Job Role: Data & AI Senior Manager

Location: London

Career Level:Senior Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

As a team:

Applied Intelligence, the people who love using data to tell a story. We're also the world's largest team of data scientists, data engineers, and experts in machine learning and AI. A great day for us? Solving big problems using the latest tech, serious brain power, and deep knowledge of just about every industry.

If you're looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you.

In this role you will:

1. Work with clients to understand how data and analytics can help their businesses, working across industry sectors (e.g. financial services, telecoms, healthcare and life sciences, or public sector industries).
2. Bring detailed and comprehensive industry knowledge and experience to lead delivery of client projects.
3. Partner with developers, engineers and data scientists to deploy analytics to deliver business value and define approaches to embed and scale analytics.
4. Understand and break down client problems, bringing an understanding of leading technology, analytics methods and tools and operating model approaches.
5. Develop compelling stories through dashboards, analytical tools or PowerPoint to provide guidance to senior client leadership.
6. Create and lead high-performing teams to deliver fast-paced client projects.
7. Manage the client relationship, owning deliverables and handling project challenges.
8. Share your knowledge and experience, verbally and in writing.
9. Building and applying technical, industry, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients.
10. Developing ongoing relationships with senior clients and creating new business opportunities.

Qualifications

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

1. Direct experience managing complex projects and leading teams to achieve successful outcomes.
2. Wide-ranging awareness of global, economic, technology and social trends that affect our clients.
3. Business strategy acumen, e.g. business case development, identification of value opportunities for data and analytics, operating model design.
4. Proven experience of developing high calibre teams to exceed their expectations.
5. Sales acumen, identifying and managing sales opportunities at client engagements.
6. An understanding of database technologies e.g. SQL, ETL, No-SQL, DW, and Big Data technologies e.g. Hadoop, Mahout, Pig, Hive, etc.
7. An understanding of statistical modelling techniques e.g. Classification and regression techniques, Neural Networks, Markov chains, etc.
8. An understanding of cloud technologies e.g. AWS, GCP or Azure.
9. A track record of demonstrated success with clients across multiple accounts.
10. Adept at working at all levels of the client's business.
11. Skilled negotiator who can persuade and build alignment with stakeholders.
12. Excellent critical thinking skills and ability to develop pragmatic solutions to address clients' most pressing challenges.

What's in it for you

At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days' vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.#J-18808-Ljbffr