About this Strategic Portfolio & Transformation Lead | English required role at Accenture
Accenture · Onsite · Sao Paulo, Torre Paineira
The Director, Strategic Portfolio & Transformation (English Required) is responsible for leading global portfolio and transformation initiatives that accelerate business growth, strengthen strategic priorities, and drive organizational impact across Avanade.
This role serves as a key connector between strategy and execution, ensuring portfolio priorities, transformation programs, strategic alliances, and go-to-market initiatives are translated into scalable actions and measurable business outcomes. The position plays a critical role in driving innovation, operational excellence, and long-term growth for both Avanade and its clients.
At Avanade, we believe in the power of people and technology to create meaningful impact for our clients and communities. Together we do what matters.
Benefits:
- Meal or food allowance
- Multibenefits Card (up to Senior Consultant)
- Medical and dental plan
- Certifications and training
- Life insurance
- Private pension
- Avababy: pregnancy support and a kit for new parents
- Profit sharing
- Wellhub
- Daycare assistance
- Career mentoring
- Birthday Off policy (one day off in your birthday month)
- Wellness sessions
- For managerial positions: company car, parking, and fuel allowance
Responsibilities
- Lead the global portfolio and transformation strategy aligned with organizational priorities and business objectives.
- Develop and execute strategic programs that accelerate growth, adoption, and commercial outcomes.
- Translate corporate objectives into scalable initiatives that deliver measurable impact across sales and business teams.
- Sponsor and lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that support portfolio evolution and business growth.
- Ensure alignment across portfolio priorities, go-to-market strategies, partner ecosystems, and growth initiatives.
- Serve as a strategic advisor and partner to senior leadership teams across multiple functions and geographies.
- Influence decisions and drive alignment across complex stakeholder groups within a highly matrixed environment.
- Lead governance, strategic planning, and prioritization processes to ensure successful execution of key initiatives.
- Define and oversee global roadmaps for transformation, portfolio optimization, and business activation.
- Lead large-scale cross-functional programs from strategy through execution, measurement, and continuous improvement.
- Establish scalable frameworks and methodologies that drive consistency and operational excellence globally.
- Champion a user-centered approach that increases adoption, engagement, and business value.
- Simplify complex strategies, processes, and messages into clear and actionable programs.
- Lead change management efforts that support strategic priorities and organizational transformation.
- Develop communication and engagement plans that foster awareness, understanding, and behavioral change.
- Partner with regional leaders to adapt and reinforce global priorities across markets.
- Define success metrics and reporting mechanisms to measure program effectiveness.
- Monitor adoption, engagement, pipeline influence, and business performance indicators.
- Deliver insights and recommendations that inform strategic decisions and future investments.
- Leverage data to identify trends, opportunities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Skills and Experience
- 8+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional programs in Portfolio Management, Strategic Transformation, Sales Enablement, Go-to-Market, Sales Operations, Marketing, or related disciplines.
- Experience working within highly matrixed global organizations.
- Proven success leading strategic initiatives requiring executive influence and stakeholder alignment.
- Experience supporting sales organizations, portfolio strategies, partner ecosystems, strategic alliances, or business transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated success driving adoption of strategic portfolio and growth initiatives.
- Strong leadership, program management, governance, and execution capabilities.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive engagement skills.
- Ability to transform complex strategies into practical, scalable, and results-oriented initiatives.
- Experience leading change management, organizational adoption, and business transformation programs.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to drive decisions and continuous improvement.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with strategic partnership programs and Microsoft ecosystem initiatives.
- Knowledge of portfolio strategy, Solution Areas, and business growth frameworks.
- Experience leading global activation, organizational transformation, and adoption programs.
- Experience designing scalable frameworks, engagement journeys, and enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and globally distributed environment.
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