Job Title: Manager – Data & AI Client Delivery

Location: Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurgaon

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: Data & AI – Growth Network

Reports To: Managing Director / Practice Lead – Data & AI

Role Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Manager with strong Data & AI expertise to lead end-to-end delivery of client projects. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing cross-functional teams, engaging with executives and technical stakeholders, designing data & AI-driven solutions, and ensuring successful project execution aligned with business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Client & Project Management

• Lead the delivery of Data & AI projects across multiple industry verticals
• Serve as primary point of contact for clients, understanding business needs and translating them into technical requirements
• Develop project plans, manage scope, timelines, resources, and budgets
• Facilitate stakeholder communication, conduct executive briefings, and manage project governance
• Ensure deliverables meet quality, compliance, and performance standards

Data & AI Solution Leadership

• Translate business problems into data-driven and AI-enabled solutions
• Work with architects and data scientists to design scalable data & AI strategies
• Guide design & implementation of data pipelines, analytics workflows, and ML models
• Oversee model lifecycle management including training, testing, deployment, and monitoring
• Drive innovation by identifying opportunities for automation, advanced analytics, GenAI, and cloud adoption

Team Leadership & Delivery Excellence

• Manage and mentor a team of analysts, data engineers, and data scientists
• Conduct capability development, performance reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions
• Establish delivery best practices, frameworks, and reusable assets

Business Development

• Support pre-sales efforts, including proposal development, solution decks, and effort estimation
• Participate in client pitches, demos, and workshops
• Identify opportunities for account growth and partnership expansion

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, or related field will be preferred.
• 6–8 years of experience in Data & AI/Analytics consulting or delivery roles
• Proven experience managing large-scale data & AI projects and multi-disciplinary teams
• Good understanding of modern data platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), data engineering, and MLOps
• Familiarity with GenAI tools, LLMs, NLP, and associated cloud services
• Excellent client communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and project management skills (Agile/Scrum preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consulting or IT services environment
• Certifications in cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), PMP/Agile, or Data/AI specialties
• Experience with AI governance, data privacy, and MLOps frameworks

Key Attributes

• Client-centric mindset with strong ownership and accountability
• Ability to balance technical depth with business context
• Strong leadership, coaching, and collaboration skills
• Adaptability and continuous learning mindset

About Accenture

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 791,000 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 combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
Visit us at www.accenture.com

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