Strategy Principal Director
Accenture Middle East
Date: 16 hours ago
City: Riyadh
Contract type: Full time

Technology Strategy/ Enterprise Architect Strategy Senior Manager/Associate Director
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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 738,000 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 with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed 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 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 creation of well-articulated thought leaderships and assets that present innovative and action-oriented information, insight, knowledge, guidance and recommendations on a specific market-relevant technology strategy topic
Engage technology community to drive skills and capability building and identify opportunities for collaboration across Accenture
Key Skills
Strong data-driven consulting & 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
Ability to operate cross industry, with preferred experience in Banking, Telcos, Oil&Gas, and/or Government
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 8-15 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 speaking preferred and fluent English
Good network of relationship in the Saudi market
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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Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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 738,000 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 with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed 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
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