Job Role: Change & HR Transformation Manager 
Location: Dublin
Salary: Competitive salary and benefits 
Career Level: Management Consulting Manager (CL7) 

Accenture is looking for an experienced Change & HR Transformation Manager to join our Talent practice in Ireland.

Organisations are fundamentally rethinking how work gets done, how their people experience work and how they build the skills and capabilities needed for the future. Advances in AI and technology are accelerating that change and creating new opportunities to redesign organisations, workforces and ways of working.

As a Change & HR Transformation Manager, you will work with leading organisations to shape and deliver complex people and workforce transformations, helping clients turn ambitious transformation strategies into meaningful and sustainable change.

You will bring together expertise across change management, HR transformation, organisation design, workforce transformation, technology, data and AI to help clients reinvent how their organisations and people work, creating better experiences and stronger business outcomes.

About Accenture Talent

Our Talent practice helps organisations reinvent how their people and organisations work.

We bring together deep expertise in change, HR, organisation, talent and workforce transformation with Accenture's capabilities in technology, data and AI to help clients navigate complex transformation and create lasting business value.

We partner with our clients to:

• Shape and deliver the future of HR, redesigning HR strategies, operating models, capabilities, processes and employee experiences.
• Harness technology, data and AI to create more intelligent, efficient and insight-led organisations and people functions.
• Design future-ready organisations and workforces, including organisation structures, skills, roles, capabilities and workforce strategies.
• Transform how work gets done, helping organisations respond to changing business models, technology and workforce expectations.
• Embed sustainable organisational change across complex business and technology transformations, helping people adopt new ways of working and realise the intended value of change.

We are continuing to grow our Talent practice in Ireland and are looking for experienced Managers who are passionate about helping organisations navigate change and shape the future of work.

What You'll Do

As a Change & HR Transformation Manager, you will work at the intersection of people, organisation, technology and transformation, taking a leading role in shaping and delivering client engagements.

You will:

• Lead change and transformation workstreams across complex business, HR and technology programmes, taking ownership from initial strategy and planning through to implementation and business readiness.
• Design and deliver change strategies and plans, including stakeholder engagement, change and readiness assessments, communications, leadership alignment, learning, adoption and measurement.
• Support HR and workforce transformation, helping clients redesign HR services, operating models, organisation structures, roles, capabilities, processes and employee experiences.
• Translate transformation into practical change, understanding how new strategies, technologies, processes and operating models affect people and helping organisations successfully transition to new ways of working.
• Drive stakeholder and leadership engagement, building trusted relationships with client leaders, engaging impacted groups and helping leaders effectively sponsor and champion transformation.
• Design and deliver communications and engagement strategies, translating complex transformation into clear, compelling messages and experiences for different stakeholder groups.
• Support cultural and behavioural change, using data, insights and behavioural approaches to understand barriers to change and develop interventions that drive adoption.
• Facilitate client workshops and design sessions, challenging established thinking and helping leadership teams shape the future of their organisation, workforce and ways of working.
• Use data and insight to inform transformation, helping clients understand change, workforce and organisational challenges, measure readiness and adoption, and make evidence-based decisions.
• Lead and develop project teams, providing direction and coaching while ensuring high-quality client delivery and creating opportunities for team members to grow.
• Contribute to the growth of our Talent practice, supporting proposals, developing client solutions and propositions, contributing to thought leadership and helping build our Change and HR Reinvention capabilities in Ireland.

What We’re looking for:

We are looking for experienced change and HR transformation professionals who combine strong delivery capability with excellent client and people skills.

You will ideally bring:

• Strong change management expertise, with experience designing and delivering change strategies across complex business and/or technology transformations.
• Experience across the change lifecycle, including stakeholder engagement, change and readiness assessments, communications, leadership alignment, learning, adoption and measurement.
• HR and workforce transformation experience. Experience within areas such as HR transformation, HR operating models, organisation design, talent strategy, workforce transformation, skills or employee experience are a plus.
• Experience of technology-enabled transformation, with an understanding of how technology, data and AI are changing organisations, workforces and the employee experience.
• Strong consulting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex client challenges, structure problems and translate insights into practical recommendations and solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to build trusted client relationships and engage stakeholders at different levels of an organisation.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills, with experience designing and leading client workshops and presenting complex ideas clearly and compellingly.
• Strong project and programme management capability, with experience managing workstreams, deliverables, risks, dependencies and teams within complex transformation environments.
• People leadership experience, with the ability to lead, coach and develop teams while creating an inclusive and collaborative working environment.
• Curiosity and a passion for innovation, with an interest in how AI and emerging technologies are changing work, organisations and the role of HR.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 6+ years' relevant experience across Change Management, HR Transformation, Organisation Design, Talent, Workforce Transformation or related areas.
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex transformation projects, ideally within consulting, professional services or a transformation environment.
• Experience delivering projects underpinned by technology would be a bonus,
• Experience leading workstreams and/or teams, with accountability for delivering high-quality outcomes for clients.
• Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills, including experience leading client meetings and workshops.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to use data and insight to support decision-making.
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced environments, manage competing priorities and adapt to evolving client requirements.
• Relevant certifications in change management, HR, project management or agile delivery are advantageous but not essential.

Why Accenture?

• Joining Accenture's Talent practice means becoming part of a team helping organisations tackle some of their most important people, workforce and organisational challenges.
• You will have the opportunity to work with leading organisations on complex, high-impact reinvention programmes, bringing together expertise from across Accenture to solve our clients' most important challenges.
• You will collaborate with specialists across HR, organisation, change, workforce, technology, data and AI, drawing on Accenture's global capabilities to deliver transformation from strategy through to execution.
• You will also have the opportunity to build your expertise across Change and HR Reinvention, learning from experienced practitioners while gaining exposure to different clients, industries and types of transformation.

What's in it for you?

• At Accenture Ireland, in addition to a competitive base salary, you will have access to an extensive benefits package including pension, private health insurance, discounted gym membership, emergency caring facilities, annual leave and two days' leave per year for charitable work of your choice.
• Flexible working arrangements can be discussed depending on the position.

Does this sound like you?

• If you are passionate about helping organisations navigate complex change, transform how they work and create better experiences for their people, we would love to hear from you.

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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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