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Accenture

Oct 4, 2024

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior Level
  • IT & Cybersecurity
    Business, Operations & Strategy
  • Dublin

Requirements

  • Strong interest in and experience of technology delivery
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to communicate findings and status to a non-technical audience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • 5+ years experience in delivery and leading technology projects through the full software delivery life cycle
  • Professional qualification in project management. (e.g. PMP, Prince2, etc)
  • Experience with waterfall and agile development methodologies
  • Proven ability to lead and manage people, within own reporting line and across wider teams, to achieve required outcomes
  • Ability to build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues
  • Previous experience working within the Utilities/Electricity sector would be beneficial

Responsibilities

  • Manage the day to day delivery of high-quality technology transformation work, delivering solutions for our clients
  • Manage multi-functional and geographically diverse teams running the end to end technical delivery across the entire lifecycle
  • Provide functional and technical expertise to support design and implementation work
  • Manage resource allocation, budgeting, and capacity planning for the project or programme
  • Tracking and managing project financials
  • Integrated project and programme planning
  • Management of delivery risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies
  • Comprehensive status reporting and communication to senior partners
  • Collaborate with programme and project management, business owners, development, test and change teams, and operations to ensure goals and objectives are aligned.
  • Become a trusted advisor to clients to ensure alignment between their expectations and our delivered solutions
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance delivery efficiency, effectiveness, and quality
  • Develop and improve relationships with clients to see opportunities where Accenture’s solutions can bring further innovation and value to meet their needs
  • Perform sales and solution support in technology delivery opportunities including solution planning, timeline, estimate and team structure

FAQs

What is the role of a Technology Delivery Lead at Accenture?

The Technology Delivery Lead at Accenture oversees the successful delivery of technology and transformation projects, managing end-to-end delivery with a focus on business value, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

What are the key responsibilities of this position?

Key responsibilities include managing the day-to-day delivery of technology transformation work, leading multi-functional teams, providing technical expertise, managing project financials, and ensuring alignment between client expectations and delivered solutions.

What qualifications are required for this role?

Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, 5+ years of experience leading technology projects, a professional project management qualification (such as PMP or Prince2), and familiarity with both waterfall and agile methodologies.

Is previous experience in the Utilities/Electricity sector required?

While not required, previous experience in the Utilities/Electricity sector would be beneficial for this role.

What skills are essential for a Technology Delivery Lead?

Essential skills include strong interest and experience in technology delivery, excellent leadership and communication skills, the ability to convey findings to a non-technical audience, and strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

What benefits does Accenture offer to employees?

Accenture offers a competitive base salary along with an extensive benefits package that includes pension plans, private health insurance, discounted gym memberships, emergency caring facilities, 20 days of holiday, and 2 days of leave for charitable work, among others.

How many years of experience are needed for this position?

A minimum of 5 years of experience in leading technology projects through the entire software delivery life cycle is required for this position.

What kind of working environment can be expected at Accenture?

Accenture offers an outstanding and diverse workplace environment that encourages innovative ideas, continuous learning, and professional development.

Can I discuss flexible working arrangements?

Yes, flexible working arrangements can be discussed depending on the position.

What should I do if I have specific requirements during the recruitment process?

If you have any particular requirements, you can contact Accenture at accessIErecruitment@accenture.com so they can arrange reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

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Accenture

Technology
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10,001+
Employees
1989
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations Services, and Accenture Song—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners, and communities.

Culture & Values

  • Client Value Creation

    Enabling clients to become high-performance businesses and creating long-term relationships by being responsive and relevant and by consistently delivering value.

  • One Global Network

    Leveraging the power of global insight, relationships, collaboration and learning to deliver exceptional service to clients wherever they do business

  • Respect for the Individual

    Valuing diversity and unique contributions, fostering a trusting, open and inclusive environment and treating each person in a manner that reflects Accenture’s values.

  • Best People

    Attracting, developing and retaining the best talent for our business, challenging our people, demonstrating a “can-do” attitude and fostering a collaborative and mutually supportive environment.

  • Integrity

    Being ethically unyielding and honest and inspiring trust by saying what we mean, matching our behaviors to our words and taking responsibility for our actions.

  • Stewardship

    Fulfilling our obligation of building a better, stronger and more durable company for future generations, protecting the Accenture brand, meeting our commitments to stakeholders, acting with an owner mentality, developing our people and helping improve communities and the global environment.

Benefits

  • Medical coverage

    Employees have a choice of national plans (PPO, EPO, HDHP) covering a wide range of medical services and prescription drugs.

  • Parental leave

    16 weeks paid maternity leave for birth parents. 8 weeks paid time off for other parents

  • Flexible work arrangements

    Flexible work arrangements help employees achieve work/life balance while also meeting Accenture’s business needs.

  • Paid time off

    PTO encompasses traditional vacation time along with paid sick leave; days vary based on level and tenure from 17 to 27 per year.

  • Holidays

    We provide 8 paid standard holidays and 2 culture days (for any days you choose), in addition to the PTO program.

  • Life Insurance

    Accenture provides you with a basic level of coverage and you can purchase more coverage for yourself and your family.