Technology Strategy Manager/Sr Manager, Resources Industry (Energy, Utilities)

Accenture•Houston, TX

About The Position

Accenture Technology Strategy and Transformation designs and executes industry-relevant reinventions that help organizations realize business value from technology. The team advises leaders on strategic technology choices, including how AI and emerging technologies can reshape products, services, operations, business models, and sources of competitive advantage. It translates these possibilities into strategic choices, investment priorities, and transformation roadmaps. The role advises clients on data-driven, technology-led business strategies and works with senior executives to identify opportunities for growth, efficiency, and customer value. It involves assessing technology footprints, shaping technology visions and operating models, developing business cases, and creating thought leadership. The role also applies AI tools to research and strategy work while using critical judgment to validate outputs and account for their limitations. At the Manager level, the role manages a project or major workstream, supervises and mentors team members, builds client relationships, contributes to thought leadership and business development, and facilitates client decisions. At the Senior Manager level, it leads teams, projects, and programs; originates sales under Managing Director direction; owns thought leadership efforts; serves as a C-suite trusted advisor; and facilitates 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 or cost take-out, technology-driven revenue growth strategy, or strategy involving AI- and emerging-technology-enabled transformation.
Manager: Experience writing business cases.
Manager: Experience leading or managing large teams, including planning and structuring analytical work, facilitating team workshops, and rapidly developing technology strategy recommendations.
Manager: At least 1 year of strategy consulting experience at a consulting firm.
Senior Manager: At least 8 years of professional work experience, including experience in operating model strategy, technology in M&A, technology value or cost take-out, technology-driven revenue growth strategy, or strategy involving AI- and emerging-technology-enabled transformation.
Senior Manager: Experience writing business cases.
Senior Manager: Experience leading or managing large teams, including planning and structuring analytical work, facilitating team workshops, and rapidly developing technology strategy recommendations.
Senior Manager: At least 3 years of strategy consulting experience at a consulting firm.
Bachelor’s degree.
Applicants for U.S. employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of a specific industry, client, technology, or function, with the ability to advise senior leadership.
MBA or equivalent graduate degree.
Experience serving as a long-term trusted advisor on the influence of technology on an industry and the implications for business strategy and market share.
Ability to lead projects delivering business technology solutions and create practical roadmaps for long-term client success.
Experience managing budgeting and forecasting activities and building financial proposals.
Experience managing end-to-end projects and reporting or 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 guiding team members toward greater responsibility.
Advanced presentation and public-speaking skills, including at C-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 scaling AI responsibly in an enterprise and the need for human oversight.

Responsibilities

Advise C-suite clients on strategies at the intersection of technology and business, including how AI can affect competitive advantage and enterprise value.
Articulate technology visions using industry and functional expertise.
Shape the role of technology in business strategies, identifying opportunities for AI to differentiate products, experiences, operations, and business models.
Assess clients’ technology footprints and identify and prioritize value-creation opportunities.
Develop strategic opportunities that incorporate innovative technology into broader business transformations.
Develop operating models and business cases using disruptive technologies, including AI, to unlock growth, productivity, and enterprise value.
Create thought leadership and intellectual capital on market-relevant technology strategy.
Use AI tools for research, synthesis, modeling, scenario analysis, and strategic insight development; apply critical judgment and validate AI-assisted analysis.
At the Manager level, manage a project or major workstream, drive deliverables, and supervise and mentor team members.
At the Manager level, build senior client relationships, contribute to thought leadership and asset development, and support business development by helping shape proposals and statements of work.
Facilitate client discussions, build consensus, address difficult conversations, and drive meaningful outcomes.
At the Senior Manager level, lead teams, projects, and programs and supervise and mentor full teams.
At the Senior Manager level, originate sales under Managing Director direction and own thought leadership, asset development, and intellectual capital efforts.
At the Senior Manager level, serve as a trusted C-suite advisor and facilitate complex discussions with senior client stakeholders.