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Service design manager

Edinburgh
Accenture
Design manager
Posted: 31 August
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Management Consulting Manager, Song Service

L7

London, Manchester. Edinburgh

Accelerate your career in a dynamic and innovative digital marketing agency that’s redefining how organizations in Song Service connect with stakeholders and deliver value. Join Accenture Song, a fast-growing division dedicated to crafting transformative digital experiences at scale. As part of Song Service, you’ll support a portfolio spanning health services, government agencies, education, and public sector institutions. Help leading organizations thrive by combining creativity, data-driven insights, and cutting-edge technology. Grow alongside our global network of talent, and help drive impactful change for some of the world’s most mission-driven institutions.

As a team:

Song Service:

Our purpose is to champion the customer, helping businesses across all industries build relevant and significant relationships and interactions with their customers – both B2B and B2C.

The Service practice sits within our Song business. We work across Financial Services, Health &Public Sector and Communications Media and Technologyclients. In Service, we help our clients define, plan and deliver changes that impact end customers and the front-office.

As part of the Service team, you will:

1. Be at the forefront of the industry to create, own and make it a reality for clients looking to better serve their connected customers and operate always-on enterprises

2. Work with famous brands and household names – no worrying about how to explain what you do to your family again!

3. Support clients to define a customer-first mindset, helping them shape their business and operating models

4. Redefine customer journeys and personalise interactions to create significant and consistent experiences

5. Be at the forefront ofphysical and digital engagement models to give their customers a seamless service model

6. Re-invent the customer ‘ecosystem’ as products / services spread across organisations

7. Learn about the latest trends in customer data and experience from a customer, colleague and operations perspective and utilise this data to help organisations maximise value from their customer interactions

8. Understand how to shape and deliver transformational solutions for clients who are looking to better understand their customers and how they engage with their products and services

9. Have the opportunity to deepen your practitioner knowledge in areas such as GenAI and human-centred design

10. Shape and help deliver integrations of cloud-based customer platforms (e.g. Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, AWS)

11. Work with and learn from high-performing individuals across Accenture’s Global Networkwith varied specialisations who are passionate about helping organisations champion the customer

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives with shared success, innovative ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of specialists, this is the role for you.

In this role yourresponsibilities will be to:

12. Lead high-performing teams and hold critical roles in large-scale transformational programmes for clients

13. Spend most of your time working on client projects and/or sites, delivering a project, and working alongside Song Service Leadership to broaden our client base and delivery scope

14. Become a trusted advisor and build meaningful relationships with senior client leadership

15. Design and deliver compelling customer propositions

16. Provide line management to more junior team members

17. Work with Accenture teams to bring innovative solutions and new ideas to our clients to challenge their existing ways of working and strengthen Accenture’s brand and position

18. Collaborate globally with Accenture’s Global Network to add further value and enhance delivery

19. Contribute to the Service Practice with extracurricular activities, including developing Thought Leadership

20. Undergo regular training to remain at the forefront of emerging trends and technologies

Experience Required

The most important thing for us is that you display the right attitude. We would like you to actively contribute to our community and clients as practitioners, think logically and analyticallyto solve problems and engage others. We want you to be driven to develop yourself and others, as well as having a ‘big picture’ understanding of customer service trends.

As well as the above, you should have strong experience/expertise in one or moreof the following areas:

21. Content

22. ‘Multi-channel’ experience of future-state customer propositions, covering service across various channels (e.g. in store/branch, online, mobile, customer contact including telephony, chat, chatbot etc.)

23. Working understanding of how CX can drive business value and ability to build and deliver a C-Suite value narrative

24. Advanced CX Measurement including Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and sentiment analysis

25. Customer Value Management and mobilisation of customer-oriented programmes

26. Defining contact centre strategies, leveragingcloud platforms

27. Defining new propositions / business models

28. Delivery

29. Ability to operate at all stages of a project/programme lifecycle, from proposal through to full programme delivery and experience managing risks and working with senior stakeholders

30. Experience owning end-to-end workstreams, managing project timelines and resource, ensuring project milestones are met. Ensures all appropriate reporting is in place.

31. Understanding of Agile techniques and frameworks and experience in leading Agile teams to drive value for customers and improve business performance

Skills & Industry Experience

32. Possess strong analytical, problem-solving skills and be able to utilise continuous improvement techniques

33. Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders

34. Strong leadership skills, with proven experience in providing line management and performance managementfor more junior team members

35. Experience with the deal economics of selling/delivering professional services work

36. Experience in one or more of the following industries: Financial Services, Health and Public Sector and Communications Media & Tech

Set yourself apart:

37. Experience in owning and managing business outcomes

38. Be certified in Agile and/or Product Ownership methodologies

39. Be certified in one of the major cloud providers (e.g. Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc)

What’s in it for you:

Our Total Rewards consist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as:

40. 30 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice.
41. Family-friendly and flexible work policies.
42. Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources.
43. Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support.
44. Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling.
45. A range of generous Parental Leave offerings.


Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.

Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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About Accenture

We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.Join Accenture to work at the heart of change.

Visit us atwww.accenture.com

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We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

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