Group Director, Design

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 151,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture Song in Chicago seeks a Group Director of Design Leadership to energize studio teams, oversee multi-disciplinary design, and shape client outcomes across health and life sciences. You will lead client relationships, drive growth, manage budgets, present at industry events, and collaborate with Accenture Interactive leadership to deliver design excellence at scale.

This senior role requires 12+ years experience and 5+ years of managerial leadership, with a track record of building

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant industry experience; demonstrated experience leading a material multidiscipline design practice and demonstrated experience and expertise designing for health and life sciences clients, such as pharmaceutical, biotech, payer, provider, or medtech organizations.
• 5+ years of managerial experience.

Responsibilities

• Rally teams around a purpose and vision, creates the conditions for them to do their jobs effectively and know when to lead and when to serve.
• Demonstrate the ability to see the business clearly and recognize course of action.
• Recognize the importance of key metrics and understand the information and management required to achieve and maintain performance metrics.
• Deeply understand the market, including health and life sciences, and can speak to our clients and the industry about our content, craft, and trends fluently and convincingly.
• Demonstrate emotional intelligence and embody values through words and actions.
• Drive business impact by organizing for growth and bringing great opportunities to great people.
• Lead points of view, proposal creation, and relationship management across key clients.
• Oversee the management and overall financial performance of this unit.
• Proactively interact with Accenture Interactive leadership and relevant client account leads in the identification, negotiation and delivery of all joint opportunities.
• Create a studio culture that values design quality and outcomes across studio portfolio.
• Manage at least one key studio account and oversee strategic direction and output of all projects for that account.
• Establish and lead client and account relationships for successful account growth.
• Present at conferences as an ambassador.

Skills

Design leadership

Studio leadership

Stakeholder management

Client relationships

People leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in design

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketch

InVision

Axure

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence. Within Song’s Design Experience practice, our living culture and borderless playground provide us with space to thrive, following simple core values that inform everything we do. Be adventurous. Bring a vision. Make an impact. Rely on empathy. Nurture collaboration. Stay transparent. Be bold and generous in all you do.

Design Leadership

Design Leadership drives creativity and innovation at all levels. Our Design Leadership invests itself in strengthening the relationships between our teams, our clients, our work, and the people who use our products and services every day. As Group Director, you’ll inspire and challenge your studio leadership team and be responsible and accountable for impact and outcomes within your studio. You’ll also lead program points of view and liaise with other Group Directors globally to facilitate knowledge sharing and inspiration. This is your opportunity to evolve integrated design as both a discipline and a practice on a global scale. You are… Naturally engaging people at a deep level whether observing or interviewing customers, working with fellow team members, clients and channeling the inner creative A visual and verbal storyteller, delivering insights about people and behavior in a way that generates empathy, emotion, and engagement from the client and design team Comfortable with ambiguity in a fluid organization Ready to collaborate on products and services that change the way our clients do business creating service at scale Passionate about creating experiences that fuse physical and digital through research, analytics, design and delivery.

Role Description

A professional in this position, at this level within Accenture has the following responsibilities:

• Rally teams around a purpose and vision, creates the conditions for them to do their jobs effectively and know when to lead and when to serve.
• Demonstrate the ability to see the business clearly and recognize course of action.
• Recognize the importance of key metrics and understand the information and management required to achieve and maintain performance metrics.
• Deeply understand the market, including health and life sciences, and can speak to our clients and the industry about our content, craft, and trends fluently and convincingly.
• Demonstrate emotional intelligence and embody values through words and actions.
• Drive business impact by organizing for growth and bringing great opportunities to great people.
• Lead points of view, proposal creation, and relationship management across key clients.
• Oversee the management and overall financial performance of this unit.
• Proactively interact with Accenture Interactive leadership and relevant client account leads in the identification, negotiation and delivery of all joint opportunities.
• Create a studio culture that values design quality and outcomes across studio portfolio.
• Manage at least one key studio account and oversee strategic direction and output of all projects for that account.
• Establish and lead client and account relationships for successful account growth.
• Present at conferences as an ambassador.

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant industry experience; demonstrated experience leading a material multidiscipline design practice and demonstrated experience and expertise designing for health and life sciences clients, such as pharmaceutical, biotech, payer, provider, or medtech organizations.
• 5+ years of managerial experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a design discipline; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Ability to learn new software quickly; experience with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision, Axure, Confluence, or JIRA is a plus.
• Knowledge of and curiosity about technology and its impact on design solutions.
• Proven history of managing across disciplines to create a powerful, effective, and high-performing team.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with running and growing a design studio or creative consultancy.
• Deep knowledge of the health and life sciences landscape, including regulatory, compliance, and patient/provider experience considerations that shape design work in the sector.
• Excellent leadership skills, problem resolution abilities, and good judgment.
• Highly proactive with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, high integrity, pragmatism, professionalism, and efficiency.

Compensation

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 11/22/2026.

Annual Salary Range

• California $163,000 to $413,600
• Colorado $163,000 to $357,400
• Connecticut $163,000 to $357,400
• District of Columbia $173,500 to $380,500
• Illinois $150,900 to $357,400
• Maine $138,800 to $304,400
• Maryland $163,000 to $357,400
• Massachusetts $163,000 to $380,500
• Minnesota $163,000 to $357,400
• New York $150,900 to $413,600
• New Jersey $173,500 to $413,600
• Ohio $150,900 to $330,900
• Virginia $150,900 to $380,500
• Washington $173,500 to $380,500

Benefits

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.

About Accenture

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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