Enterprise AI Value Strategy Consultant

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an AI & Data Strategy Consultant in Chicago to shape AI and data-driven transformations for client organizations. You will define strategies, build trusted advisor relationships, and design data platforms that enable growth and efficiency, while infusing Responsible AI across engagements.

You should have 4+ years in AI/Data Strategy or related consulting, strong leadership, and English fluency. Travel up to 80% may be required based on client engagements.

Qualifications

• > A minimum of 4 years of experience in AI and Data Strategy, with enterprise data and governance focus
• > At least 4 years of high-value consulting or internal consulting experience
• > Strong leadership and communication skills, ability to lead workstreams
• > Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• > Bachelor’s Degree; Master’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Shape vision and create opportunities for AI, GenAI and data-led business reinvention.
• Build client relationships as a trusted advisor for infusing AI/data into business processes.
• Define and structure an AI/data strategy including technology platform blueprint and operating model.
• Assess maturity of AI and Data strategy, talent, and data foundation.
• Create roadmaps and business cases to deliver the strategy with revenue upside and cost-takeout.
• Infuse Responsible AI into strategy and ecosystem partnerships.
• Identify people, processes, and technologies to operationalize AI solutions.
• Develop strategy for AI-first products and commercialization opportunities.
• Travel up to 80% as required by client expectations.

Skills

AI & Data Strategy

Consulting experience

Program management

Fluent English

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master’s degree (Nice to Have)

Job description

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

In Consulting we work with C-suite executives, leaders and boards of the world’s leading organizations, helping them reinvent every part of their enterprise to drive greater growth, enhance competitiveness, implement operational improvements, reduce cost, deliver sustainable 360° stakeholder value, and set a new performance frontier for themselves and the industry in which they operate.

Our deep industry and functional expertise are supported by proprietary assets and solutions that help organizations transform faster and become more resilient.

Our AI and Data Strategy practitioners work to create and execute an organizations business strategy for AI and Data transformation including: defining a compelling industry vision, creating value models, architecting a client’s talent strategy, ecosystem partnership approaches, creating scalable operating, envisioning best-in-class business/technology architecture & roadmaps.

Use scaled agile disciplines to transform around iterative approach sequencing use cases focused on critical data elements aligned to data product and platform feature development.

As an AI & Data Strategy Consultant, you will:

• Shape vision and create opportunities for AI, GenAI and data led business reinvention.
• Build client relationships and credibility as a trusted advisor on how to infuse AI, GenAI and data into the business processes or functions
• Define and structure an organization’s AI and data strategy to build and optimize data assets, AI technologies for growth & competitive advantages.
• Assess maturity of an organization’s AI and Data strategy, talent, operating model, ways of working and data foundation
• Define building blocks required to convert to an AI-first organization, including technology and AI platform blueprint, data strategy and future-ready operating model.
• Create the business case, investment profile and roadmap to deliver on the strategy (including revenue upside as well as cost-takeout opportunities).
• Infuse Responsible AI in vision and roadmap, develop plan for leveraging ecosystem partners, and define operating model to foster a culture of innovation and experimentation.
• Identify people, processes, and technologies to develop and operationalize AI solutions.
• Create strategy for AI-first products and develop commercialization opportunities.
• Ability to travel up to 80%; travel as needed based on client expectations.

Here’s What You Need:

• Bachelor's Degree A minimum of 4 years of experience working within AI and Data Strategy Space including specific skills and experiences around Enterprise & Function-Specific Data Strategy, Talent Strategy, Value Case Development, Data Management, Data Analysis, Data Management, Client Assessments, Roadmap, Requirements Gathering, Responsible AI, leading tech driven transformations
• A minimum of 4 years of high value consulting experience or equivalent internal consulting experience
• A minimum of 4 years of experience leading workstreams and meeting deadlines
• A minimum of 4 years of large-scale delivery experience
• Nice to Have: Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Professional Skill Requirement: Strong program management and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Driven and entrepreneurial: ability to originate and shape new deals, lead in client conversations, and go to market activities.
• Fluent in English (both spoken and written)
• Excellent leadership and people skills: proven ability to build effective teams and foster a collaborative and inclusive environment and proven ability to build strong client relationships.
• You have experience bringing innovative ideas to projects

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 11/01/2026.

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:

• Annual Salary Range California $70,350 to $205,800
• Annual Salary Range Colorado $63,800 to $177,800
• Annual Salary Range Connecticut $63,800 to $177,800
• Annual Salary Range District of Columbia $68,000 to $189,300
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• Annual Salary Range Maine $54,400 to $151,400
• Annual Salary Range Maryland $63,800 to $177,800
• Annual Salary Range Massachusetts $63,800 to $189,300
• Annual Salary Range Minnesota $63,800 to $177,800
• Annual Salary Range New York $66,300 to $205,800
• Annual Salary Range New Jersey $68,000 to $205,800
• Annual Salary Range Ohio $59,100 to $164,600
• Annual Salary Range Virginia $59,100 to $189,300
• Annual Salary Range Washington $80,200 to $189,300

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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