Accenture

AI SDLC Transformation Manager

Accenture$94K — $266K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in full SDLC from requirements to release, focusing on process mapping and redesign.
  • 3+ years hands-on experience with multi-agent or LLM-integrated systems.
  • 3+ years in a consulting role, preferably with enterprise-level engineering organizations.
  • 3+ years using flow metrics actively for diagnosing delivery processes.
  • 2+ years working with AI/ML systems in a practical setting.
  • Bachelor's degree or 12 years equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct value stream mapping and analyze flow metrics to identify SDLC waste.
  • Design AI-native processes to enhance software definition and governance.
  • Facilitate change management for teams adopting AI workflows.
  • Develop agentic systems for requirements generation and architecture validation.
  • Utilize creator and reviewer agent patterns to optimize process flow.
  • Model SDLC as a system, analyzing feedback loops and bottlenecks.
  • Take a cross-functional view spanning product, engineering, and QA.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life and long-term disability insurance.
  • 401(k) plan and bonus opportunities.
  • Paid holidays and time off.
Full Job Description

You Are

The AI SDLC Transformation Manager guides enterprise clients on redesigning software delivery to be AI-native. You've spent real time in software delivery, not just studying it. You know what broken looks like at the process level, and you know what good looks like when AI is woven in deliberately rather than bolted on.

The Work

This role applies flow metric analysis to surface waste in existing processes, designs future-state AI-native workflows, and builds agentic systems for upstream SDLC phases (define, design, requirements). The Advisor brings deep fluency in the evolving AI tooling landscape and translates what digitally native engineering organizations are doing into actionable roadmaps for enterprise clients.

Role-Specific Responsibilities: 

  • Value stream mapping and flow metric analysis (cycle time, flow efficiency, WIP, throughput) to identify waste in existing SDLC practices 

  • Design of AI-native to-be processes that restructure and accelerate how software is defined, designed, and governed 

  • Change management for engineering teams transitioning to AI-augmented workflows 

  • Strategy and design of agentic systems targeting upstream SDLC phases: requirements generation, user story synthesis, design review, and architecture validation 

  • Know how and where to use creator and reviewer agent patterns and  the token impact of doing so. 

  • Model SDLC as a system, identifying feedback loops, bottlenecks, and second-order effects of process changes 

  • Cross-functional perspective spanning product, engineering, QA, security, and platform 

  • Ability to maintain fluency in the rapidly evolving AI tooling ecosystem (coding assistants, agentic platforms, evaluation frameworks, MCP/tool orchestration) 

  • Ongoing research practice tracking capability shifts, new model releases, and emerging practitioner patterns 

  • Expertise in what digitally native organizations are doing today and ability to translate those benchmarks into actionable roadmaps for enterprise clients 

  • Ability to influence clients to change and modernize processes that limit the positive impact of agentic ways of working and overall SDLC 

Travel may be required for this role.  The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s What You Need: 

  • Minimum of 5 years working across the full SDLC, requirements through release, with demonstrated ability to map, measure, and redesign delivery processes 

  • Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience designing or building multi-agent or LLM-integrated systems, including prompt engineering, tool-use orchestration, or agentic application development 

  • Minimum of 3 years in a consulting or advisory capacity working with engineering organizations, ideally at enterprise scale (5,000+ employees or $1B+ revenue) 

  • Minimum of 3 years applying flow metrics (cycle time, WIP, throughput, flow efficiency) or value stream mapping as active diagnostic tools, not just frameworks you've presented on 

  • Minimum of 2 years working directly with AI/ML systems, LLMs, or agentic architectures in a professional, not just experimental, context 

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Bonus points if you have

  • Hands-on experience with 2+ leading AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Q Developer, Cody) in enterprise environments 

  • Experience designing lightweight LLM evals for AI-generated SDLC artifacts( requirements docs, user stories, design reviews) 

  • Working knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) and emerging tool orchestration standards 

  • Fluency in at least one major delivery methodology (Agile, SAFe, continuous delivery) with a clear point of view on where AI creates the most leverage 

  • Track record of presenting AI transformation strategies to VP- or C-level stakeholders and getting buy-in  

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/30/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location                                        Annual Salary Range

California                                           $94,400 to $266,300

Cleveland                                           $87,400 to $213,000

Colorado                                            $94,400 to $230,000

Columbus                                          $87,400 to $213,000

Connecticut                                      $94,400 to $230,000

District of Columbia                          $100,500 to $245,000

Illinois                                                $87,400 to $230,000

Maine                                               $80,400 to $196,000

Maryland                                          $94,400 to $230,000

Massachusetts                                 $94,400 to $245,000

Minnesota                                          $94,400 to $230,000

New York                                           $87,400 to $266,300

New Jersey                                       $100,500 to $266,300

Virginia                                              $87,400 to $245,000

Washington                                       $100,500 to $245,000

About Accenture

Accenture plc is a multinational professional services company that provides services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations. The company has more than 537,000 employees serving clients in more than 120 countries. Accenture operates across five business segments: Communications, Media & Technology; Financial Services; Health & Public Service; Products; and Resources. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and has offices worldwide.
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