*Data Architecture Associate Manager*
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The Position:
Accenture Song is seeking a collaborative and results-oriented Senior Consultant - who will assist clients with complex challenges. You will work closely with clients to design, build and operationalise solutions, underpinned by emerging technologies.You will be part of Accenture’s market leading organisation driving significant and tangible value by impacting bottom line results that can support our client’s strategic objectives like sustainability, innovation growth.
Role Overview:
This role would suit an eager and enthusiastic, commercially minded, Qual researcher (or dualist) who is looking to make a difference. The work undertakes is diverse – pure consulting, high end-qual, advanced quant, integrated marketing problem solving – linked only by a common objective to achieve tangible, commercial outcomes.This role requires the skill set and expertise to proficiently manage qualitative projects end-to-end whilst drawing on additional expertise and resource from within the business where necessary. The role requires a skilled moderator with a strategic mindset and an understanding of how to develop actionable insights that provide clients with business solutions and opportunities.
This role would include:
- Developing and owning client relationships that thrive and endure. Working with those clients to define their key business challenges and shape qual/quant studies that will answer to those challenges.
- Immersing yourself in the client’s business to establish a credible base of knowledge from which to build.
- Conducting, delivering and helping to deploy qual that is sharp, smart, inventive, pragmatic and commercial.
- Demonstrating a passion for on-going and self-directed learning to develop your own skills and mentoring and helping develop the skills of junior colleagues.
- Sharing in the development of Accenture offer, culture and ways of working.
Leadership Skills:
- Apply Accenture offer across the business
- Deliver projects that provide value for clients and lead to profitable growth
- Manage team member’s project contribution
- Coach direct reports on their development
- Lead small knowledge capture projects
Strong client relationships:
- Understands client business, context and potential to support their growth
- Relationship owner for 1-2 client individuals
- Seeks to grow revenue contribution to team
- Participate in client planning and deliver against own goals
- Adviser to project stakeholders
Deep research expertise:
- Skilled and experienced qualitative researcher
- Competent in applying a wide range of techniques to create tailored approaches
- Able to develop extensive discussion guides and stimulus across a range of issues
- Skilled and experienced moderator
- Responsible for substantial part of fieldwork
- Able to manage more complex projects (eg multi-market studies)
- Design quality, efficient methodology approach and resourcing with input from seniors and specialists as needed
- Lead 1-2 project teams (initially with senior guidance) – define roles, approve research specs, manage timelines, team efficiency, ensure quality delivered within budget
- Manage internal stakeholder/client expectations
- Ensure team completes & shares quality analysis
- Synthesise key findings with team
- Build teams understanding of business issues/context for the client
- Take the client brief and develop proposal with senior input
- Lead team in analysis – develop commercial solutions with the team based on quality research insights
- Role models excellent interpersonal skills and creates a healthy, productive team environment
- Lead client communications on expectations, approach, project progress, observations
- Craft a compelling story line and delivers with clarity and confidence
- Share facilitation of client workshops with senior support
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Industry experience: Specialist
Required education:
Tertiary educated in related discipline
Management experience: N/A
Additional experience:
- Flexible and adaptable to work outside of core hours
- Intermediate to advanced MS Office and sound knowledge of Microsoft Outlook
- Ability to deliver timely solutions and develop strong relationships with different levels of staff, senior management across the organisation and external clients
- Exceptional attention to detail, organisational and time management skills
- Ability to carry out duties autonomously and work effectively in a team environment
- Present and conduct self professionally at all times
Benefits of working at Accenture:
- 18 weeks paid parental leave
- Structured career development program
- Local and international career opportunities.
- Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™
- Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
- We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!
Please refer to this link - Employee Benefits | Accenture for a detailed description of the benefits
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