Strategy Senior Manager | Sales Advisory | Resources

1000 Accenture LLP Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced advisor to lead digital transformation initiatives for Resources clients. You will shape strategies at the intersection of business, digital technology, and operations, delivering high-impact engagements.

With 10+ years in Resources and 6+ years in consulting, you will guide senior clients, build trusted relationships, and coach teams while driving profitable outcomes across multiple streams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in Resources (Utilities or Chemicals & Natural Resources).
• 6+ years experience in consulting, strategy, or equivalent.
• 4+ years leading multi-discipline teams.
• MBA or equivalent graduate degree is a bonus.
• Delivered large advisory programs in Resources and sales origination.
• Strong Salesforce understanding; familiarity with Oracle and SAP.
• Strong quantitative skills and analytical thinking.
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
• Proven ability to work independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Apply industry expertise to deliver strategic thinking in digital, commerce, and sales.
• Develop new strategies and high-impact solutions for client value.
• Lead digital transformation initiatives and manage delivery teams.
• Ensure projects meet timeline, budget, and quality expectations.
• Grow expertise and coach junior team members.
• Support profitability and identify extension opportunities.
• Lead multiple workstreams engaging senior clients daily.

Skills

Resources experience

Consulting experience

Team leadership

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Business development

Analytical thinking

Time management

Client relationships

Storytelling

Education

MBA

Graduate degree

Tools

Salesforce

Oracle

SAP

Job description

We are: 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. Visit us at: www.accenture.com/song

You are:

You have proven work experience in the Resources industry (Utilities, Chemical & Natural Resources) and customer functions. You are a strategic problem solver with extensive consulting and industry experience. You are a clear and effective communicator, and you have an open, relatable manner with clients and colleagues. You perform well in an agile, fast-paced working environment. You know how to balance being a leader with contributing to the collective efforts of the team. You have lead business development and sales origination efforts to provide transformative programs and targeted consulting engagements. You have energy and drive in abundance, along with personal resilience, a passion for serving clients, and a love of continual learning. You have a flair for breaking down processes into logical parts and constructing crystal-clear reasoning and analyses—an aptitude you use to decimate problems.

You also are:

Able to partner and build trusting relationships with Resource clients including Chief Customer Officers, Business Strategy leads, and Customer Operations leaders to make bold decisions intersecting business, digital technology, and operations. Able to collaborate across Accenture services groups and with executives that deliver technology, operations, and partner on end-to-end client solutions. Strong critical thinker with the ability to understand client challenges and define the right strategies and solutions that meet their specific market and organizational needs. Fluent in the trends in Resources, digital, commerce, and sales, positioning Accenture as a thought leader and trusted advisor. Have a high-level understanding on how technology platforms and ecosystems fit into the digital world and how digital technology is changing business. Able to proactively identify opportunities for further growth and value creation within existing and new client engagements. Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills, including compelling storytelling around insights, challenges, and solutions for an executive audience. Able to develop a high performing team and deliver projects that exceed client expectations and Accenture profitability commitments.

The work:

The individual will apply their industry expertise working directly with clients to bring strategic thinking to their challenges in digital, commerce, and sales. Understand client needs, develop new strategies, and deliver high impact solutions that deliver value to clients. Provide thought leadership on trends in digital transformation, customer commercial operations, within Resources sectors, positioning Accenture as a trusted advisor. Lead digital transformation initiatives and manage project delivery teams, ensuring the successful implementation of digital strategies and solutions that meet client expectations for timeline, budget, and quality. Lead value analysis to generate insights and identify value creation opportunities for clients and Accenture across digital capability areas. Partner with our clients to make bold decisions on priority C‑Suite issues. Grow your expertise and coach junior team members to help Accenture maintain its thought‑leadership position. Support the profitabilityofclient engagements, and identify opportunitiesfor extension, cross-sellor up-sell. Lead multiple workstreams and engage most senior clients day to day as the face of delivery programs.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 10+ years experience in the Resources space (Utilities or Chemicals & Natural Resources) including a robust understanding of the customer space, including market trends and challenges
• 6+ years experience in consulting, strategy, or equivalent role
• 4+ years experience leading multi-discipline teams
• Bonus points if you have:
  • MBA or equivalent graduate degree
  • Delivered and sold large multidimensional advisory programs in Resources industry
  • Strong understanding of customer sales enablement platforms such as Salesforce
  • Strong understanding of customer back office processes and platforms like Oracle and SAP
  • Strong quantitative skills and analytical thinker with at least 2 years of prior experience driving insights using analytical tools
  • Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time‑management skills, including experience working on multiple products or deals at the same time
  • Proven ability to work independently and as a team member

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 10/06/2026. 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. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

• Role Location Annual Salary Range
• California $122,700 to $317,200
• Colorado $122,700 to $317,200
• Connecticut $122,700 to $317,200
• District of Columbia $122,700 to $317,200
• Illinois $122,700 to $317,200
• Maine $122,700 to $317,200
• Maryland $122,700 to $317,200
• Massachusetts $122,700 to $317,200
• Minnesota $122,700 to $317,200
• New York $122,700 to $317,200
• New Jersey $122,700 to $317,200
• Ohio $122,700 to $317,200
• Virginia $122,700 to $317,200
• Washington $122,700 to $317,200

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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