Technology Strategy Manager / Sr Manager - Products Industry (Consumer Goods, Retail, Travel, Auto & Industrials)

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

21d•$87,400 - $317,200

About The Position

Accenture’s Technology Strategy and Transformation team designs and executes industry-relevant strategies that help organizations realize business value from technology. The team advises executives on technology choices and helps translate AI and emerging capabilities into competitive advantage, strategic priorities, investment decisions, and transformation roadmaps. The role focuses on the Products industry, including consumer goods and services, retail and travel, automotive, and industrials. The position advises C-suite clients on technology-led business strategy, including how AI can reshape products, services, operations, work, operating models, and business models. It assesses technology footprints to identify and prioritize value-creation opportunities, develops operating models and business cases, supports broader business transformations, and creates market-relevant thought leadership. The role also uses AI tools for research, synthesis, modeling, and scenario analysis, applying domain expertise and critical judgment to validate AI-assisted work. At Manager level, the role manages a project or major workstream, oversees deliverables, mentors team members, builds senior client relationships, supports business development, and contributes to thought leadership and asset development. At Senior Manager level, it leads teams, projects, and programs; originates sales under Managing Director direction; owns thought leadership and intellectual capital efforts; and serves as a trusted C-suite advisor, facilitating complex senior stakeholder discussions.

Requirements

Manager: At least 5 years of professional work experience, including experience in operating model strategy, technology in M&A, technology value cost take-out, technology-driven revenue growth strategy, or strategy involving AI- and emerging technology-enabled transformation.
Senior Manager: At least 8 years of professional work experience, including experience in operating model strategy, technology in M&A, technology value cost take-out, technology-driven revenue growth strategy, or strategy involving AI- and emerging technology-enabled transformation.
Manager: At least 1 year of strategy consulting experience at a consulting firm.
Senior Manager: At least 3 years of strategy consulting experience at a consulting firm.
Bachelor’s degree.
Experience writing business cases.
Experience leading or managing large teams, including planning and structuring analytical work, facilitating team workshops, and rapidly developing technology strategy recommendations.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with senior executives and diverse teams, and ability to break down complex issues into logical analyses and actionable recommendations.

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of a specific industry, client, technology, or function and ability to advise senior leadership as an expert.
MBA or equivalent graduate degree.
Experience as a long-term trusted advisor on how technology affects an industry and its business strategy.
Ability to lead projects delivering business technology solutions and practical roadmaps for clients’ long-term success.
Experience managing budgeting and forecasting activities and building financial proposals.
Experience managing end-to-end projects and reporting and escalating to senior leadership.
Ability to create expert content and participate in professional forums.
Critical thinking, willingness to question decisions, and ability to provide creative solutions.
Ability to build trusted relationships with senior client leaders.
Experience mentoring and developing team members for greater responsibility.
Advanced presentation and public-speaking skills, including at C-suite level.
Ability to provide junior team members with an integrated perspective of the client and project.
Fluency in using AI to augment strategy work while applying independent judgment.
Understanding of the strategic considerations for responsibly scaling enterprise AI and the need for human oversight.

Responsibilities

Advise C-suite clients on strategy at the intersection of technology and business, including the impact of AI on competitive advantage and enterprise value.
Develop technology visions informed by industry and functional expertise.
Shape the role of technology in business strategies, including identifying opportunities for AI to differentiate products, experiences, operations, and business models.
Assess clients’ technology footprints to identify and prioritize value-creation opportunities.
Drive strategic opportunities that incorporate innovative technology solutions into broader business transformations.
Develop operating models and business cases that use disruptive technologies, including AI, to support growth, productivity, and enterprise value.
Create thought leadership and intellectual capital on market-relevant technology strategy and the effects of AI and emerging technologies.
Use AI tools to accelerate research, synthesis, modeling, scenario analysis, and strategic insight development, while applying critical judgment and validating outputs.
At Manager level, manage a project or major workstream, drive team deliverables, and supervise and mentor team members.
At Manager level, build senior client relationships, collaborate with clients as a trusted advisor, facilitate consensus, and handle difficult client conversations.
At Manager level, contribute to thought leadership and asset development, identify opportunities, and support business development, including proposals and statements of work for AI-enabled solutions.
At Senior Manager level, lead teams, projects, programs, and deliverables while supervising and mentoring full teams.
At Senior Manager level, originate sales under Managing Director direction.
At Senior Manager level, own thought leadership, asset development, and intellectual capital efforts and build a following in the area of expertise.
At Senior Manager level, serve as a trusted advisor to senior clients and facilitate complex discussions with senior stakeholder groups.