Physical AI Delivery Lead — Robotics & Digital Twins

Accenture; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 316,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Long-term Disability

401(k)

Bonuses

Holidays

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Physical AI Delivery and Solutioning Manager to lead client workstreams from discovery through mobilization and transition. You will combine delivery accountability with technical depth to guide engineering decisions and redesign operating workflows across digital twins, robotics AI, and industrial integration.

The role requires 5+ years of experience (3+ in consulting or client-facing delivery) and strong domain knowledge in robotics, automation, AI/ML, and OT security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience, including at least 3 years in consulting, systems integration or client-facing delivery.
• Experience in two relevant domains: robotics integration, industrial automation, digital twins, simulation, AI/ML deployment, computer vision, edge/cloud or orchestration.
• Experience managing a project workstream or technical module with plan, team, quality, risk, dependencies and stakeholder outcomes.
• Ability to translate operational challenges into measurable outcomes tied to throughput, productivity, quality, safety, costs and uptime.
• Ability to review technical designs, challenge assumptions and communicate implications to non-technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of production-readiness practices, testing, change control, cybersecurity, safety and operational support in industrial environments.
• Experience working with manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, engineering or data-center operations.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (min 12 years) or 6 years with associate degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery workstreams across digital twins, simulation, robotics AI and training, robotic orchestration, industrial integration or related Physical AI domains.
• Own workplans, milestones, staffing, budget, quality, dependencies, risks, decisions and client communications for the assigned scope.
• Translate operational problems into requirements, use cases, target outcomes and value-realization measures.
• Contribute to solution design, estimates, staffing models, implementation roadmaps and proposals.
• Coordinate engineers, architects, data and AI teams, cloud and edge teams, OT specialists, cybersecurity teams and ecosystem partners.
• Provide design and delivery governance across architecture decisions, interfaces, testing, safety and production readiness.
• Guide teams through simulation, integration, hardware-in-the-loop, user acceptance, site acceptance and transition-to-support.
• Lead client workshops, playback sessions, steering updates, design reviews and executive discussions with stakeholders.
• Manage engagement financials including estimates, budgets, forecast, staffing, scope change and delivery margin.
• Identify follow-on opportunities and help shape the next phase.
• Build reusable methods, templates, reference patterns and onboarding materials.
• Coach junior team members and foster a delivery environment with ownership and engineering discipline.

Skills

Project management

Consulting delivery

Industrial automation

Robotics integration

Digital twins

AI/ML deployment

Stakeholder management

Supply chain

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Accenture seeks a Physical AI Delivery and Solutioning Manager to lead client workstreams from discovery through mobilization and transition. You will combine delivery accountability with technical depth to guide engineering decisions and redesign operating workflows across digital twins, robotics AI, and industrial integration.

The role requires 5+ years of experience (3+ in consulting or client-facing delivery) and strong domain knowledge in robotics, automation, AI/ML, and OT security.