Technology Strategy Manager

Accenture; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm in Riyadh seeks a Technology Strategy Manager to identify complex technology business problems and create strategic insights. The role requires a combination of consulting experience and technology strategy knowledge, with a strong focus on data-driven solutions. Candidates should have between 8-15 years of experience, including 5 years in IT/Digital strategy, and be fluent in English and Arabic. This position offers flexible arrangements and competitive rewards while working with industry experts to address pivotal challenges.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible work arrangements

Career progression opportunities

Coaching from senior colleagues

Access to modern technology

Qualifications

• 8-15 years of total work experience, with 5 years in IT/Digital technology strategy.
• Proven consulting experience or strong in-house IT & Digital strategy.
• Fluent in English & Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Drive structured approaches to identify and solve complex technology problems.
• Identify value creation opportunities in business and technology.
• Lead small engagements or streams of work end-to-end.
• Nurture business opportunities and support business development.
• Collaborate with clients to align business and technology priorities.
• Share knowledge through involvement in strategy operations.
• Create thought leadership assets in technology strategy.
• Interact with senior management for recommendations.

Skills

Data-driven consulting

Business and technology value architecting

Team management

Experience in technology strategy

Core technology strategy offerings

Implementation experience

Cross-industry operation

Business knowledge acquisition

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent

Job description

Technology Strategy Manager

Location- Riyadh, KSA

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 799,000 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.

Accenture Strategy & Consulting

In today’s world, business leaders want to rapidly and confidently reinvent to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value. That’s where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention. You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new kinds of value for your clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive rigorous and structured approach to identifying and solving complex technology business problems that leads to strategic insights

• Identify/prioritize value creation opportunities at the intersection of business and technology based on assessment activities and an understanding of high-level visions, performance gaps, and needs

• Lead independently small engagements or stream of work end-to-end across all delivery components: client satisfaction, value delivered, teams management, financials, etc.

• Identify and nurture pull-through business opportunities, support business development effort with client and Accenture teams until successful sale closure

• Collaborate with clients and within Accenture to align their business and technology priorities

• Develop content knowledge and share through pro-active involvement in technology strategy operations and community of practices

• Lead the creation of well-articulated thought leadership assets that present innovative insights, knowledge, guidance and recommendations on a specific market-relevant technology strategy domain

• Interaction with senior management at a client and/or Accenture to steer recommendations and obtain buy-in on matters that may require alternate approach

Key Skills

• Strong data-driven consulting with focus on business and technology value architecting and realization

• Ability to act independently to determine methods and procedures on assignments

• Management of team efforts at a client or within Accenture

• Ability to pull-through business opportunities

• Experience and understanding of core technology strategy offerings – IT & Digital technology strategy, enterprise architecture, operating model, data & analytics, cloud

• Experience in technology advisory and/or implementation

• Ability to operate cross industry, with preferred experience in Banking, Telcos, Oil&Gas, and/or Government

• Pro-actively acquired business knowledge beyond technical role or via business school i.e. MBA

Qualifications

• Minimum 8-15 years’ of total work experience - at least 5 years in IT/Digital technology strategy

• Proven and relevant past consulting experience; alternatively strong in-house IT & Digital strategy / enterprise architecture division / advanced startup / pre-sales roles (but would have to demonstrate exceptional intrinsic consulting skills)

• Fluent in English & Arabic

Why join us?

• We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues

• You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools

• Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards

• You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends

• You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in which we work and live

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