About the Role
Accenture's Data & AI practice is seeking a Data Architecture Senior Manager to deliver scalable, business-critical, end-to-end data solutions for clients, enabling transformation and Cloud adoption. The practice focuses on defining data architecture vision, enabling innovative data and AI capabilities, designing modern data platforms, and automating cloud data migration to help clients scale AI and explore new data-driven business opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Assist client teams in the design and implementation of scalable data solutions using modern technologies.
- Help identify gaps and inefficiencies in clients’ existing architecture, supporting analysis and solution development.
- Help shape strategy and roadmaps for improving client AI and Data architectures.
- Provide ongoing architectural support for delivery teams, ensuring solutions are technically sound, scalable, and aligned with agreed architecture principles.
- Participate in client workshops throughout the project lifecycle, assisting with preparation, documentation, and follow-up actions.
- Communicate with clients to gather requirements and ensure project deliverables align with their needs.
- Contribute to architectural thought leadership by sharing ideas on innovation, emerging technologies, and modern data and AI architecture patterns.
- Learn from and collaborate with more experienced colleagues, seeking opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge.
- Engage with internal networks and special interest groups to build professional expertise within Architecture.
- Lead and mentor junior architects, providing guidance on architectural patterns, standards, and best practices.
- Drive innovation in data and AI architecture by prototyping new technologies and developing proofs of concept.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with client architecture and technology stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor.
- Work on a variety of challenging and innovative projects.
- Work at the forefront of the AI revolution, building cutting edge innovative solutions.
- Gain exposure to new and emergent technologies.
- Partner with a variety of highly skilled teams to advise and support clients through their data architecture related challenges.
Requirements
- A strategic thinker, with an analytical and creative mindset.
- Experience building AI-enabled data architecture.
- Commercial experience in one or more major cloud platform(s) (AWS, GCP, Azure), preferably with relevant certifications.
- Competency around AI / Agentic AI.
- A background working in software development, data engineering or data science, with a desire to transition into the world of AI and Data Architecture.
- Expertise across key data domains including data modelling, pipelining, governance, and data consumption.
- Working knowledge with the likes of Databricks, Snowflake, Palantir etc.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience working in client facing environments and a proven track record in architecting complex data solutions.
- Experience leading technical teams, coordinating across project streams to deliver high-quality Data and AI solutions.
- Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.
Skills
- Data Architecture
- Data Strategy
- Data Governance
- Core Engineering
- Cloud Technologies
- AI
- Data Platforms
- Cloud Migration
- Data Modelling
- Data Pipelining
- Data Consumption
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- Palantir
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
Location
- London
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary package depending on experience
Benefits
- 30 days vacation
- Gym subsidy
- 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.
- Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
- Accenture is 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
- 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.
