Senior AI & Data Strategy Manager

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 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.