, and drive meaningful impact for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and lead diverse teams with both qualitative and quantitative expertise, using insights-led approaches to respond to evolving market needs.
• Manage client relationships, ensuring successful execution of AI and data projects.
• Drive growth and innovation within the AI practice.
• Present data‑driven strategies to senior business leaders and influence decision‑making.
• Advise business leaders, providing compelling, data‑driven strategies that exceed expectations.
• Manage multiple projects across industries, developing evidence‑based solutions.
• Communicate insights effectively, delivering reports and presentations to internal and client stakeholders.
• Respond to critical challenges in areas such as data governance, machine learning, and NLP, both internally and for clients.
• Articulate business impact through scientific storytelling and advanced visualization techniques.
• Develop AI‑driven language solutions, enabling systems to interpret, understand, and respond to human speech.
• Design and implement AI solutions, applying deep learning and neural network models to transform data into actionable insights.
• Lead end‑to‑end engagements, from ideation and prototyping to solution development and deployment.

About You

• Strong expertise in data‑driven insights, with a passion for helping clients advance their data and analytics maturity.
• Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in deploying machine learning algorithms for analytics‑driven digital transformations.
• 3+ years of experience in people management, leading teams in AI and data projects.

Core Technical Skills

• Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Conversational AI (Virtual Agents), and Narrative Science.
• Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, and related AI‑driven language solutions.
• Computer Vision, including face recognition and handwriting recognition.
• Experience with Snowflake, Apache Spark, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, Mathematical Programming, and Sentiment Analysis.

Why Join Accenture?

• Innovative Work: Solve complex business challenges using cutting‑edge AI, machine learning, and data analytics technologies.
• Career Growth: Access world‑class training, certifications, and mentorship to accelerate your career.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Options that acknowledge employees' roles beyond the workplace.
• Global Network: Work alongside top industry experts and contribute to projects for leading global and local clients.
• Competitive Benefits: Access market‑leading remuneration, employee wellness programs, and professional development support.

About Accenture NZ

Accenture in New Zealand delivers on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. We live, breathe, and love New Zealand. We’re local partners backed by global experience and capabilities. Transforming organisations through innovation, industry experience, and technology, we enable you to achieve your goals. Working with and for our communities, we travel alongside fellow Kiwis on a journey of positive transformation, doing the right thing by our society to ensure a thriving New Zealand. We are changing the world fast, come with us.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimise their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent‑ and innovation‑led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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