RedHat Offering Lead - (Private AI, Containers, Automation)

About the role

The Red Hat Offering Lead – Private AI, Containers & Automation is accountable for shaping, defining, and scaling Accenture’s Red Hat–anchored offerings as a core pillar of clients’ Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, and AI-enabled transformation journeys.

This is a senior leadership role with strong practitioner credibility, operating as part of a federated community of offering and capability leads across private cloud platforms, containers, automation, and private AI. You actively shape complex client transformations while driving scale, repeatability, and differentiation across industries and regions.

Responsibilities

• Work with practice lead leadership to set the global vision, roadmap, and investment priorities for Red-Hat offerings that will drive the most revenue (Ex: Private AI platforms on OpenShift)
• Align the offering to Accenture growth platforms and priority client demand; defining the value proposition, target clients (with market leads), priority industries and competitive differentiation – established overall desirability, feasibility, and viability.
• Work with Delivery Leaders to ensure delivery readiness and capabilities are included based on business case and drive scale, repeatability, and differentiation across industries and geographies
• Commercialization & Go-to-Market
  • Business liaison to lock down commercialization including packaging, pricing, and sales motions with proper parts of the firm.
  • Partner with Sales, Industry Groups, and Geographies to generate pipeline and revenue
  • Act as executive sponsor and offering SME for priority pursuits and flagship clients
• Federated Leadership & Governance
  • Hire, lead and coordinate Tower Offering Leads across capability domains
  • Establish governance, operating cadence, and decision rights
  • Ensure integrated, end-to-end solutions and consistent market messaging
• Alliance & Ecosystem Leadership
  • Serve as Accenture’s global counterpart to RedHat offering leadership
  • Shape joint strategy, innovation agenda, and co-investment priorities
  • Influence product roadmaps and accelerate joint solution development
• Asset Development & Enablement
  • Oversee industrialization of reusable assets, accelerators, and delivery models
  • Ensure offerings are delivery-ready and scalable globally with Delivery and BG Lead
  • Drive enablement across sales, solutioning, and delivery communities
• Strategic Vision
  • Contribute to the overall practice strategy and act as a GTM leader for priority AI opportunities, shaping the evolution of offerings in line with market demand and technology trends

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of consulting experience, preferably including strategy, platform, or transformation leadership, with the ability to navigate a highly matrixed organization, align multiple stakeholder groups, and drive measurable outcomes.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in technology or digital transformation roles, with strong understanding of private and hybrid cloud platforms, container ecosystems, and automation-driven operating models.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Red Hat technologies, including OpenShift, container platforms, automation, and hybrid cloud architectures, with demonstrated practitioner experience shaping and delivering enterprise-scale initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience).

Professional Skills Requirement

• Exceptional executive presence, with outstanding communication and presentation skills, and the ability to act as an influential industry evangelist.
• Ability to structure and lead story-driven narratives for offerings across industry specializations and technology stacks.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale business transformation initiatives driven by technology.
• Knowledge of cloud business models, and value realization across public, private, hybrid, and sovereign cloud environments.

Pay

Annual Salary Range: $132,500 to $338,300

Schedule

Travel will be required for role. Travel varies between 0-100% depending on client/business needs.