Enterprise AI Deployment Lead – Associate Manager

Accenture PLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer‑Associate Manager to lead enterprise AI deployments inside client environments. You will own the full programme from architecture to adoption, driving time‑to‑value, reliability, and scalability across multiple workstreams with measurable business outcomes.

The role blends hands‑on prototyping with strategic oversight, requiring deep experience in AI platforms, security, governance, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in a related field.
• 7+ years leading software engineering teams and delivery oversight.
• 5+ years of client‑facing communication and collaboration, including executive workshops.
• Experience with AI platforms (OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI) and multi-provider pipelines.
• Experience defining enterprise AI architecture across identity, data, security, governance, and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI platform deployments across complex client environments, owning architecture through adoption and scaling.
• Drive rapid experimentation to production in days/weeks with prototyping and deployment of AI-enabled workflows.
• Architect and govern AI solutions across the full tech stack, including privacy and security considerations.
• Shape AI reinvention strategy for client leadership, building ROI backlogs and adoption roadmaps.
• Codify delivery learnings into reusable blueprints and accelerators for scale across client engagements.
• Lead architecture design sessions and executive workshops with client leadership teams.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data, and business stakeholders to deliver technically sound solutions.

Skills

Client facing communication

Leadership & people management

AI deployment

Architecture design

Executive workshops

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

SAP

ServiceNow

Salesforce

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer‑Associate Manager to lead enterprise AI deployments inside client environments. You will own the full programme from architecture to adoption, driving time‑to‑value, reliability, and scalability across multiple workstreams with measurable business outcomes.

The role blends hands‑on prototyping with strategic oversight, requiring deep experience in AI platforms, security, governance, and cross‑functional collaboration.