About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialised skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy & Consulting, Technology, and Operations services — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. Our 710,000+ people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company. 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. Year after year, Accenture is recognised worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

The Data and AI revolution is changing everything. It’s everywhere - transforming how we work and play. Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. Accenture is driving these exciting changes and bringing them to life across 40 industries in more than 120 countries. The sheer scale of our capabilities, client engagements and the way we collaborate with the ecosystem, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.

Accenture’s Data Governance & Management practice covers the range of Data and AI skills across all domains of data governance, data quality, master data management, and metadata management. When combined with Accenture’s broader Strategy and Consulting and Technology businesses, we are able to bring together unique end-to-end business change through the application of Data and AI.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and that enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways. We have access to world leading assets, training and experts to help your career thrive and grow.

In our team you will learn:

• At the forefront of the industry, you’ll create, own and make it a reality for clients looking to better serve their connected customers and operate always-on enterprises.

• Become an integral part of our Data and AI team with the credibility, expertise and insight clients depend on.

• You will be working with famous brands and household names – tackling some of the most challenging industry, community and national problems.

Role Purpose: Establish and maintain best practice and fit-for-purpose data governance frameworks, policies, and standards covering data quality, data classification and handling, data privacy and protection, data retention and disposal, master and reference data management, metadata management, data access and security, and third-party data. Help clients ensure data is accurate and usable for reporting, analysis, modelling, and AI applications to support strategic outcomes, drive insights and decision making. Identify opportunities for leveraging data to drive business growth and innovation. Implement and manage data platforms across on-premises and cloud environments to ensure efficient data infrastructure, security, compliance, and observability.

The role This role is responsible for building data and AI strategy, architecture and operating model blueprints, business cases and roadmaps to identify opportunities where AI can be leveraged to create competitive advantage and solve complex challenges to deliver exceptional business outcomes for our clients.
Core Responsibility:

• Meets or exceeds agreed chargeability, business development, professional development and recruitment; and market facing metrics

• Establish and maintain trusted advisor relationships with clients and influences decision makers

• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing business solutions to drive client transformations across industry, function and technology

• Implementation of programs and interventions to drive organizational change

• Works to ensure opportunities are created for Data & AI led business reinvention with clients

• Defines and structures an organization’s Data and AI strategy to build and optimize data assets, AI technologies for growth and competitive advantages by assessing the maturity of an organization’s data and AI foundation

• Defines building blocks required to convert to an AI-first organization, including technology and AI platform blueprint, data strategy and future-ready operating model

• Creates the business case, investment profile and roadmap to deliver on client’s strategy

• Infuses Responsible AI in vision and roadmap, develops plan for leveraging ecosystem partners, and defines operating model to foster a culture of innovation and experimentation • Identifies people, processes and technologies to develop and operationalize AI solutions

• Creates strategy for AI-first products and develops commercialization opportunities

• Shares knowledge with others through project teams and People Lead roles

• Refines practice capabilities through career counselling and guidance as a People Lead

• Contributes to thought leadership within the Practice

• Refines the identification and management of sales opportunities

• Actively seeks to increase the commercial footprint of the Practice through delivery of quality product and advice

• Identifies areas for improvement across the Practice including industry best practice frameworks and methodologies

• Shares experiences across the practice, providing insight into engagements

Requirements:

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree or equivalent industry experience
• Minimum 8 years of Consulting experience operating at a senior, strategic level working alongside key, senior stakeholders
• Expected to be a SME with deep knowledge in an area of expertise based on experience, and act in an advisory role in meetings Breadth of Knowledge:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement for Australia and New Zealand:

At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.

We encourage applications from all people with the relevant skillset, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require any accommodations or adjustments for interviews and/or at work, please reach out to exectalent@accenture.com or contact us at +61 2 9005 5000 (Australia) or +64 44666056 (New Zealand).

Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement.

.

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

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement for New Zealand:

At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.

As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.

We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email exectalent@accenture.com and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on +61 2 9005 5000.

Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement.