Business Practitioner - Agentic AI Sr Manager/Associate Director

Accenture; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a seasoned advisor to lead agentic AI initiatives within the AMBG. You will shape delivery, governance, and executive storytelling for Microsoft-powered transformations across cloud, data, and AI programs.

This role emphasizes cross‑functional leadership, client-facing engagement, and the ability to guide complex solutions from pre‑SOW through delivery while aligning to enterprise risk and governance standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years in consulting or tech, with 3+ years as senior technical practitioner on cloud/AI programs.
• 7+ years crafting solution options, estimates, delivery models, and governance.
• 3+ years hands-on architecture or supervision with Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Fabric.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across strategy, data/AI engineering, change management.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (12 years; 6 years if Associate).

Responsibilities

• Serve as subject matter advisor across multiple engagements: guidance on architecture and risk.
• Guide delivery teams on AI governance, lifecycle, COE structure, and responsible AI posture.
• Advise on Microsoft platform applications across the agentic lifecycle, designs, and patterns.
• Flag security/compliance risks and align delivery with enterprise deployment perspectives.
• Contribute to roadmaps and value tracking; align milestones with business outcomes.

Skills

C-level communication

Executive advisory

Multi-disciplinary leadership

Structured problem solving

Deal origination & shaping

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Azure OpenAI Service

Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

We Are

We are the Accenture Microsoft Business Group (AMBG)—a unified team that brings together Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft to help organizations transform with the full power of the Microsoft ecosystem. We combine deep industry expertise, modern cloud and data capabilities, and next‑generation AI—including Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Fabric, and AMBG’s own accelerators—to help clients modernize, innovate, and achieve measurable business outcomes. From cloud modernization to AI‑enabled business reinvention, security, analytics, and industry‑specific solutions, we partner closely with clients to design, build, and scale transformative Microsoft‑powered solutions that create lasting impact across their enterprise.

You Are

A commercially‑driven practitioner whose technical and domain depth makes you dangerous in a sales pursuit and in client delivery. You understand how agentic AI applies to process reinvention, governance, Centers of Excellence, operating model design, and the full agentic lifecycle well enough to shape a solution, challenge an architect, and give a CIO a reason to sign. You originate deals, guide delivery from a subject matter position, and bring the Microsoft AI breadth that makes the client conversation credible. The work you do before the SOW is signed is as valuable as the work you do in delivery.

The Work

Key Responsibilities

Subject Matter Advisory on Delivery

• Serve as Subject Matter Advisor across one or more active client engagements simultaneously: provide senior guidance on solution direction, architecture decisions, and technical risk to overall client programs.
• Guide delivery teams on AI governance design, agentic life‑cycle management, operating models, COE structure, stage‑gate policy, and responsible AI posture; bring the domain knowledge that delivery teams need to make the right calls without escalating every decision.
• Advise on Microsoft platform application across the agentic lifecycle: inform build approach selection (Copilot Studio vs. Azure AI Foundry pro‑code), orchestration patterns, RAG design, evaluation frameworks, and AIOps.
• Flag and guide resolution of security, compliance, and responsible AI risks before they become delivery problems; bring the enterprise deployment perspective that junior delivery team members are unlikely to carry.
• Contribute to phased roadmaps (POV to pilot to scaled rollout) and value tracking frameworks; ensure delivery milestones connect to the business outcomes committed in the SOW.
• Develop cross‑functional team capability in agentic AI delivery patterns; build reusable accelerators and repeatable approaches that reduce the need for SMA involvement over time.

Deal Shaping & Pre‑Sales Solutioning

• Play a leadership role on agentic AI opportunities from origination to signed SOW: lead discovery, shape the value hypothesis, define the solution blueprint, and align commercial constructs to client outcomes; partner with AMBG sellers and Microsoft field teams throughout.
• Apply deep knowledge of agentic AI across process reinvention, governance frameworks, Centers of Excellence, operating model design, and the full agentic lifecycle to guide how Microsoft capabilities (365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, Azure ML, Microsoft Fabric) are positioned and scoped in a pursuit.
• Build defensible proposals and SOWs; define solution scope, risk and RAI posture, staffing model, and delivery approach at a level of depth that gives clients and internal deal teams confidence in what is being committed.

C-level Storytelling & Executive Advisory

• Craft board‑level narratives that connect industry problems to agentic AI outcomes; use data‑backed storytelling to secure executive sponsorship and funding.
• Facilitate executive workshops to shape transformation agendas, operating models, value cases, and governance from Copilots to fully autonomous agents.

Ecosystem Orchestration

• Operate as one with Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft: co‑innovating, co‑selling, and co‑delivering; align to Microsoft programs and co‑funding where appropriate.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s What You Need

• Minimum of 10 years in consulting or technology, including 3+ years as a senior technical practitioner on cloud, data, or AI programs, ideally on Microsoft.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience crafting solution options, estimates, delivery models, risk mitigations; ability to collaborate with deal teams on pricing, terms and conditions, and governance.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands‑on architecture or supervision experience with Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, Azure ML, Prompt Flow/evaluations, and Microsoft Fabric; fluency in when to use low‑code vs. pro‑code approaches.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience leading multi‑disciplinary teams across strategy, industry, data/AI engineering, and change management; strong coaching and lead‑from‑the‑front ethos.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience.)

Professional Skills Requirement

• Practical knowledge of Responsible AI, identity, security, data governance, and deployment guardrails for enterprise AI.
• Strong C‑level communication and consulting skills; ability to engage business and technology stakeholders.
• Ability to lead large, multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Structured, value‑driven, problem‑solving mindset.

Bonus Points If

• You’ve led end‑to‑end agentic AI business process transformations.
• You’ve shipped Copilot Studio solutions and Azure AI Foundry agents in regulated industries (FS, H&PS), including content safety, evaluations, and monitoring.
• You bring industry POVs (e.g., Fabric‑enabled data modernization to agentic workflows to function transformation) and can connect them to measurable business KPIs.

Compensation and Benefits

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Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long‑term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Salary by Location

• California $132,500 to $302,400
• Cleveland $122,700 to $241,900
• Colorado $132,500 to $261,300
• District of Columbia $141,100 to $278,200
• Illinois $122,700 to $261,300
• Maine $112,900 to $222,500
• Maryland $132,500 to $261,300
• Massachusetts $132,500 to $278,200
• Minnesota $132,500 to $261,300
• New York $122,700 to $302,400
• New Jersey $141,100 to $302,400
• Virginia $122,700 to $278,200
• Washington $141,100 to $278,200

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