Field CTO - Data & Agentic Transformation, Google Cloud

Accenture; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Technical Delivery Lead for Google Cloud to own end-to-end delivery from solution shaping to go-live, guiding data/AI engagements and coordinating onshore/offshore teams. You will ensure fast, measurable client value and high-quality outcomes across complex engagements.

The role requires stakeholder immersion, strong governance, and deep expertise in data platforms, analytics, and agentic AI patterns, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years experience in hands-on, client-facing technology roles.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (minimum 12 years).
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform data/AI stack is required or preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery end-to-end from solution shaping through go-live.
• Design delivery approach for complex data and AI engagements and lead implementation.
• Act as the face of the engagement, coordinating with onshore and offshore teams.
• Drive delivery governance, checkpoints, and client value realization.

Skills

BigQuery

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Cloud SQL

Spanner

Bigtable

Looker

Semantic modeling

Vertex AI

Gemini

AutoML

MLOps

Agentic AI

ADK

A2A protocol

MCP

Delivery leadership

Client-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (12+ years)

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

ADK

A2A

MCP

GKE

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Who We Are

We're the Accenture Google Business Group Mid-Market team, a specialized group of engineers, architects, and builders delivering tailored Google Cloud solutions for mid-market, high-growth, and fast-paced enterprises. We partner with dynamic organizations to connect them with the right combination of Accenture solutions and Google Cloud products to accelerate business transformation and solve real-world problems, quickly. We're expanding our team to meet the unique, rapid execution needs of the mid-market segment.

The Domain

Data and AI are no longer back-office functions — they're the engine of every modern business decision. And with the arrival of agentic AI, we're entering a new era: intelligent agents that don't just analyze data but act on it — automating complex workflows, making autonomous decisions, and transforming how companies operate. Google Cloud is leading this shift with the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Vertex AI, and the most powerful data stack in the industry. Our mid-market clients need lean, agile leaders who can unlock massive amounts of untapped data and rapidly turn it into a distinct competitive advantage.

The Role

You're the person the client trusts to make it happen.

As a Technical Delivery Lead, you own delivery from initial solution shaping through go-live. You design the execution approach for data and AI engagements, lead the implementation, and ensure the final product fundamentally upgrades how the client leverages data and intelligent automation. You're supported by a dedicated offshore engineering team — you set the strategic direction, and they build alongside you. But you're the single point of accountability for what ships.

This role is for an execution-focused leader who takes full ownership of their work. You care deeply about delivery quality, data architecture outcomes, agent design, and speed-to-value for the business. You hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else would. You'll work directly with client stakeholders — immersing yourself in their environment, understanding their fast-evolving resource constraints, and delivering outcomes that matter in weeks, not quarters. You'll have the autonomy to shape how they experience the full power of Google Cloud's data and AI stack, from first conversation to go-live.

What You'll Do

• Own the delivery. End-to-end. Scope, timeline, team structure, quality, outcome. You're the single point of accountability the client relies on.

• Design how it gets delivered. Shape the delivery approach for complex data and AI engagements — define the delivery plan, phase the work, structure the team, and manage dependencies across data engineering, analytics, and AI workstreams. Partner with solution engineers who own the technical architecture; you own how it gets executed and shipped.

• Provide technical advisory across the engagement — Guide our mid-market clients and teams on our offerings, technical implementation, and the underlying Google Cloud services, with a deep understanding of each client's existing environment and architecture.

• Be the client's trusted delivery partner. You're the face of the engagement. Lead status reviews, manage expectations, navigate trade-offs in real time, and ensure the client always knows where things stand — especially when the work involves iterative AI development where scope evolves.

• Get solutions into clients' hands fast. Pick up where the deal ends and make it real. Stand up the delivery, mobilize the team, and drive execution from day one — delivering proven capabilities in weeks, not quarters.

• Lead across borders. Coordinate onshore delivery leadership with offshore engineering teams. Set priorities, define workstreams, remove blockers, and keep the entire delivery machine moving at pace.

• Drive quality and outcomes. Establish delivery governance, define checkpoints, track progress against commitments, and ensure every engagement delivers measurable client value — from data platform readiness to AI models in production.

Technical Skills & Domain Expertise

• Data Platforms & Engineering: Advanced proficiency in BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Spanner, and Bigtable for data migration, modernization, pipeline design, data quality governance, and lakehouse architecture patterns.

