Principal Strategy Director, AI & Tech Transformation

Accenture; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a senior strategy advisor to join its Strategy group in the United States. You will define strategies and roadmaps for technology companies, spanning product strategy, AI adoption, data center strategy, and go-to-market planning.

You will shape the next generation of technology leaders, size markets, model financial scenarios, and build business cases to support major client decisions. Lead high-impact engagements, identify cost efficiencies, and deliver client-ready

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in strategy in the tech industry or at a consulting firm.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior strategic advisor to our most important clients when the stakes are highest - defining strategies and roadmaps that help technology companies stay ahead; spanning product strategy, AI adoption, data center strategy and implementation, total cost of ownership for AI, and go-to-market planning.
• Shape the strategic choices defining the next generation of technology companies; where to play, how to win, how AI changes the business, and what capabilities and operating model are required to lead.
• Size markets, model financial scenarios, and build the business cases that support major client decisions; from new product investments to large-scale infrastructure builds to operating model changes.
• Identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities across the business including AI-related spend, infrastructure utilization, and operational overhead.
• Build the analytical foundation for client decisions; synthesizing market dynamics, competitive signals, financial data, and operational inputs into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Develop client-ready materials that communicate complex ideas simply and drive decisions at the executive level.
• Crack the industry's most complex challenges — platform scalability, ecosystem monetization, AI-driven developer enablement — by building ironclad business cases and delivering insights that inspire confident, decisive action.
• Build and sustain Accenture's most strategic client relationships at the executive level - becoming the trusted thought partner that C-suite leaders call before they call anyone else.
• Define the intellectual frontier of our practice — lead the creation of breakthrough thought leadership, represent Accenture at premier industry forums, and help shape the future of technology companies.
• Develop the next generation of senior strategists — invest in the talent pipeline, model what great looks like, and build a team that consistently punches above its weight.
• Meaningfully contribute to work products at critical moments (e.g., problem framing, key POVs, executive narratives).
• Distinguish your contribution as selective and high‑impact.
• Elevate thinking, challenge assumptions, and materially strengthen outcomes when stakes are highest.
• Travel: Average 40 to 50% (up to 80% as needed).

Skills

Client communication

AI/ML experience

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent graduate degree

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Alteryx

Job description

Accenture is seeking a senior strategy advisor to join its Strategy group in the United States. You will define strategies and roadmaps for technology companies, spanning product strategy, AI adoption, data center strategy, and go-to-market planning.

You will shape the next generation of technology leaders, size markets, model financial scenarios, and build business cases to support major client decisions. Lead high-impact engagements, identify cost efficiencies, and deliver client-ready