Talent Transformation & AI Advisory Manager

Accenture; New York (NY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 294,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Talent & Workforce Manager in New York to lead AI‑driven transformation programs for global clients. You will shape future‑state talent processes, define operating models, and drive adoption of intelligent automation across the talent lifecycle.

You will translate complex data into actionable insights, manage senior stakeholders, and mentor junior practitioners while aligning AI capabilities with business strategy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in talent and workforce process excellence, process redesign, or management consulting with a focus on talent transformation.
• Minimum 1 year of experience designing future‑state talent processes with AI — including operating model changes, adoption approaches, and intelligent automation across the talent lifecycle.
• Minimum 1 year of experience integrating AI and automating talent and workforce business process design.
• Minimum 1 year of deep expertise scoping and delivering project work in at least one talent domain (e.g., Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning, Skills Architecture, Talent Mobility, Learning & Development, or AI-enabled talent delivery).

Responsibilities

• Lead future‑state talent process specification, AI integration design, operating model changes, and workforce adoption planning for assigned industry or functional areas.
• Run client discovery workshops and stakeholder interviews; present and defend recommendations to senior business and CHRO-level leadership; manage day-to-day client relationships and issue resolution.
• Drive benchmarking analyses and change‑impact assessments grounded in deep knowledge of how talent and workforce functions operate — including skills architectures, workforce planning models, and talent acquisition cost structures.
• Facilitate design thinking sessions and co‑creation workshops with cross‑functional client teams to reimagine talent processes and the workforce experience.
• Connect talent operating model design to future‑state processes — replacing job-based structures with task‑level insights and skills‑based workforce deployment that aligns people and AI where they create the most value.
• Define and structure data and AI strategy within the Talent & Workforce function — assessing AI maturity, diagnosing where AI investments are failing to deliver workforce productivity or ROI, and building the business case, investment profile, and roadmap to convert organizations to an AI‑first talent model.

Skills

Talent transformation

AI fluency

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Consulting experience

Education

MBA or Master’s degree

Tools

Workday

SuccessFactors

Oracle

TechWolf

Reejig

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Talent & Workforce Manager in New York to lead AI‑driven transformation programs for global clients. You will shape future‑state talent processes, define operating models, and drive adoption of intelligent automation across the talent lifecycle.

You will translate complex data into actionable insights, manage senior stakeholders, and mentor junior practitioners while aligning AI capabilities with business strategy.