Accenture

Data and AI Architect, Senior Manager

Accenture$176K — $217K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in consulting/technology with 5+ years in pre-sales or architecture for cloud/data/AI, ideally on Microsoft.
  • 10+ years experience crafting solution options, estimates, delivery models, and risk mitigations.
  • 3+ years hands-on architecture experience with Microsoft Foundry and Azure services, including proficiency with Copilot Studio and pro code approaches.
  • 10+ years leading multidisciplinary teams, with a strong 'lead from the front' ethos.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (12+ years work experience), or Associate Degree with minimum 6 years work experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end pursuit for agentic AI opportunities, coordinating closely with AMBG sellers and Microsoft teams.
  • Translate business strategies into technical architectures using Microsoft AI services.
  • Create defendable, scalable proposals and statements of work aligned with client outcomes.
  • Craft board-level narratives that link industry challenges to AI-driven solutions for executive sponsorship.
  • Facilitate executive workshops to shape transformation agendas and governance for AI implementations.
  • Define reference architectures for agentic workflows and ensure adherence to security and compliance in deployments.
  • Create phased roadmaps for project rollouts, including value-tracking metrics and acceptance criteria.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft.
  • Opportunities for professional development and skill advancement across multiple disciplines.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and frameworks.
  • Travel opportunities based on business needs, varying significantly.
Full Job Description

You Are:

A Senior Manager who is part strategist, part consultant, and parthandsonpractitioner.Youreas comfortable in the boardroom as you are in a whiteboard session with architects. You shape complex deals, craftexecutivereadynarratives, and lead multidisciplinary teams to turn agentic AI concepts into secure,productionreadysolutions on the Microsoft stack. You thrive at the intersection of client value, technical depth, and storytelling.

The Work

As a Microsoft-specialized Agentic AI Senior Manager in AMBG, you will lead origination andpresalessolutioning forhighimpactopportunities, steerCsuiteconversations, and provide technical leadership across the Microsoft AI platform.Youllcreate compelling visions and roadmaps, architect solution approaches (from POV to pilot to scaled deployment), and orchestratecrossfunctionalteams from Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft to win and deliver transformative outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deal Shaping & Pre Sales Solutioning
  • Ownendtoendpursuit leadership for agentic AI opportunities: discovery, value hypothesis, solution blueprint, estimation, risk/RAI posture, and commercial constructs; partner closely with AMBG sellers and Microsoft field teams.
  • Translate business strategies into technical architectures using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Dynamics 365 Copilots, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry (Azure AI Studio), Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, Azure ML, and Microsoft Fabric.
  • Build defendable, scalable proposals and SOWs; align solution scope, staffing model, and delivery approach to client outcomes and riskprofile.
  • C-level Storytelling & Executive Advisory
  • Craft crisp,boardlevelnarratives that connect industry problems to agentic AI outcomes; usedatabackedstorytelling to secure executive sponsorship and funding. (Aligned to Senior Manager executive communication expectations.)
  • Facilitate exec workshops to shape transformation agendas, operating models, value cases, and governance for Copilots and autonomous agents.
  • Technical Leadership & Architecture
  • Define reference architectures and patterns for agentic workflows (planning, reasoning, tools, memory), orchestration, retrieval (RAG), evaluation, guardrails, and observabilityonAzure.
  • Guide teams building POCs and accelerators with Copilot Studio (lowcode) and Azure AI Foundry (procode), including PromptFlowbasedevals, content safety, andendtoendMLOps/GenAIOps.
  • Ensuresecurebydesignsolutions across identity, data, Responsible AI, compliance, and lifecycle governance for enterprise deployment.
  • Delivery Readiness & Scale
  • Create phased roadmaps (POV 12 pilot 12 scaled rollout), acceptance criteria, KPIs, and value tracking to realize outcomespostsale.
  • Coach and upskillcrossfunctionalteams (strategy, industry, data/AI, Modern Work, Security) to deliver repeatable outcomes and reuse accelerators.
  • Ecosystem Orchestration
  • Operate as one with Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoftcoinnovating,coselling, andcodelivering; align to Microsoft programs andcofundingwhereappropriate.

Travel may berequiredfor this role.The amount of travel will vary from 05% to 100% depending on businessneedand client requirements.

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Heres What You Need:

  • Minimum of 10 years in consulting/technology, including 5+ years leadingpresalessolutioning or architecture for cloud/data/AI programs, ideally on Microsoft.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience and ability to craft solution options, estimates, delivery models, and risk mitigations; collaborate with deal teams on pricing, T&Cs, and governance.
  • Minimum of 3 years ofhandsonarchitecture 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 Copilot Studio vs.procodeapproaches.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience leadingmultidisciplinaryteams across strategy, industry, data/AI engineering, and change management; strong coaching and leadfromthefront ethos
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (IfAssociateDegree, must have minimum 6yearswork experience)

Professional Skills Requirement

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

Bonus Points If:

  • Youveled end-to-end agentic AI business process transformations.
  • Youveshipped Copilot Studio solutions and Azure AI Foundry agents in regulated industries (FS, H&PS), including content safety, evals, and monitoring.
  • You bring industry POVs (e.g.,Fabricenableddata modernization 12 agentic workflows 12 function transformation) and can connect them to measurable business KPIs.

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