Digital Core – Technology AI Transformation Lead

Accenture; Taguig; On-site; PHP 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Manila/Taguig seeks a Technology Strategy & Transformation Lead to build and lead an AI-enabled consulting capability for global clients. You will define the practice growth, recruit and develop a top team, and own delivery and relationships with C-suite stakeholders.

You will shape service lines, win accounts, and ensure high-quality AI transformation outcomes across global programs from the Philippines hub.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of overall professional experience.
• At least 5 years in a consulting leadership role with accountability for practice growth, client outcomes and delivery performance.
• Proven track record delivering AI-enabled transformation engagements for large global enterprise clients.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the practice growth agenda for the Philippines.
• Lead AI-led consulting engagements and client delivery.
• Recruit and develop a high-performing local team.
• Win and grow global client accounts and establish referenceable outcomes.
• Collaborate with global delivery leadership to align offerings.
• Build brand equity and contribute to market visibility and pipeline.

Skills

AI strategy

Leadership

Client management

Business development

Cross-functional

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Technology Strategy & Transformation Lead – Philippines

Join our Technology Strategy & Transformation Global Network practice in the Philippines for an exciting opportunity to build and lead a world-class AI-enabled consulting capability for global clients. You will define and execute the practice growth agenda, drive AI-led consulting engagements, and position our Philippines delivery hub as a premier destination for AI strategy and transformation talent.

Practice: Technology Strategy & Transformation, Global Delivery Network

Areas of Work: AI led Technology Consulting Practice Development & Client Delivery

Level: Consulting Lead / Associate Director

Location: Manila / Taguig (Philippines) Years of Exp: 15+ years

Explore an Exciting Career Opportunity

Do you thrive on building consulting practices from the ground up, winning and delivering high-impact AI transformation engagements, and helping global clients navigate complex technology change? Are you a consulting leader who can operate with equal conviction in a C-suite boardroom and in a delivery team sprint? Are you passionate about elevating technology talent onto the world stage? If yes, this is the right opportunity for you. Join our Technology Strategy & Transformation Global Network practice and take ownership of building a credible, scalable AI enabled consulting capability in the Philippines. You will define the practice service lines, recruit and develop a high-performing local team, win and grow global client accounts, and serve as the most senior delivery and client relationship owner in market. This is a rare opportunity to shape a practice from the ground up while working with some of the world’s largest enterprises.

The Practice – A Brief Sketch

Technology Strategy & Transformation Practice is a part of Digital Core Reinvention Partner and focuses on our clients’ most strategic priorities. We help clients achieve growth and efficiency through technology transformation initiatives, aimed at modernizing delivery, improving operational performance and generating measurable enterprise value. We provide you with a strong learning environment, deep-rooted in Technology Strategy, large-scale program delivery and business transformation, where you will work with key global clients to drive the next evolution of enterprise technology change. As part of this high-performing team, you will lead organizations through complex transformation journeys — from translating transformation vision into measurable business outcomes through disciplined execution across global teams, functions, and delivery partners. This is a delivery leadership role with direct accountability for transformation outcomes These are some of the initiatives you will support: The Philippines hub sits at the intersection of three global trends: the maturation of AI ready enterprise technology, the rise of the country as a high-value knowledge services hub, and the growing demand from global CIOs and CTOs for consulting capability that can combine strategic advisory with cost-competitive delivery. You will be the leader who capitalizes on all three.

These are the initiatives you will own and drive:

• Practice Set up and Growth : Establish the Philippines’ Tech Strategy and Transformation capability from the ground up — define Sub Capability growth, build delivery playbooks, and create repeatable solution assets that enable the practice to scale.

• Client Growth & Account Development: Identify growth opportunities and key critical clients and work with Client leads to upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing relationships, provide solution support and own end to end delivery, build a lighthouse client base with referenceable outcomes that drive market presence.

• AI Delivery Excellence: Lead delivery quality across all AI and Transformation engagements — establish governance, risk, and benefits realization frameworks aligned to global best practice.

• Team Building & Talent Development: Recruit, develop and retain a high performing team of consultants, architects, data engineers and domain specialists; design career pathways and a competency framework that makes the Philippines hub competitive for top AI talent.

• Market Positioning & Thought Leadership: Build brand equity in the Philippines Accenture ecosystem; engage with other Reinvention Partners, produce thought leadership and represent the practice at industry forums to drive visibility and pipeline.

• Global Practice Alignment: Serve as the primary connector between the Philippines practice and global delivery leadership; share innovations, contribute to global offerings, and ensure the hub is fully integrated into international client delivery programs.

What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients
• Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Develop your advisory acumen
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

About Accenture: Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 569,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com

About Digital Core Reinvention Partner: Digital Core Reinvention Partner helps clients reinvent their digital foundations — including technology strategy and architecture, AI and data, modernizing and managing applications, infrastructure, and cloud. We operate in lockstep with our Reinvention Engines — especially Technology and AI and Data. In practice, Digital Core brings the integrated client solution and team together, while the Engines continuously strengthen the skills, tools, methods, and AI-enabled delivery that those teams use. And Client Success will ensure our solutions are commercially strong, repeatable, and aligned to what clients truly need — bringing the full strength of Accenture to every engagement. To bring this global perspective to our clients, Digital Core Reinvention Partner’s services include those provided by our Global Network – a distributed organization that provides advisory and strategy expertise across the client lifecycle.

Our Global Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to clients all around the world.

For more information visit Welcome to Digital Core | Digital Core At the heart of every great change is a great human. If you have ideas, ingenuity and a passion for making a difference, come and be a part of our team.

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Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 15-20 years of overall professional experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in a consulting leadership role with direct accountability for practice growth, client outcomes, and delivery performance.
• Proven experience building, leading, or significantly scaling a technology-enabled or AI-enabled consulting practice within a global services, technology, or professional services organization.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering AI-enabled transformation engagements for large global enterprise clients.
• Deep understanding of the technology and services ecosystem, including market dynamics, talent landscape, and enterprise technology adoption trends.
• Proven ability to engage, influence, and build trusted relationships with C-suite and board-level stakeholders.
• Strong executive presence, communication, stakeholder management, and business development capabilities.
• Experience leading multicultural and globally distributed teams, fostering an inclusive and high-performance culture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, architecting, or deploying Agentic AI, Generative AI, or cloud-based enterprise solutions.
• Previous experience serving as a Consulting Lead, Practice Head, or equivalent leadership role within a Big 4, Global Systems Integrator (SI), or Technology Strategy & Consulting organization.
• Experience establishing and managing university partnerships, industry collaborations, or talent development pipelines focused on AI and technology capabilities.
• Experience supporting clients within highly regulated industries such as Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, or Government.
• Demonstrated thought leadership through publications, speaking engagements, industry forums, or community contributions.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Cloud Platform Certifications (AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).
• AI/ML certifications such as: Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer AWS AI Practitioner DeepLearning.AI, Coursera, or equivalent AI/ML specializations
• PMP, MSP, or equivalent Program/Project Management certification.
• SAFe or equivalent Agile-at-Scale certification.

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, optimize 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, and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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