Accenture

Business Practitioner - Agentic AI Sr Manager/Associate Director

Accenture$132K — $302K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in consulting or technology with 3+ years in cloud, data, or AI, preferably on Microsoft solutions.
  • 7+ years crafting solution options, risk mitigations, and working with deal teams on pricing and governance.
  • 3+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft AI services like Azure OpenAI and Azure ML, fluent in low-code vs. pro-code.
  • 7+ years leading multidisciplinary teams across strategy, industry, and data/AI engineering.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (12+ years) required.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Subject Matter Advisor across multiple client engagements, providing guidance on solution direction and architecture decisions.
  • Guide delivery teams on AI governance, operating models, and risk management, ensuring the team makes informed decisions.
  • Advise on Microsoft platform applications to inform build approaches and orchestration patterns.
  • Identify and resolve security and compliance risks proactively before impacting delivery.
  • Contribute to phased delivery roadmaps ensuring alignment to business outcomes defined in SOWs.
  • Develop resource capacity in agentic AI delivery patterns, promoting reusable methods for efficiency.
  • Lead origination for agentic AI deals, shaping proposals that align technical solutions with client needs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life and long-term disability coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
  • Bonus opportunities and paid time off.
  • Paid holidays and flexible work arrangements.
Full Job Description
You Are:

A commercially-driven practitioner whose technical and domain depth makes you dangerous in a sales pursuit and in client delivery. You understand how agentic AI applies to process reinvention, governance, Centers of Excellence, operating model design, and the full agentic lifecycle well enough to shape a solution, challenge an architect, and give a CIO a reason to sign. You originate deals, guide delivery from a subject matter position, and bring the Microsoft AI breadth that makes the client conversation credible. The work you do before the SOW is signed is as valuable as the work you do in delivery.

The Work

As a Microsoft-specialized Agentic AI Senior Manager in AMBG, your role will pivot on multiple axes; lead origination and pre-sales solutioning for high-impact agentic AI opportunities, bringing the technical and domain breadth to shape deals that others cannot, and across active engagements, you will operate as a Subject Matter Advisor: guiding solution direction, shaping governance and operating model design, and providing the senior technical and thought leadership that keeps programs on the right track. You carry both accountabilities simultaneously, and your delivery excellence is the credibility that opens the next pursuit.

Key Responsibilities

Subject Matter Advisory on Delivery
  • Serve as Subject Matter Advisor across one or more active client engagements simultaneously: provide senior guidance on solution direction, architecture decisions, and technical risk to overall client programs.
  • Guide delivery teams on AI governance design, agentic life-cycle management, operating models, COE structure, stage-gate policy, and responsible AI posture; bring the domain knowledge that delivery teams need to make the right calls without escalating every decision.
  • Advise on Microsoft platform application across the agentic lifecycle: inform build approach selection (Copilot Studio vs. Azure AI Foundry pro-code), orchestration patterns, RAG design, evaluation frameworks, and AIOps.
  • Flag and guide resolution of security, compliance, and responsible AI risks before they become delivery problems; bring the enterprise deployment perspective that junior delivery team members are unlikely to carry.
  • Contribute to phased roadmaps (POV to pilot to scaled rollout) and value tracking frameworks; ensure delivery milestones connect to the business outcomes committed in the SOW.
  • Develop cross-functional team capability in agentic AI delivery patterns; build reusable accelerators and repeatable approaches that reduce the need for SMA involvement over time.


Deal Shaping & Pre-Sales Solutioning
  • Play a leadership role on agentic AI opportunities from origination to signed SOW: lead discovery, shape the value hypothesis, define the solution blueprint, and align commercial constructs to client outcomes; partner with AMBG sellers and Microsoft field teams throughout.
  • Apply deep knowledge of agentic AI across process reinvention, governance frameworks, Centers of Excellence, operating model design, and the full agentic lifecycle to guide how Microsoft capabilities (365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, Azure ML, Microsoft Fabric) are positioned and scoped in a pursuit.
  • Build defensible proposals and SOWs; define solution scope, risk and RAI posture, staffing model, and delivery approach at a level of depth that gives clients and internal deal teams confidence in what is being committed.


C-level Storytelling & Executive Advisory
  • Craft board-level narratives that connect industry problems to agentic AI outcomes; use data-backed storytelling to secure executive sponsorship and funding.
  • Facilitate executive workshops to shape transformation agendas, operating models, value cases, and governance from Copilots to fully autonomous agents.


Ecosystem Orchestration
  • Operate as one with Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft: co-innovating, co-selling, and co-delivering; align to Microsoft programs and co-funding where appropriate.


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 10 years in consulting or technology, including 3+ years as a senior technical practitioner on cloud, data, or AI programs, ideally on Microsoft.
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience crafting solution options, estimates, delivery models, risk mitigations; ability to collaborate with deal teams on pricing, terms and conditions, and governance.
  • Minimum of 3 years of hands-on architecture or supervision experience with Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, Azure ML, Prompt Flow/evaluations, and Microsoft Fabric; fluency in when to use low-code vs. pro-code approaches.
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across strategy, industry, data/AI engineering, and change management; strong coaching and lead-from-the-front ethos.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience.)


Professional Skills Requirement
  • Practical knowledge of Responsible AI, identity, security, data governance, and deployment guardrails for enterprise AI.
  • Strong C-level communication and consulting skills; ability to engage business and technology stakeholders.
  • Ability to lead large, multidisciplinary technical teams.
  • Structured, value-driven, problem-solving mindset.


Bonus Points If:
  • You've led end-to-end agentic AI business process transformations.
  • You've shipped Copilot Studio solutions and Azure AI Foundry agents in regulated industries (FS, H&PS), including content safety, evaluations, and monitoring.
  • You bring industry POVs (e.g., Fabric-enabled data modernization to agentic workflows to function transformation) and can connect them to measurable business KPIs.


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 08/14/2026.

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:

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California $132,500 to $302,400
Cleveland $122,700 to $241,900
Colorado $132,500 to $261,300
District of Columbia $141,100 to $278,200
Illinois $122,700 to $261,300
Maine $112,900 to $222,500
Maryland $132,500 to $261,300
Massachusetts $132,500 to $278,200
Minnesota $132,500 to $261,300
New York $122,700 to $302,400
New Jersey $141,100 to $302,400
Virginia $122,700 to $278,200
Washington $141,100 to $278,200

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