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About the Role

Accenture Software & Platform Engineering is seeking a Senior Manager to lead complex technology transformation programs. This role involves working with senior clients to shape and deliver business-critical outcomes, modernize technology estates, and accelerate engineering maturity using modern delivery practices and emerging technologies. The role combines client delivery, business growth, people leadership, and practice development, with a focus on leveraging AI and new technologies responsibly.

Responsibilities

Lead complex technology transformation programmes.
Work with senior client stakeholders to shape and deliver business-critical outcomes.
Act as a trusted advisor to clients on technology modernization.
Accelerate engineering maturity and unlock value through modern delivery practices and emerging technologies.
Mobilize and lead large-scale engagements, establishing effective delivery structures, governance, and engineering operating models.
Contribute to new opportunities and growth by shaping propositions, supporting sales activities, and developing client relationships.
Help clients understand where AI can create value and guide the delivery of AI-enabled transformation programmes.
Ensure emerging technologies are applied responsibly and pragmatically.
Strengthen the engineering community through mentoring, capability development, thought leadership, and practice initiatives.
Build strong teams and support talent development.
Contribute to the ongoing evolution of the Software & Platform Engineering practice.

Requirements

Proven experience leading large-scale software engineering, technology transformation, or digital modernisation programmes within complex enterprise environments.
Strong track record of engaging senior client stakeholders and operating as a trusted advisor.
Experience mobilising and leading complex engagements, including establishing delivery governance and shaping teams.
Demonstrated success leading managers, engineers, architects, and multidisciplinary technology teams.
Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, cloud-native architectures, platform engineering, DevOps, product-centric delivery models, and engineering quality standards.
Previous hands-on software engineering experience with one or more modern technology stacks.
Experience helping organisations use AI and emerging technologies as part of wider transformation programmes.
Commercial awareness with experience managing programme financials, budgets, forecasts, and delivery performance.
Experience contributing to business development activity, including opportunity shaping and proposal support.
A passion for building engineering communities, developing capability, and sharing knowledge.
Comfortable operating across a range of client environments and sectors.
Consulting experience is beneficial, but not essential; senior engineering leaders from large engineering-led organisations are also considered.
Must be willing to travel to client sites throughout the UK on an ad hoc basis.
Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance, which requires 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application.

Skills

Software engineering
Technology transformation
Digital modernisation
Client stakeholder engagement
Delivery governance
Team leadership
People development
High-performing team culture
Modern software engineering practices
Cloud-native architectures
Platform engineering
DevOps
Product-centric delivery models
Engineering quality standards
AI
Emerging technologies
Commercial awareness
Programme financials management
Budget management
Forecast management
Delivery performance management
Business development
Opportunity shaping
Proposal support
Client relationship management
Engineering community building
Capability development
Knowledge sharing
Thought leadership
Practice initiatives
Strategic thinking
Pragmatic delivery leadership

Location

London
UK (travel required)

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite (client travel required)

Experience Level

Senior Manager

Salary/Compensations

Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)

Benefits

30 days’ vacation per year
Private medical insurance
3 extra days leave per year for charitable work

About the Company

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services.
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.
Accenture is recognized worldwide for business performance and inclusion and diversity.
Accenture is a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.
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.

Equal Opportunity

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.