Business Architecture Associate Director

Accenture•Morristown, NJ

About The Position

Accenture LLP is hiring multiple Business Architecture Associate Directors in Morristown, New Jersey. The role analyzes complex client business challenges and develops transformation strategies, business cases, and technology-enabled implementation roadmaps across strategy, implementation, activation, and optimization. It supports enterprise planning and digital transformation through stakeholder workshops, requirements gathering, solution design, platform deployment, and coordination among business and technical teams. The position provides expertise in digital supply chain planning platforms, including o9 and other enterprise planning technologies, and contributes to large-scale supply chain transformation programs. It develops integrated enterprise views, collaborates on solution architectures, coordinates deployment plans and dependencies, manages risks, and works with senior client stakeholders and Accenture leadership to align teams and resolve functional and technical issues. The role requires independent judgment and domestic travel approximately 80% of the time. The offered wage is $282,000 per year.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
10 years of experience, including 5 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience, in the IT consulting industry.
10 years of experience leading large-scale supply chain planning transformations and end-to-end advanced planning solution deployments, including hands-on analysis, functional design, business process transformation, and solution deployment.
10 years of experience analyzing business processes and operational requirements to design and implement technology-enabled solutions for supply chain planning and enterprise operations.
10 years of experience developing functional requirements, process models, and solution architectures for enterprise planning or supply chain planning systems.
10 years of experience designing, configuring, or implementing enterprise planning platforms, including o9 or other advanced supply chain planning solutions.
10 years of experience supporting large-scale enterprise transformation programs, including system deployment, testing, configuration, and solution implementation.
10 years of experience collaborating with business stakeholders, technology architects, data teams, and development teams to design and deploy enterprise solutions.
10 years of experience analyzing and resolving complex functional or technical issues during system design, implementation, or deployment.
10 years of experience capturing business requirements, facilitating design workshops, and contributing to architectural and functional design decisions for enterprise planning solutions.
10 years of experience coordinating with global delivery teams, including offshore and onsite resources, on supply chain transformation programs, advanced planning deployments, system upgrades, and module implementations.
10 years of experience utilizing Agile or Hybrid Agile project management methodologies, including scoping, solution design, estimation, planning, execution oversight, progress monitoring, and stakeholder status updates.
Willingness and ability to travel domestically approximately 80% of the time.
Applicants for U.S. employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Analyze complex client business challenges and develop transformation strategies, business cases, and technology-enabled implementation roadmaps.
Conduct stakeholder workshops to gather and analyze information and define solution objectives, project specifications, functional requirements, system capabilities, and solution designs.
Analyze, design, configure, and support deployment of enterprise planning platforms in large supply chain transformation programs; demonstrate functional solutions to stakeholders and technical teams.
Develop integrated enterprise views using business architecture frameworks, data integration methodologies, and industry-standard techniques.
Collaborate with technology architects, data teams, and platform specialists to develop enterprise solution architectures, review design specifications, and ensure alignment with technology standards.
Provide subject matter expertise in digital supply chain planning platforms such as o9 and other enterprise planning technologies, developing functional approaches for implementation by development teams.
Develop program deployment plans and coordinate execution across cross-functional teams.
Manage dependencies between business processes, technology systems, and data integrations; identify project risks and mitigation strategies.
Exercise independent judgment in making decisions and determining objectives and analytical approaches for critical assignments.
Interact with senior client stakeholders and Accenture leadership to align business, technology, and program teams and help resolve functional and technical issues through implementation.
Coordinate with global delivery teams, including offshore and onsite resources, to support supply chain transformation delivery.
Use Agile or Hybrid Agile project management methodologies to scope, design, estimate, plan, oversee execution, monitor progress, and provide stakeholder status updates.
Travel domestically approximately 80% of the time to meet client needs.