Enterprise Architecture – Senior Manager (Auckland)

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Enterprise Architecture Senior Manager Opportunity.

• Architect at Scale: Design enterprise architectures that connect business strategy to delivery across complex, multi-year transformation programmes.
• Advise at the Top Table: Guide senior client stakeholders through the technology decisions that reshape how their organisations operate.
• Draw on Global Reach: Use Accenture's scale, assets and partnerships to solve problems no single team could.

Are you an experienced Enterprise Architecture Senior Manager, ready to lead on navigating complex business challenges at the intersection of technology and business? Accenture, a global leader in professional services, invites you to be a part of high-performance teams and define strategies addressing priority C-suite issues with precision and speed.

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Own the architecture strategy on major client programmes, from opportunity assessment through to target state and transition roadmap.
• Lead teams of architects and consultants, setting the technical direction and holding quality across the work.
• Work directly with CIOs, CTOs and their leadership teams to turn technical complexity into decisions they can commit to.
• Develop the business cases and investment narratives that unlock funding for multi-year transformation.
• Grow Accenture's architecture capability through client relationships, proposals, and coaching the people around you.
• Drive the development of thought leadership around architecture at the intersection of business and technology.

Job Qualifications

Experience We're Looking For:

• Tier 1 Consulting Experience: Demonstrated deep experience in a tier 1 consulting firm, leading on architecture advice and solutions to top-tier clients.
• Enterprise Architecture: Experience in leading engagements with clients to establish a vision, roadmap, and governance, with extensive experience and familiarity with frameworks (e.g. TOGAF).
• Technology Strategy Breadth: Experience across application portfolio strategy, data architecture and advanced analytics, and identifying new value streams enabled by emerging technology.
• Executive presentations: Preparing clear executive-level materials, recommendations and business cases for senior client stakeholders
• Management and coaching: Coaching junior team members, review deliverables, and contribute to a high-performing project team.
• Sales and business development: Drive business development, sales opportunities, practice capability building and thought leadership.

Set Yourself Apart: Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep experience in digital enterprise architecture
• Experienced people leader within multi-layered consulting teams.
• Expert knowledge of trends and technology concepts with deep interest in the latest innovation (e.g. Digital Customer, Connected Platform, Digital Enterprise, Data-driven business models).
• Expert understanding of industry operations, dynamics, and trends through experience in one or more industries (preferably Financial Services and Products).
• Exceptional problem-solving ability, leadership attributes, and a history of successful client delivery.
• C-suite presence, stakeholder management, and a proven track record in building and maintaining a strong industry network.

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At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.

As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.

We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email [email protected] and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on +61 2 9005 5000.

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About Accenture

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 791,000 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. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, 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.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement for New Zealand:

At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.

 

As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.

 

We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email [email protected] and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on +61 2 9005 5000.

 

Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement.