About the Company: Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Consulting, Strategy, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners, and communities. Visit us at accenture.com.

About the Role: Accenture Sourcing & Procurement is growing and seeking to enhance our IT Center of Excellence with someone who fits our strong and vibrant culture. We are looking for a driven professional who is committed to building a great business and having a seat at the table in making key decisions and influencing their career. Whether identifying opportunities to reduce clients’ IT costs or proposing innovative solutions that curb the effect of soaring prices and longer lead times, Accenture’s Sourcing & Procurement team delivers tangible business results for our clients – while also enhancing the employee experience, customer satisfaction, and community impact. As an IT Manager, you will have a dedicated focus on Accenture’s IT Center of Excellence to support all aspects of client-facing IT sourcing and cost optimization projects.  The Manager will be expected to work closely with clients and suppliers to drive project initiatives and will lead consulting, problem solving, project management and data analysis that will be the basis for strategic client decision making.  Further, you will play an important role in deepening the expertise of Accenture’s IT Center of Excellence and capturing knowledge to support business development opportunities while helping scale Accenture’s IT capabilities. The ideal candidate possesses experience in IT procurement and/or negotiations across areas such as IT Services & Labor, IT Infrastructure, IT Software, and Telecommunications.  While depth in all areas is not required, you will be expected to infuse Accenture’s Sourcing & Procurement consulting business with any existing knowledge and to build upon your current IT Procurement base by demonstrating a strong aptitude for learning.

Key Responsibilities: Ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables through strong project management, team management, and client management skills Create robust sourcing strategies and cost-out recommendations Provide IT thought leadership and benchmarking Manage project support resources and coordinate with subject matter experts within and outside of the firm Develop and nurture relationships with clients Work with contractors, consultants, and internal /external resources to align priorities, accomplish objectives, and satisfy all stakeholders Facilitate development of project plans and overall project management to ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables Contribute to the IT Center of Excellence’s strategic decisions and direction Exhibit integrity in decisions and firm relationships Achieve excellence and dependability through the execution of projects and initiatives Lead sales calls Develop sales-support materials Provide IT thought leadership Support development and review of client IT Spend summaries Support development of new products and service offerings within IT practice Work with team to identify and assess opportunities for savings and cost optimization through various IT sourcing levers Create and curate deliverable content (POV slides, case studies, whitepapers, etc.) to capture IT category knowledge and ultimately support internal knowledge share and business development Develop and execute strategies to aggregate data for ongoing benchmarking, insight generation, and data analysis Assist with ongoing development and management of intellectual capital