AI-Driven SDLC Transformation Lead

Accenture PLC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 87,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in Columbus, OH is seeking an AI SDLC Transformation Manager to guide enterprise clients in redesigning software delivery to be AI-native. You will apply flow metrics to surface waste and design future-state workflows that accelerate upstream SDLC phases.

The role demands 5+ years across the full SDLC, 3+ years building multi-agent or LLM-integrated systems, and consulting experience. You will translate evolving AI tooling into practical roadmaps across product, engineering, QA,

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years working across the full SDLC, requirements through release, with demonstrated ability to map, measure, and redesign delivery processes.
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience designing or building multi-agent or LLM-integrated systems, including prompt engineering, tool-use orchestration, or agentic application development.
• Minimum of 3 years in a consulting or advisory capacity working with engineering organizations, ideally at enterprise scale (5,000+ employees or $1B+ revenue).
• Minimum of 3 years applying flow metrics (cycle time, WIP, throughput, flow efficiency) or value stream mapping as active diagnostic tools, not just frameworks you've presented on.
• Minimum of 2 years working directly with AI/ML systems, LLMs, or agentic architectures in a professional context.

Responsibilities

• Value stream mapping and flow metric analysis to identify waste in existing SDLC practices.
• Design of AI-native to-be processes that restructure and accelerate how software is defined, designed, and governed.
• Change management for engineering teams transitioning to AI-augmented workflows.
• Strategy and design of agentic systems targeting upstream SDLC phases: requirements generation, user story synthesis, design review, and architecture validation.
• Know how and where to use creator and reviewer agent patterns and the token impact of doing so.

Skills

Flow analysis

AI-native design

Change management

Consulting experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

LLM tooling

Agentic platforms

Job description

Accenture PLC in Columbus, OH is seeking an AI SDLC Transformation Manager to guide enterprise clients in redesigning software delivery to be AI-native. You will apply flow metrics to surface waste and design future-state workflows that accelerate upstream SDLC phases.

The role demands 5+ years across the full SDLC, 3+ years building multi-agent or LLM-integrated systems, and consulting experience. You will translate evolving AI tooling into practical roadmaps across product, engineering, QA,