Talent & Workforce Consulting Manager - Utilities

Accenture; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks a workforce reinvention strategist to lead AI-enabled Talent transformations for clients across Digital, Cloud and Enterprise functions. You will guide data-driven programs, manage teams, and shape strategic workforce planning with a focus on human-machine collaboration.

The role emphasizes counseling clients, driving change programs, and collaborating with partners to deliver value while mentoring colleagues and supporting business development initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience across integrated Talent functions (Talent Strategy, Strategic Workforce Planning, Skills-Based Talent Practices, Talent Intelligence, Strategic Sourcing, Learning Strategy & Development, Workforce Transformation, Technology Talent Development).
• Minimum of 3 years of consulting experience designing and delivering workforce, talent, organization, or change solutions.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience helping organizations prepare for AI-enabled workforce transformation.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.

Responsibilities

• Use data and analytics to drive insights to shape experience led end to end Workforce Reinvention programs for Digital, Cloud, Enterprise Wide and Support Functions.
• Manage project teams to use data collection and assessment tools for AI and automation impact on roles and transformation pathways.
• Craft workforce reinvention strategies highlighting future role implications for enterprise, function, and workforce.
• Collaborate with Ecosystem Alliance Partners using Gen AI, agentic AI, and automation to design solutions across human and machine work.
• Identify how roles must evolve and what work shifts to machines for each direction.
• Design AI-enabled operating models where humans focus on judgment and creativity; machines handle routine processing.
• Lead enterprise-wide reinvention conversations connecting workforce transformation to business value.
• Drive change programs moving organizations from analysis to action and manage blended teams.
• Mentor team members and support business development, proposals, and client presentations.
• Contribute to practice development, culture building, and recruiting efforts.

Skills

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Generative AI

LLMs

Job description

We Are:

Talent Reinventors, and we help clients co-create the workforce of the future. How? We make decisions based on insights. We give people the tools and roadmaps to do their best work. We create digital experiences employees love. And we teach companies how to grow great, forward-thinking leaders. Our approach and our people put us at the front of the pack for talent, HR and organizational consulting. We help clients with new skilling, talent strategy, leadership development, employee experience, change management and beyond. Visit us here to find out more about Talent and Organization (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/to-main-talent-organization-index) .

You Are:

A workforce reinvention strategist who balances thinking and doing. You know that the world is changing and that companies need to change too – connecting business and talent strategies at a global scale. You seek to understand client workforces and help them reinvent how work gets done—moving from analysis to action, from insight to implementation. You leverage AI and analytics to craft talent strategies and new skilling approaches that fit a client’s unique needs. In fact, your experience in the field makes you a leader that people look to for advice while your people and storytelling skills mean you have no problem helping clients understand their choices.

As a Manager, you have proven experience to design and lead our best teams to solve complex workforce reinvention challenges—and you drive on-the-ground change, not just analyze it.

The Work:

• Use data and analytics to drive insights to shape experience led end to end Workforce Reinvention programs for Digital, Cloud, Enterprise Wide and Support Functions
• Manage project teams to use data collection and assessment tools for identifying AI and automation impact on roles, task-level opportunities for Human+Machine collaboration, and transformation pathways at the organization and individual level and the web of associated changes that power these impacts to create meaningful organizational value
• Manage project teams to craft workforce reinvention strategies that highlight future role and work implications for the enterprise, business function and workforce
• Collaborate with Ecosystem Alliance Partners using Gen AI, agentic AI, and automation technologies to design solutions that reshape how work gets done across human and machine workers
• Work with clients and use data to identify how roles must evolve, what work should shift to machines, and what uniquely human capabilities to build and why for each direction
• Design AI-enabled operating models where humans focus on judgment, creativity, and exceptions while machines handle routine processing and pattern recognition
• Co-create and support enterprise-wide reinvention conversations that connect workforce transformation to business strategy and value creation
• Design and drive change programs that move organizations from analysis to action—helping leaders adopt new ways of working and manage blended human-machine teams
• Lead authentically and with a people-first mindset that fosters inclusivity and celebrates diversity. Mentor team members, providing them with experiences to continually learn and grow
• Manage and support business development efforts, including Statements of Work (SOW), proposal development, and client presentations
• Contribute to practice development initiatives including culture building, internal community involvement, capability development, recruiting, and whitepapers

Ability to travel up to 80%; travel as needed based on client expectations.

Here’s What You Need

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working across integrated Talent functions including Talent Strategy, Strategic Workforce Planning, Skills-Based Talent Practices, Talent Intelligence, Strategic Sourcing, Learning Strategy & Development, Workforce Transformation, and Technology Talent Development.
• Minimum of 3 years of consulting experience designing and delivering workforce, talent, organization, or change solutions
• Minimum of 1 year of experience helping organizations prepare for AI-enabled workforce transformation
• Minimum of 1 year of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.

Bonus points if:

• Bachelor's degree
• You have experience working on programs in the Customer Service / Customer Operations domain and / or Field Operations
• You have the ability to work across the Talent practice and apply skills beyond workforce transformation, including change management, leadership development, and operating model development
• You have experience leveraging Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, or similar technologies to support workforce analysis, talent strategy development, workforce planning, skills intelligence, or organizational transformation initiatives.

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 10/08/2026.

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 (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/benefits)

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $94,400 to $293,800

Colorado $94,400 to $253,800

Connecticut $94,400 to $253,800

District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300

Illinois $87,400 to $253,800

Maine $80,400 to $216,200

Maryland $94,400 to $253,800

Massachusetts $94,400 to $270,300

Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800

New York $87,400 to $293,800

New Jersey $100,500 to $293,800

Ohio $87,400 to $235,000

Virginia $87,400 to $270,300

Washington $100,500 to $270,300

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