Senior AI-Driven Sourcing & Procurement Leader

Accenture; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking Forward Deployed AI Engineers to join our Sourcing & Procurement practice, embedding with client teams to deploy AI-powered procurement solutions and drive measurable value. You will own the outcomes, not just milestones, delivering scalable AI capabilities across complex environments.

The role involves leading architecture design, driving rapid production-ready experiments, and shaping multi-year AI adoption roadmaps in collaboration with C-suite stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with cloud-native systems, APIs, microservices, containerization, and serverless architectures.
• 1 year of designing and deploying agentic solutions (agents, orchestration, context engineering, RAG, workflows) in production.
• 3+ years of deep expertise with AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, or open-source models).
• 8+ years of experience leading software engineering teams, including delivery oversight and mentoring of staff.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (minimum 12 years; if associate degree, minimum 6 years).

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI platform deployments across complex client environments, owning architecture through adoption.
• Own programme-level delivery outcomes: time-to-value, reliability, adoption velocity, scalability.
• Architect and govern AI solutions across identity, data, security, governance, and workflow integration.
• Shape AI reinvention strategy and engage senior stakeholders on AI-enabled procurement transformation.
• Define reusable reinvention blueprints and accelerators for scaling the FDE practice.

Skills

Cloud-native systems

APIs

Microservices

Containerization

Serverless architectures

Agentic solutions

AI platforms

Leadership in software teams

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

OpenAI

Anthropic

Vertex AI

SaaS platforms (e.g., SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer)

Job description

Accenture is seeking Forward Deployed AI Engineers to join our Sourcing & Procurement practice, embedding with client teams to deploy AI-powered procurement solutions and drive measurable value. You will own the outcomes, not just milestones, delivering scalable AI capabilities across complex environments.

The role involves leading architecture design, driving rapid production-ready experiments, and shaping multi-year AI adoption roadmaps in collaboration with C-suite stakeholders.