Accenture

Customer Growth Strategy Senior Manager | Utilities

Accenture$122K — $338K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in strategy or management consulting focused on customer service and support transformation.
  • 3+ years implementing experience design and data-driven insights in service transformation initiatives.
  • 5+ years deep functional expertise in customer service domains like experience design and operational model redesign.
  • Proven history of leading assessment-to-strategy-to-implementation engagements with measurable outcomes.
  • Hands-on experience with AI technologies and translating them into customer experience strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale, complex transformations by managing teams and client relationships.
  • Assess and evaluate current service performance metrics to identify areas for improvement.
  • Develop and execute strategic initiatives that enhance customer satisfaction and reduce operational costs.
  • Facilitate workshops to synthesize customer and operational insights into actionable plans.
  • Mentor and develop junior team members while fostering strong internal and client relationships.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Bonus opportunities based on performance.
  • Generous paid holidays and time off.
  • Access to long-term disability and life insurance.
Full Job Description
You Are:

An experienced, senior leader who understands how exceptional service experiences are designed, operated, measured, and transformed. You bring a strategic yet tactical & deployment mindset, strong analytical skills, and practical experience helping organizations assess current-state service performance, identify & evaluate breakpoints, define & deploy future-state visions, and create & execute roadmaps that improve customer, operational, and financial outcomes. You are comfortable owning workstreams, managing teams, leading client stakeholders and driving initiatives from assessment through implementation.

You are passionate about the Utilities industry and understand the critical moments that shape customer trust, including billing, payments, collections, outage management, move-in/move-out, field service coordination, energy efficiency, rate changes, distributed energy resources, and clean energy adoption. You understand these industry dynamics and work with cross-functional and technical teams to deploy tactics that balance customer expectations, regulatory considerations, operational realities, and business value.

You have the full consulting toolbelt and bring project management and industry expertise to the workplace, including the abilities to engage client leaders & stakeholders, facilitate workshops, synthesize customer and operational insights, build compelling narratives, guide clients into making confident decisions on where and how to transform service and partner with clients to deploy & monitor various initiatives

You have led the definition of large-scale, complex transformations for clients, driving overall team deliverables while supervising and mentoring team members. You have developed thought leadership, assets, and offerings that present innovative insights, guidance, and recommendations on market-relevant topics. You have built strong relationships with multiple senior clients, serving as a trusted advisor for executive leadership. You have a history of developing & mentoring peers and junior team members.

You have experience originating sales (as guided by Managing Directors) from ideation through development of proposals and RFP oral presentations.

You are energized by the opportunity to ideate & deploy automation, AI, Agentic AI and Agentic Commerce solutions to reinvent the end-to-end Utilities Customer processes, across channels and across the front- and back-office.

Travel may be required for this role, varying from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here's what you need:
  • Minimum of 10 years of Strategy or Management consulting experience focused on helping organizations reimagine customer service, customer support, contact center operations, back-office delivery (billing, payments, credit & collections) or digital customer engagement. Including:
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience creating & implementing experience design, data-driven insights, and analytics into service transformation to improve customer outcomes and reduce cost-to-serve
  • Minimum of 3 years experience leading assessment-to-strategy-to-implementation engagements, translate findings into actionable recommendations, and lead implementation of strategic initiatives that drive measurable customer, operational, or financial impact.
  • Minimum of 5 years of deep functional expertise across one or more key customer service domains:
    • Customer & field service transformation (front- and/or back-office focused on the customer)
    • Customer experience design and journey management
    • Operating model and process redesign
    • Workforce, forecasting, and service model transformation
    • Quality and performance management frameworks
    • Technology enablement strategy (e.g. IVR, digital platforms, routing, analytics)
    • KPI architecture, insights, and measurement strategy
    • Vendor and ecosystem strategy for service delivery
  • Experience evaluating benchmarking data and competitive insights (customer, operational, and financial) to identify breakpoints, size opportunities, and shape strategic recommendations across channels (web, chat, email, social).
  • Experience implementing distinct service initiatives within a Customer roadmap to uplift operational performance, enhance customer satisfaction and reduce cost to serve
  • Experience leading assessment-to-strategy-to-implementation engagements, translate findings into actionable recommendations, and lead implementation of strategic initiatives that drive measurable customer, operational, or financial impact.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, workplans, deliverables, risks, dependencies, client expectations, and team performance in a consulting or transformation environment.
  • Hands-on experience with AI, GenAI, and conversational design, with the ability to translate emerging capabilities into strategic customer experience roadmaps and future-state operating models.
  • Minimum of 1 year of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate's Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience


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 08/28/2026.

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 $132,500 to $338,300
Cleveland $122,700 to $270,600
Colorado $132,500 to $292,200
District of Columbia $141,100 to $311,200
Illinois $122,700 to $292,200
Maine $112,900 to $249,000
Maryland $132,500 to $292,200
Massachusetts $132,500 to $311,200
Minnesota $132,500 to $292,200
New York $122,700 to $338,300
New Jersey $141,100 to $338,300
Virginia $122,700 to $311,200
Washington $141,100 to $311,200

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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