Technology Strategy/Enterprise Architect Senior Manager- Defense Sector

Location- Dubai/Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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 799,000 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. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Accenture Strategy & Consulting

In today’s world, business leaders want to rapidly and confidently reinvent to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value. That’s where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention. You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new kinds of value for your clients.

Key Responsibilities

Apply deep technology strategy development, architecting value, operating model and architecture skills to influence C-level client agenda through technology insights

Pro-actively interact and collaborate with senior management levels at client and/or within Accenture

Lead complex engagements end-to-end across all delivery components: client satisfaction, value delivered, teams management, financials, etc.

Originate business opportunities within a client and lead end-to-end the business development effort with client and Accenture teams until successful sale closure

Drive leaders to transform the technology function to achieve operational excellence and tight alignment with business strategy

Collaborate with business, technology and cross-functions to maximize value of technology investments and alignment to strategic priorities

Lead the creation of well-articulated thought leadership assets that present innovative and action-oriented insights, knowledge, guidance and recommendations on a specific market-relevant technology strategy

Drive internally technology strategy skills, assets and capability building and identify opportunities for collaboration across Accenture and ecosystem partners to win in the market

Key Skills

Strong data-driven consulting with focus on business and technology value architecting and realization

Deep understanding and proven skills in delivering core technology strategy offerings - IT & Digital technology strategy, Enterprise architecture, IT & Digital organization and operating model, Cloud, Data & Analytics, IT Cost reduction, IT M&A

Strong awareness of tech trends in the market’s context

Industry experience in Defense/ Military sector either directly or through consulting engagements

Ability to shape client objectives and influence decision making at senior management levels

Ability to pull together multi-disciplinary teams for technology strategy, lead and coordinate to achieve shared outcomes

Ability to pull-through business opportunities and close them

Qualifications

Minimum 12+ years’ work experience - at least 8 years in IT/Digital technology strategy

Proven and relevant past consulting experience; alternatively strong in-house IT & Digital strategy / enterprise architecture division / advanced startup / pre-sales roles (but would have to demonstrate exceptional intrinsic consulting skills)

Arabic speaker preferred and fluent English

Why join us?

We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues

You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools

Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards

You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends

You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in which we work and live

Next Steps

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