• Analytics & Business Intelligence: Hands-on experience executing Looker deployments, connected sheets integrations, real-time operational dashboards, and semantic modeling.

• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Core understanding of Vertex AI, Gemini models, AutoML, custom model training, and building production-grade MLOps deployment pipelines.

• Agentic & Generative AI Patterns: Working knowledge of modern agent orchestration patterns, including tool use, grounding mechanisms, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Agent Development Kit (ADK), A2A protocol, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) — specifically for deploying intelligent agents that automate complex business processes.

What Sets You Apart

• Google Cloud Certifications: Active Google Cloud Professional certifications (specifically Professional Data Engineer, Professional Machine Learning Engineer, or Professional Cloud Architect).

• Advanced Agent Deployments: Hands-on experience with the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, ADK, A2A, or MCP.

• Production AI Experience: Experience building production-grade ML/AI systems — not just prototypes.

• Cross-Functional Ecosystem Exposure: Secondary familiarity with adjacent Google domains to maximize mid-market account impact, including:

• Marketing & Personalization: Customer 360, CDP setups, and predictive segmentation using BigQuery + Vertex AI.

• Customer Engagement: GECX and CCAI platforms for AI-powered customer interactions built directly on the data layer.

• Infrastructure Foundations: GKE, Terraform, and progressive CI/CD data pipeline deployments.

• Cybersecurity: Google Security Operations and Agentic Defense architectures for securing data assets.

• Workspace Productive Tech: Gemini Enterprise for Workspace internal collaboration workflows.

• Transformation Track Record: A documented track record delivering data platform modernizations and AI solutions at pace across multiple concurrent clients.

• Data Governance Depth: Deep expertise in multi-pillar data governance, enterprise migration strategy, and lakehouse architecture on GCP.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 25% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

What You'll Need:

• Minimum 7+ years experience in hands-on, client-facing technology roles — you've built and delivered, not just managed.

• Minimum 7+ years experience independently owned client engagements from technical design through go-live.

• Minimum 3+ years experience architecting and delivering on Google Cloud Platform, with deep expertise in data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, and modern data platforms.

• Minimum 3+ years experience with BigQuery, Vertex AI, Dataflow, and data pipeline architecture — you can design a data platform, build a model, and troubleshoot a broken pipeline.

• Minimum 1+ years experience agentic AI patterns — agent orchestration, tool use, grounding, retrieval-augmented generation.

• Minimum 5+ years experience in both technical leadership and delivery management — architecture, scope, risk, stakeholder. Working with distributed global teams and modern engineering practices — whiteboarding with engineers or presenting to a C-suite.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

  Preferred Skills:

• Bachelor's in CS, Engineering, or related field — or 12 years equivalent experience.

• Google Cloud Professional certifications (Data Engineer, ML Engineer, Cloud Architect)

• Hands-on experience with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, ADK, A2A, or MCP

• Experience building production ML/AI systems — not just prototypes

• Track record delivering data platform modernizations and AI solutions at pace across multiple clients

• Deep expertise in data governance, migration strategy, and lakehouse architecture on GCP

  Domain Expertise

  Primary — Data & Agentic AI

  Domain Area

  Skills & Technologies

  Data Platforms

  BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Bigtable — data migration, modernization, lakehouse architecture

  Analytics & BI

  Looker, connected sheets, real-time dashboards, semantic modeling

  AI / ML

  Vertex AI, Gemini models, AutoML, custom model training, MLOps pipelines

  Agentic & Generative AI

  Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Agent Development Kit (ADK), RAG, A2A protocol, MCP — intelligent agents that automate complex business processes

  Data Engineering

  Pipeline design, data quality, governance, migration at scale

  Also Valuable

  Domain Area

  Skills & Technologies

  Marketing & Personalization

  Customer 360, CDP, predictive segmentation using BigQuery + Vertex AI

  Customer Engagement

  GECX, CCAI — AI-powered customer interactions built on the data layer

  Infrastructure

  GKE, Terraform, CI/CD — foundational for data platform deployments

  Cybersecurity

  Google Security Operations, Agentic Defense — securing data assets

  Workspace

  Gemini Enterprise for Workspace — AI-powered productivity and collaboration

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