GN – Tech Strategy & Advisory – Data Architect- Manager

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. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than 394,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

About Capability Network:

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our focus on issues such as digital disruption, redefining competitiveness, operating and business models as well as the workforce of the future helps our clients find future value and growth in a digital world. Today, every business is a digital business. Digital is changing the way organizations engage with their employees, business partners, customers and communities how they manufacture and deliver products and services, and how they run their organizations. This is our unique differentiator. We seek people who recognize and understand the impact that digital and technology have on every industry and every sector, and share our passion to shape unique strategies that allow our clients to succeed in this environment.

To bring this global perspective to our clients, Accenture Strategy’s services include those provided by our Capability Network – a distributed management consulting organization that provides management consulting and strategy expertise across the client lifecycle. Approximately 3,000 consultants are part of this rapidly expanding network, providing specialized and strategic industry and functional consulting expertise from key locations around the world. Our Capability Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to clients all around the world. For more information visit www.accenture.com/capabilitynetwork.

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Practice Overview:

Skill/Operating Group Technology Consulting Level Manager

Location Gurgaon/Mumbai/Bangalore Travel Percentage Expected Travel could be anywhere between 0-100%

Why Technology Consulting Technology Consulting provides a platform to the digitally savvy technologist who can look at things from a different perspective to find

the best solution. It provides ample of opportunities to work on the very heart of some of the most cutting-edge and business-critical projects. You will get an opportunity to shape client strategies using the New Technologies.

Principal Duties

And Responsibilities: Working closely with our clients, strategy professionals envisage, shape and formulate strategies that can help enhance business performance. They develop specialized expertise—strategic, industry, functional, technical—in a diverse project environment that offers multiple opportunities for career growth. The opportunities to make a difference within exciting client initiatives are limitless in this ever-changing business landscape. Here are just a few of your day-to-day responsibilities. · Identifying, assessing and solving complex business problems for area of responsibility, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors · Help clients design, architect and scale their journey to new technology-driven growth at the intersection of business and technology · Help clients modernize their IT landscape and processes to adapt to latest technology trends · Called upon to apply your solid understanding of cloud and disruptive technologies. · Driving enterprise business, application and integration architecture · Helping solve key business problems and challenges by enabling an architecture transformation, painting a picture of, and charting a journey from the current state to a “to-be” enterprise environment · Implementing programs/interventions that prepare the organization for implementation of new business processes · Assisting our clients to build the required capabilities for growth and innovation to sustain high performance · Managing multi-disciplinary teams to shape, sell, communicate and implement programs · Developing our offerings and assets · Mentoring and developing our people

Qualifications: · Bachelor Degree · MBA Degree from Tier-1 College (Preferable) · 8-12 years of large scale consulting experience and/or working with hi tech companies in data architecture, data governance, information security and information management. · Certified on DAMA (Data Management) or Azure Data Architecture or Google Cloud Data Analytics or AWS Data Analytics

Experience: We are looking for information strategy & data architect having experience with information strategy, data architecture, data governance, information operating model and information security operating across all stages of the innovation spectrum, with a remit to build the future in real-time. · Assessment: Works as part of multi-disciplinary teams and collaborates with designers, other team members to evaluate new IT potential with a focus on data monetization, platforms, customer 360 view and analytics strategy. Align all data and analytics initiatives and investments to meet enterprise objectives. · Strategy: Define data-based strategy for the customer which needs to be aligned to the customer technology landscape. Understand and recommend the end-to-end process for identified data initiatives including requirements, feasibility, validation of data structure, compliance, and monetization. · Design: The Architect’s role on these projects centers around Assessment of Information Strategy Maturity, establishing target state Information Architecture and conceptual Data models. Identification of usage of structured/ unstructured data as an asset to create differentiated capabilities. · Governance: Establish framework for effective Data Governance across multispeed implementations. Define data ownership, standards, policies and associated processes · Information operating model: Define an operating model to manage data across organization. Establish processes around effective data management ensuring Data Quality & Governance standards as well as roles for Data Stewards · Cloud Savvy – Know-how of Data applications and Data lake Implementations on Cloud using popular platforms like MS Azure / Google Cloud / AWS. · The Data Architect should have practical industry expertise. The areas of Financial Services, Retail, consumer goods, Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Transportation, Hospitality, Automotive/Industrial, Mining and Resources are of interest but experience in equivalent domains is also welcomed. Architect should understand the key technology trends in their domain and the related business implications · Experience in leading consulting engagements with large clients preferable

Key Competencies and Skills: · Strong desire to work in technology-driven business transformation · The ability to develop technology solutions and value adding propositions and take these to market · Ability to drive C-suite/senior leadership level discussions

· Strong knowledge of technology trends across IT and digital and how they can be applied to companies to address real world problems and opportunities. · Deep experience within one or more of the Banking, Capital Markets, Telecom, Media, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, Retail or Consumer Goods services industries. · Be a subject matter expert on data-led projects and play a key role in pitches where data-based RFP responses are discussed · Experience in presenting data strategy to clients, develop client’s maturity in the use of data within various domains · Understanding of Big data, data integration, data ingestion and data quality. · Understanding of atleast one of the cloud platforms – Azure / AWS / Google cloud. · Deep understanding of data modelling tools, data warehouse and hosting environments are required · Comfort conveying both high-level and detailed information, adjusting the way ideas are presented to better address varying social styles and audiences. · Leading proof of concept and/or pilot implementations and defining the plan to scale implementations across multiple technology domains · Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills – ability to convey technology and business value propositions to senior stakeholders · Team oriented and collaborative working style, both with clients and those within the organization. · Capacity to develop high impact thought leadership that articulates a forward-thinking view of the market. · Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships · Proven track record in working creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment · Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment with effective consulting skills · Proven track record to quickly understand the key value drivers of a business, how they impact the scope and approach of the engagement · Demonstrated ability to develop younger talent and build a high performing team. · Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements

Additional Information:

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