Our team:
The pace of change has been accelerating for a long time, but the range of issues faced by CEOs and boards are now more complex than ever. This is forcing organisations to address their future in more interconnected ways and reshape the path to 360-degree value. Rapid advancements in technology have altered the expectations customers and businesses, and enabled new opportunities to find growth with different business models.
Our Corporate Strategy & Growth team is at the forefront of this change, helping drive the CEO agenda on issues related to digital and business model disruption, competitive agility and global operating models. Together we address issues of protecting core value creation, pivoting to new business models and being more agile with investments for today and tomorrow.
We are a UK-based team part of a broader European network. We collaborate regularly with Accenture’s Applied Intelligence and Innovation teams and partner with across Accenture to turn growth strategies into industry leading transformation successes. If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment and the opportunity to work on some of the highest impact client challenges, this could be the role for you!
In our team you will:
- Gain exposure to the most strategic challenges and opportunities that occupy the minds of corporate and industry leaders
- Drive short-term growth and rapid revenue generation through “find and prove the value” analytical methods
- Develop modern corporate strategies to allow organisations to make choices on customers, geographies, routes to market and products
- Generate sustained value through next generation growth, commercial and pricing strategies to drive corporate success
- Anticipate the ways digital and technology innovation (e.g. Generative AI) impacts business models and harness them to create new routes to growth, will have on organisations and people in the future
- Gain exposure to Accenture’s multi-faceted organisation, working on the key strategic challenges that occupy the minds of leaders whilst also partnering across Accenture to bring those to life
As a Corporate Strategy & Growth Senior Manager you will:
- Develop and drive high-impact, strategic insights that solve complex business challenges for clients across a range of industries and sectors
- Lead and manage multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver tailored strategic solutions
- Leverage deep Corporate & Growth Strategy experience and market trends to shape client strategies, ensuring long-term business success
- Cultivate strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor to senior executives, guiding them through pivotal decision-making processes
- Collaborate and partner across Accenture, fostering relationships that promote knowledge sharing, support in end-to-end client delivery and new business opportunity
- Drive business development by identifying growth opportunities, contributing to sales efforts, and actively building and managing a strong sales pipeline
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality, data-driven recommendations that exceed client expectations and drive measurable results
- Be responsible for delivery of commercials during project work, shaping and contracting new opportunities and extensions and in scoping, pricing and developing new projects and contracts
- Coach team members and lead them to deliver their best performance aligned to project and professional growth objectives
We are looking for extensive relevant experience in corporate and growth strategy development, including prior management consulting experience. Deep functional knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
- Portfolio strategies to identify growth opportunities across markets, customers and products
- Customer proposition or new business model development that can unlock identified growth opportunities
- Market / opportunity sizing and investment case development
- Corporate strategy big bets like digital commerce, subscription models, direct to consumer or membership propositions
- Driving value and growth-focused transformations in an organisation
- Knowledge of pricing strategy is a plus
- Interest and experience in latest innovations and their application to corporate strategy (e.g. Generative AI) is a plus
- Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
- Team leadership and client management experience
- Effective communication skills, both written and oral; ability to present with confidence, empathy and deliver difficult messages; fluency in English
- Comfortable with working on difficult issues where there can be no definitive “right” answer. Demonstrate the ability to provide the client with what they need, not just what they ask for
- An interest in technology and data and knowledge of innovation and how to apply it to creatively shape new corporate and growth solutions
- Bachelor’s degree with strong academic record. An advanced degree or MBA is a plus but not essential
What’s In It For You
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days of vacation per year, access to app-based fitness classes and discounts on range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Location: Your home office will be in London. This role is client-facing and may therefore involve travel, working in other parts of the UK as well as overseas depending on the needs of the project. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first-class services we are known for
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. With more than 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives.
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