Industrial Growth Strategy Manager - Customer Growth & GTM

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance, spanning ideation to execution across growth, product and experience design, technology platforms, and marketing strategy. The role develops customer-led growth strategies for the Industrials sector, partnering with executives to align priorities with market shifts.

Lead cross-functional teams, size opportunities with data, and translate insights into market-ready propositions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in strategy consulting or related fields in Industrials.
• Experience with client-facing delivery.
• Preferred MBA or innovation program.
• Strong research and analysis skills.
• Exposure to concept testing, prototyping, or agile product/service development.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Understanding of AI/ GenAI

Responsibilities

• Originate c-suite level work within the Industrials sector, partnering across strategy and customer experience practices to bring integrated growth solutions to senior client leaders.
• Partner with client executives to define growth priorities that align to customer needs and market shifts.
• Build and sustain trusted advisor relationships with executive stakeholders, maintaining a consistent pipeline of business growth and customer innovation across a focused set of Industrials clients.
• Lead cross-functional teams in identifying high-value opportunities through customer insight, market analysis, and competitive scanning.
• Leverage large-scale quantitative and qualitative data sets, including customer surveys, market intelligence, and financial modeling to size growth opportunities.
• Pressure-test assumptions and build the evidence base for strategic recommendations across Industrials clients.
• Apply structured analytical frameworks to prioritize growth initiatives across dimensions of market attractiveness, competitive differentiation, and organizational feasibility, translating complex, multi-variable inputs into clear, sequenced investment roadmaps for C-suite decision-makers.
• Apply proprietary, best-in-class protocols to rapidly test and validate concepts with real and synthetic customer input.
• Prioritize initiatives based on evidence, impact potential, and scalability.
• Guide go-to-market and scaling strategies for validated opportunities.
• Mentor team members to strengthen their strategic and client engagement skills.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive relationship management

Market analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Communications

AI/GenAI awareness

Education

MBA

Job description

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance, spanning ideation to execution across growth, product and experience design, technology platforms, and marketing strategy. The role develops customer-led growth strategies for the Industrials sector, partnering with executives to align priorities with market shifts.

Lead cross-functional teams, size opportunities with data, and translate insights into market-ready propositions.