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 750,000 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 Are:
Accenture Strategy’s Operating Model and Organization Design practice. We partner with Boards, CEOs, and other C-Suite Leaders to co-create their future ways of working, based on their unique business and growth strategy – serving as the foundation for total enterprise reinvention. How?
- We are an end-to-end partner from strategy to design to activation to optimization, guiding clients to deliver the most impactful programs of their careers.
- We improve work experiences to create careers that employees love.
- We design based on data & insights, and our proven methodologies.
- We bring the tools and roadmaps to help our clients do their best work.
You are:
A force for change. You know that companies must change or be left behind, and you know how to help companies do that. You’ve got the skills, tools, and know-how to serve as the architect that allows organizations to remake themselves from top-to-bottom to be more nimble, more capable, and more productive. You have energy and drive in abundance, along with personal resilience, a passion for serving clients, and a love of continual learning.
Further, as an aspiring Associate Director, you demonstrate “the four Cs” to the fullest:
- Credentials – you have a proven track record of consistently delivering high value work.
- Capability – you can show meaningful contribution to assets and practice areas.
- Connections – you have evidence of C-Suite relevance and demonstrated ability to build senior client relationships.
- Content – you have demonstrated ability to contribute, build, and lead thought capital.
The Work:
- Engage C-Suite clients on their biggest business challenges.
- Evaluate actionable solutions to these challenges, the value of these solutions, and the roadmap to deliver and sustain change.
- Design future-proof, agile, and resilient enterprise and function operating models that embrace the future of work and new skills.
- Build organizations from the top down and bottom’s up using leading methodologies and digital tools.
- Innovate advanced shared service / global business services methods as a key enabler of new operating models and organization designs.
- Architect total enterprise transformations from strategy to design to activation to optimization, bridging functions and integrating across the enterprise.
- Integrate across Accenture to bring the best thinking and leadership across technology, operations, GenAI & data & analytics as a true end-to-end partner.
- Lead large project teams and/or highly complex engagements from start to finish, managing both internal and external relationships, issues, risks.
- Own relationships with C-Suite clients as a trusted expert and influencer to clients with a long-term mindset.
- Become a trusted advisor and thought leader within Accenture and stay current on trends and innovations in your areas of expertise.
- Champion thought capital development and assets, sharing your perspective both internally and externally.
- Drive internal practice development / key priority areas.
- Lead authentically and with a people-first mindset that fosters inclusivity and celebrates diversity.
- Mentor junior members of the team, providing them with experiences to continually learn and grow.
- Travel as needed, 80% - 100%.
Here’s What You Need
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in the following:
- Organization Strategy & Design
- Operating Model Strategy & Design
- Shared Services Strategy & Design
- Client Relationship Building and Management
- Value Architecture & Realization
- Storytelling
- Data analysis & insights generation
- Minimum of 8 years of consulting experience
Bonus points if you have:
- MBA or equivalent graduate degree
- Experience in the following:
- Leadership Strategy / Development
- Job and Role Design
- End-to-end enterprise or function transformation implementation
- Strategic Cost Reduction
- Growth Strategy
- M&A
- Private Equity
- Managed Service Providers
- Digital organization design tools (e.g., OrgVue)
- Prior experience in Digital Transformation – robotic process automation, generative AI, Agile methodologies
What’s in it for you?
You will be part of a diverse, vibrant, global Accenture community; teams pushing the boundaries of new business capabilities and emerging technologies and services, sharing their experiences and lessons learned with each other. You’ll have the chance to thrive in an environment where your ideas are valued and your voice matters.
At Accenture, you will be able to work on meaningful and innovative projects, powered by the latest technologies and industry best practices.
Accenture will continually invest in your learning and growth. You'll learn from and work with Accenture’s certified practitioners and Accenture will support you in growing your own tech stack, sales skills, and certifications.
You'll be immersed in the design and implementation of human-centric solutions to help solve complex challenges with some of the world’s largest companies.