We Are:

Accenture Strategy & Consulting. Through deep industry expertise, analytics and insights, we empower clients to survive and thrive in the new, the now and the unknown. To stay agile in a world dominated by change, the C-suite must keep the core business running while simultaneously identifying and investing in the new. Accenture Strategy enables leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot to the future. Known for our ability to execute at speed, we help clients determine clear, actionable paths to competitive agility by bringing them new thinking on business and technology.

You Are:

A Strategy guru with professional experience working across the public service, including in government, higher education and/or non-profits. You are high energy and have a passion for solving complex problems and driving at speed to value. You are comfortable with ambiguity and have helped drive improvements in undefined, new service or capability areas of public service. You are constantly seeking new ideas to bring to our clients. As a strategist, you are an expert at defining future state of the public service industry and related programs, and developing a path to enable our clients to get there. You consider yourself to be very adept at establishing and nurturing client relationships and are equally capable of applying those interpersonal skills to develop and maximize the talents of your team members. You are flexible and adaptable to client’s needs and the ever-changing public service industry and broader business landscape. These skills enable you to thrive on a wide range of engagements that help your clients set and achieve their strategic and operational objectives.

The Work:

• Play a wide variety of roles related to delivery and sales, shaping solutions for clients and maintaining and growing industry as their center of gravity.

• Lead teams to deliver world-class business strategy solutions that meet the needs of clients in our Public Service Strategy practice.

• Earn the trust of senior leaders at client organizations and partner with them to create strategic solutions at the intersection of business, technology, and operations.

• Lead project delivery to make sure clients are positioned for long-term success with practical road maps and blueprints for carrying out strategy, managing change, monitoring and gauging processes, and taking remedial steps.

• Provide overall guidance on quantitative analysis and research to generate recommendations and insights and drive outcomes that matter.

• Build relationships with clients to sustain Accenture’s profile as a long-term trusted advisor and partner.

• Promote Accenture’s Strategy practice and role as a thought leader by creating content and taking part in professional forums, both internal and externa

• Mentor junior members of the Strategy team and groom them for more responsibility

Travel:
For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.

Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from a number of infectious disease experts.

Here’s What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience consulting for or working as a public service industry strategy and management consulting practitioner

• Minimum of 6 years of experience working at a leading strategy or management consulting firm

Bonus Points if:

• You have an MBA or equivalent graduate degree

• Have worked in a strategy role at a leading strategy or management consulting firm focused on government, higher education or non-profits

• Prior experience in driving insights, benchmarking or using data-driven consulting capabilities and techniques or analytics tools

• Strong client communication skills

• A proven track record of delivery on complex and impactful client engagements involving high-value consulting type of work

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York or Washington as set forth below.
We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Information on benefits is here.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $149,300 to $387,800

Colorado $149,300 to $387,800

District of Columbia $149,300 to $387,800

New York $149,300 to $387,800

Maryland $149,300 to $387,800

Washington $149,300 to $387,800

What We Believe

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Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here

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