Connected Solutions Edge Business Architecture Director

About Us

We are a global collective of innovators applying the New every day to improve the way the world works and lives. New doesn’t mean being ahead of the curve; new is pushing forward the curve, riding the edge where the impossible meets the transformation and making it a reality where it matters. We help clients unlock hidden value and deliver innovative solutions.

Empowered with innovative tools, continuous learning, and a global community of diverse talent and perspectives, we drive success in a new business architecture that disrupts conventional practices with Reinvention Services and Engines. Our expertise spans 40+ industries across 120+ countries and impacts millions of lives every day. Connected Solutions sits at the crux of Supply Chain & Engineering and Technology as its Reinvention Engine, helping clients adopt functional capabilities with agility and speed. We leverage our vast partner ecosystem, deep functional knowledge, and decades of industry experience to implement the right solutions.

The Accenture Edge business is a core growth driver within Accenture, focused on helping Mid-market companies reinvent, scale, and compete with the agility required in today’s market. We bring the full strength of our global capabilities—deep industry expertise, ecosystem partnerships, and proven innovation—to make enterprise-grade solutions accessible, scalable, and simplified for mid-market needs. Powered by curated offerings, preconfigured solutions, accelerators, and AI-enabled delivery models, Accenture Edge helps clients drive real ROI, innovate faster, and transform with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end EDGE Planning practice across multiple programs or engagements (EDGE Supply chain portfolio involving Kinaxis, o9, BlueYonder, Manhattan Associates, Anaplan, Coupa, and others), ensuring growth, delivery excellence, and measurable outcomes.
• Manage planning, delivery governance, escalations, and delivery risk across programs.
• Ensure consistent delivery standards, operational discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and grow talent by coaching teams, reinforcing delivery best practices, and partnering with HR/leadership on capability building.
• Partner with client stakeholders and internal functions to drive adoption of change and stabilize delivery performance.
• Identify repeatable delivery patterns and convert them into solution assets, including delivery accelerators, reusable components, playbooks, reference architectures, and tooling approaches.
• Build and maintain templatized solution offers to enable faster proposal responses and reduced time-to-start for new engagements.
• Promote standardization across delivery methods to improve predictability, cost, and quality.
• Support innovation initiatives that improve delivery throughput while maintaining risk controls.
• Collaborate with Sales, Solution Architecture, and other bid teams to shape delivery strategy during pursuits.
• Support proposal development by contributing delivery approach, governance model, staffing logic, and implementation plan differentiators tied to reusable assets/accelerators and known delivery methods.
• Create or review proposal content to ensure alignment with feasible delivery execution, commercial expectations, and client requirements.
• Participate in bid Orals and executive discussions to present delivery strategy and execution confidence; lead oral sessions where required.
• Support Q&A responses by coordinating with SMEs and ensuring consistent messaging across stakeholders.
• Travel may be required (0-100%) depending on client and business needs.

Requirements

• Minimum 8+ years' experience leading delivery for small and large-scale transformation programs (or multiple concurrent programs), including demonstrated success in multi-functional stakeholder management, including client executives and internal leadership.
• Minimum 8+ years' experience with delivery governance, risk management, and program planning.
• Minimum 8+ years' experience supporting bids (RFP/RFI), proposals, and/or Orals in enterprise environments.
• Minimum 8+ years' experience leading people and teams; proven ability to improve overall delivery performance (onshore and offshore teams).
• Minimum 5+ years' experience building reusable assets, accelerators, or offerings that improve speed and predictability.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If associate's degree, must have minimum 6 years' work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical background in any of the Supply Chain solutions (Kinaxis, o9, Manhattan) is preferred.
• Strong experience with solution architecture concepts (end-to-end, multi-service solution design).
• Experience in operations mobilization/transition setups for new outsourcing or transformation engagements.
• Demonstrated metrics-driven improvement (quality, delivery predictability, cost efficiency, etc.).
• Experience positioning Managed Services.

Pay

Compensation varies by location. The following ranges are provided as required by local law:

• California: $163,000 to $413,600
• Cleveland: $150,900 to $330,900
• Colorado: $163,000 to $357,400
• District of Columbia: $173,500 to $380,500
• Illinois: $150,900 to $357,400
• Maine: $138,800 to $304,400
• Maryland: $163,000 to $357,400
• Massachusetts: $163,000 to $380,500
• Minnesota: $163,000 to $357,400
• New York: $150,900 to $413,600
• New Jersey: $173,500 to $413,600
• Virginia: $150,900 to $380,500
• Washington: $173,500 to $380,500

Benefits

Accenture offers a market-competitive suite of benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan.
• Bonus opportunities.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.

See more information on our benefits here.