Workforce Strategy Manager

Accenture Southeast Asia; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Southeast Asia is seeking a Manager to lead Talent Reinvention engagements that redesign how work gets done in an AI-enabled future. You will guide workforce strategy, analytics, and organization design to deliver sustainable business outcomes and growth for clients across Singapore and Southeast Asia.

You will partner with HR and business leaders, manage cross-functional teams, and translate insights into executive-ready recommendations, while contributing to business development and

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in management consulting or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience leading workforce transformation and HR-related engagements.
• Strong understanding of strategic workforce planning and analytics.
• Proven ability to manage client stakeholders and lead HR leaders and sponsors.
• Experience directing cross-functional teams in complex environments.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and data-to-insight skills.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and storytelling abilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, HR, Economics, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead Talent and Workforce transformation engagements across planning, analytics, and design.
• Advise HR and business leaders on workforce strategies aligned with AI-driven changes.
• Leverage analytics to improve workforce productivity and cost effectiveness.
• Design roadmaps, operating models, and implementation plans for long-term goals.
• Lead interviews, workshops, and sessions to build alignment and decisions.
• Manage multi-workstream projects with quality delivery and team development.
• Translate workforce insights into executive recommendations and presentations.
• Support business development, proposals, client relationships, and thought leadership.
• Contribute to Accenture's Talent Reinvention growth through knowledge sharing and mentoring.

Skills

Management consulting

Workforce transformation

Organization design

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Analytical problem solving

Executive communication

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/HR/Economics/Analytics

Job description

About The Role

As a Manager within Accenture's Talent Reinvention Partner practice, you will help organizations redesign how work gets done in an AI-enabled future. You will lead workforce transformation engagements that help clients shift toward skills-based organizations, optimize workforce investments, and build agile workforce strategies that support business growth and productivity.

Working closely with senior client stakeholders, you will combine workforce strategy, analytics, organization design, and AI-driven workforce transformation to solve complex talent challenges and deliver sustainable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Talent & Workforce transformation engagements covering strategic workforce planning, workforce analytics, skills-based organization design, workforce transformation, and talent strategy.
• Advise HR and business leaders on workforce strategies that align talent supply with evolving business priorities, skills requirements, and AI-driven changes in work.
• Leverage workforce data and analytics to identify opportunities to improve workforce productivity, talent deployment, workforce agility, and cost effectiveness.
• Design workforce transformation roadmaps, target operating models, and implementation plans that support long-term business and talent objectives.
• Lead stakeholder interviews, executive workshops, and working sessions to build alignment and drive key workforce decisions.
• Manage project teams across multiple workstreams, ensuring quality delivery, effective team development, and successful client outcomes.
• Translate complex workforce insights into compelling executive-level recommendations and presentations.
• Support business development activities including opportunity identification, proposal development, client relationship management, and thought leadership initiatives.
• Contribute to the growth of Accenture's Talent Reinvention capability through knowledge development, asset creation, and mentoring of junior practitioners.

Required Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in management consulting, workforce strategy, human capital consulting, organizational transformation, talent strategy, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading workforce transformation, organization design, workforce planning, HR transformation, or talent strategy engagements.
• Strong understanding of strategic workforce planning, workforce analytics, skills-based workforce approaches, and workforce operating models.
• Proven ability to manage client stakeholders and lead discussions with HR leaders, business leaders, and transformation sponsors.
• Strong project and team leadership experience, including managing cross-functional teams in complex client environments.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving capabilities with the ability to synthesize complex data into actionable business recommendations.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Economics, Organizational Psychology, Analytics, or a related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI-enabled workforce transformation, skills intelligence solutions, workforce planning platforms, or talent marketplace technologies.
• Familiarity with HR technology ecosystems, workforce analytics tools, and digital talent solutions.
• Experience working with multinational organizations across Singapore and Southeast Asia.
• Demonstrated experience supporting sales pursuits, proposal development, and business growth initiatives.
• MBA, Master's degree, or relevant professional certifications preferred.