Performance Strategy Manager

Accenture in South Africa; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Partners in Performance, a part of Accenture, seeks a Manager for Performance Strategy to lead client engagements and drive meaningful improvements across industries. You will guide teams of Senior Associates and Associates, shaping high-impact solutions and coaching colleagues to deliver measurable outcomes.

Based in South Africa, you will influence senior stakeholders, champion continuous improvement, and collaborate within a global consulting network that values initiative and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engagements in a top-tier strategy firm.
• Proven ability to coach and develop senior consultants.
• Excellent problem-solving and structured thinking.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build trust with senior managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements and teams across multiple clients and industries.
• Ensure delivery, collaboration and client management.
• Coach and mentor junior consultants and manage performance.

Skills

Leadership & coaching

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication & influence

Team development

Education

Engineering, Commerce/Economics & Mathematics/Science

MBA (advantage)

Double degrees / Postgraduate degrees

Job description

Partners in Performance – Performance Strategy – Manager

Who We Are

Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture, is a global management consulting firm with offices in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Africa, Europe and North & South America. Sitting within Accenture Strategy, our Performance Strategy consulting team focuses on improving human performance and working as true partners with clients to drive meaningful change. We work on the frontline alongside client teams to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that can rarely be achieved from the boardroom.

Visit pip.global, Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture on LinkedIn, or @lifeatpip on Instagram to get to know us better.

Performance Strategy Consulting at Partners in Performance

As part of the Performance Strategy Consulting team, you will be working in teams to solve complex problems, drive meaningful change, and help industries and organisations overcome their biggest challenges. You will help influence decisions at the highest levels as well as improve performance at the frontline. Our working style is about testing, learning, and adapting to drive continual improvements wherever we go.

We’re a collaborative team that supports, challenges, mentors, and learns from one another. We believe in providing our people with experiences and development opportunities that stretch and push them beyond what they thought was possible.

Job Description:

Partners in Performance Managers play the critical role of leading our engagements. They are adaptable and comfortable working in business improvement, strategic sourcing, capital portfolio optimisation and commercial due diligence in a genuinely broad range of clients and industries across the Europe region. Leading a team of Senior Associates, Associates and/or Business Analysts you will ensure engagement delivery and collaboration, coaching and management of the client also. You won't be handing over your work but will be in control of an end-to-end process.

Your career development will be supported by your personal Development Leader and our world class training and career development programs. At the same time as offering the security of a structured approach, our organisation is still of a size where you will be truly treated as an individual, with the opportunity to contribute new ideas and make the best of your entrepreneurial spirit.

You will have consulting experience within a T1 strategy firm, have outstanding logic and analytical skills, the ability to solve complex commercial problems and want to see tangible results from your work a career with Partners in Performance .

Background and Experience:

• Outstanding academic results
• University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills, especially:
• Engineering, Commerce/Economics & Mathematics/Science (While we consider candidates from a broad spectrum of degrees, we place a strong emphasis on quantitative skills studied in commerce, engineering and science-based courses)
• MBA would be an advantage
• Double degrees and Postgraduate degrees are highly regarded in our firm
• Demonstrated passion for results, with a track record of achieving tough targets under pressure
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including ability to structure and prioritise effort within an area, and ask the right questions to get to root causes
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to coach, influence and build trust with senior managers, and achieve results though managing a team, prioritising the professional development of team members
• Propensity to coach and guide younger consultants to deliver results and work through the line to achieve outcomes
• Strong communication skills, including ability to construct compelling arguments supported by the right facts
• Show an ability to influence and effectively multitask and manage expectations/deadlines
• Demonstrated alignment with Partners in Performance values

Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.