JOB Description for Senior Manager (AI Consulting)

Role Summary

Lead AI-led transformation for global Automotive clients across Marketing, Sales, and After-Sales. Own the AI strategy, portfolio, and value realization while guiding multi-disciplinary teams to design, deliver, and scale AI/Agentic AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

1. AI Strategy & Portfolio Leadership

• Define AI vision, strategic themes, and multi-year roadmaps for key Automotive accounts.
• Shape and manage a portfolio of high-value AI use cases linked to clear business KPIs (revenue, margin, CSAT, productivity).

2. Client Advisory & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a strategic advisor to senior client stakeholders (CXO / VP / Director) on AI opportunities, risks, and prioritization.
• Translate complex AI concepts (LLMs, GenAI, Agentic AI, ML models) into simple, outcome-focused narratives.
• Lead executive workshops and account planning for AI growth.

3. Operating Model, Governance & Risk

• Design AI-enabled Target Operating Models: roles, skills, processes, and governance forums.
• Define AI governance principles covering data privacy, compliance, Responsible AI, and model risk management.

4. Delivery & Program Ownership

• Lead end-to-end AI programs from discovery and PoV through pilot and scale-up, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Ensure quality of deliverables, manage risks and dependencies, and handle escalations across geographies and accounts.

5. People Leadership & Practice Building

• Build, mentor, and grow a team of consultants and Managers.
• Drive capability-building (playbooks, templates, assets, training paths) for Automotive AI and Agentic AI.
• Contribute to thought leadership (PoVs, articles, conference talks) and lead pre-sales, RFPs, and orals.

Experience & Skills

• 12–15+ years overall experience, with significant exposure to Data/AI transformation and Automotive (CX, Sales, After-Sales).
• MBA – Tier / Tier 2 Business School + Computer Engineering Background (preferred)
• Proven track record leading AI/analytics programs and cross-functional teams in a consulting or digital transformation context.
• Strong business and financial acumen: comfortable with P&L impact, ROI/TCO, and KPI design.
• Agentic AI / Gen AI Implementation Experience in Automotive Industry – Highly preferred
• Knowledge of LLM / GenAI ecosystems, RAG and vector databases, and integration into enterprise landscapes (CRM, DMS, CDP, ERP, etc.).
• Excellent communication, executive presence, and storytelling skills.

Experience & Skills

• 12–15+ years overall experience, with significant exposure to Data/AI transformation and Automotive (CX, Sales, After-Sales).
• MBA – Tier / Tier 2 Business School + Computer Engineering Background (preferred)
• Proven track record leading AI/analytics programs and cross-functional teams in a consulting or digital transformation context.
• Strong business and financial acumen: comfortable with P&L impact, ROI/TCO, and KPI design.
• Agentic AI / Gen AI Implementation Experience in Automotive Industry – Highly preferred
• Knowledge of LLM / GenAI ecosystems, RAG and vector databases, and integration into enterprise landscapes (CRM, DMS, CDP, ERP, etc.).
• Excellent communication, executive presence, and storytelling skills.

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 approximately 791,000 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 and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent 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.

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