Enterprise AI Architecture Manager / Senior Manager

Accenture PLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is hiring an experienced Architect to own the AI‑native architecture for engagements in the Chicago area. You will be the primary technical contact for the client’s architecture group, leading the engineering team and helping shape reusable patterns as the frontier in AI evolves.

Requirements include 5+ years building enterprise systems, 1–2 years with AI/LLM in production, and 3+ years leading teams in agile settings. Travel up to 100% may be required based on client needs.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of hands‑on experience building enterprise systems, with at least 1–2 years working with AI/LLM systems in production or production‑like contexts.
• Minimum of 2 years designing AI‑native or AI‑adjacent architectures — event‑driven, distributed, or data‑intensive systems count.
• Minimum of 3 years leading an engineering team, including at least 1 year managing the unique challenges of AI development.
• Minimum of 1 year translating between AI capabilities and business value for executive audiences.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience working in agile engineering or consulting teams.
• AI‑adjacent experience counts toward the bars above: strong credentials in the neighboring discipline combined with 1–2 years of hands‑on LLM work is exactly the profile we grow.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience).

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture for a single engagement: design authority on the AI‑native foundation, primary technical contact for the client’s architecture group.
• Lead the engineering team that builds it and progress within Accenture to shape methodology and reference patterns.
• Travel may be required for this role; travel amount varies 0–100% depending on business needs and client requirements.

Skills

Hands-on enterprise systems

AI/LLM experience

AI-native architectures

Engineering team leadership

AI business value translation

Agile engineering

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Associate's Degree with 6+ years work experience

Tools

None specified

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client‑focused, AI‑enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 814,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end‑to‑end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $74billion in FY26 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.

We Are

Accenture is recognized as a global leader in AI and cloud transformation, helping businesses across industries reimagine the digital core for an AI‑native operating model. Through partnerships with frontier AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI, and the leading cloud providers, Accenture delivers end‑to‑end services that drive innovation and business agility. The Digital Core Reinvention practice focuses on the architecture and engineering work required to make AI a first‑class participant in the enterprise core — not a layer beside it. As we build out our US Architect bench, we are hiring senior architecture leaders who can own the technical shape of the offering and set the bar for what credible AI‑native transformation looks like in market.

You Are

An architect who wants to solve some of the hardest problems in enterprise AI — designing multi‑agent systems that actually work, and transforming established estates without breaking what already runs the business. You carry the technical narrative into the client's CTO office without losing it on the way. You belong here even if you haven't spent years in AI. Much of what makes a great practitioner in this work was learned somewhere adjacent — strong credentials in the neighboring discipline plus a year or two of serious hands‑on work with LLM‑based systems is exactly the profile we grow.

The Work

At the Manager grade you own the architecture for a single engagement: design authority on the AI‑native foundation, primary technical contact for the client's architecture group, leading the engineering team that builds it. Depending on previous skills/experience and as you progress within Accenture you hold design authority across a portfolio of engagements and help shape the methodology — the reference patterns (Agent Framework Design, Multi‑Model Orchestration, AI Guardrail Design, in skill terms), what gets productized, and how the team's architectural point of view evolves as the frontier moves. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s what you need:

• Minimum of 5 years of hands‑on experience building enterprise systems, with at least 1–2 years working with AI/LLM systems in production or production‑like contexts.
• Minimum of 2 years designing AI‑native or AI‑adjacent architectures — event‑driven, distributed, or data‑intensive systems count.
• Minimum of 3 years leading an engineering team, including at least 1 year managing the unique challenges of AI development.
• Minimum of 1 year translating between AI capabilities and business value for executive audiences.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience working in agile engineering or consulting teams.
• AI‑adjacent experience counts toward the bars above: strong credentials in the neighboring discipline combined with 1–2 years of hands‑on LLM work is exactly the profile we grow.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience).

Bonus Points if You Have:

• Experience with the deliberate design of AI‑to‑deterministic boundaries.
• Vector, graph, and event‑streaming fluency across the architecture.
• Production AI operations exposure — you design for the people who will run it.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/04/2026.

Annual Salary Range by Location

• California $94,400 to $293,800
• Colorado $94,400 to $253,800
• Connecticut $94,400 to $253,800
• District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300
• Illinois $87,400 to $253,800
• Maine $80,400 to $216,200
• Maryland $94,400 to $253,800
• Massachusetts $94,400 to $270,300
• Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800
• New York $87,400 to $293,800
• New Jersey $100,500 to $293,800
• Ohio $87,400 to $235,000
• Virginia $87,400 to $270,300
• Washington $100,500 to $270,300

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 Role Location Annual Salary Range

About Accenture (continued)

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