Enterprise AI Value Strategy Senior Manager - Utilities

Accenture; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an AI & Data Strategy Senior Manager to shape AI-first business reinvention, build credibility with clients, and define a roadmap aligning data and AI with growth. Travel to client sites is expected. The role demands senior expertise in AI strategy, data management, and transformation leadership across industries.

The position offers opportunities to lead large-scale delivery and shape the future of AI-enabled solutions within a global professional services context.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of AI and Data Strategy experience including data strategy, data management, and value case development
• 7+ years of high-value consulting experience or equivalent internal consulting experience
• 7+ years leading workstreams and meeting deadlines
• 7+ years of large-scale delivery experience
• 1 year of experience serving utilities clients or in a utilities finance/regulatory function
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience)
• Bonus points for a Master’s degree in a relevant field

Responsibilities

• Shape vision and opportunities for AI, GenAI, and data-led business reinvention
• Build client relationships and credibility as a trusted advisor on AI and data infusion
• Define and structure an organization’s AI and data strategy to build data assets and AI tech for growth and competitive advantage
• Assess maturity of AI and data strategy, talent, operating model, and data foundation
• Define building blocks for an AI-first organization including tech and AI platform blueprint
• Create business case, investment profile, and roadmap to deliver on strategy
• Infuse Responsible AI in vision and roadmap and plan ecosystem partnerships
• Identify people, processes, and technologies to develop and operationalize AI solutions
• Develop strategy for AI-first products and commercialization opportunities

Skills

AI strategy

GenAI

Data strategy

Talent strategy

Value case

Data management

Data analysis

Requirements gathering

Responsible AI

Transformation leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We Are:

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 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.

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.

You Are:

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, and envisioning best-in-class business/technology architecture & roadmaps.

We 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.

The Work:

As an AI & Data Strategy Senior Manager, 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:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience and demonstrated skills within the AI and Data Strategy space including (but not limited to): Enterprise & Function-Specific Data Strategy, Talent Strategy, Value Case Development, Data Management, Data Analysis, Data Management, Client Assessments, Roadmap, Requirements Gathering, Responsible AI, and/or leading tech driven transformations
• Minimum of 7 years of high value consulting experience or equivalent internal consulting experience
• Minimum of 7 years of experience leading workstreams and meeting deadlines
• Minimum of 7 years of large-scale delivery experience
• Minimum of 1 year of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience

Bonus Points if:

• You have a Master’s degree in a relevant field

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We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 08/28/2026.

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