Job DescriptionRole: Enterprise Architecture Consultant
Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh
Mobility: Up to 100%
Career Level: Consultant (ML9)
Industry Technology Strategy & Architecture (ITSA) About ITSAIndustry Technology Strategy & Architecture leads at the intersection of business and technology, driving maximum client value through the exploitation of AI, technology and data. We serve as the primary architect of our clients' industry-relevant technology estate, defining future-state visions, building the business case for change, and designing the enterprise architecture that turns ambition into an executable roadmap.
Our work spans four solution areas: Business Technology Strategy, Technology Visioning / Future Tech & Innovation, Enterprise & Technology AI & Data Strategy, and Industry Enterprise Architecture. Across all of them we deliver measurable outcomes: full traceability between business priorities and technology investment, stronger investment alignment and prioritization, reduced architectural complexity and duplication, and faster identification of AI, data and digital opportunities.
Your responsibilities - Support the delivery of enterprise architecture engagements that modernise the client technology estate for the intelligence era.
- Assess how business strategy and industry trends drive the need for change in the enterprise architecture across organisation, applications, data, infrastructure and operations.
- Co-create the client's enterprise architecture vision, strategy and roadmap, aligned to business objectives.
- Develop recommendations and translate them into actionable transformation plans for complex, large-scale technology environments, applying Lean and Agile enterprise principles.
- Support the development of value cases and investment justifications that guide architecture and technology decisions.
- Work across business, technology and third-party stakeholders to formulate, communicate and conclude key architectural decisions.
- Provide architecture governance through the transformation programme, keeping new initiatives aligned to agreed guidelines without jeopardising business objectives.
- Support the creation of enterprise architecture blueprints setting out the end-to-end landscape across applications, integrations and data.
- Support the design and governance of enterprise data and AI platform capabilities, and the definition of operating models and implementation roadmaps.
- Conduct vendor and platform assessments and enterprise architecture maturity assessments on behalf of clients.
- Use AI tools to accelerate research, synthesis and analysis, validating their outputs with logic, evidence and domain knowledge.
- Work autonomously on defined workstreams, managing priorities, progress, risks and capacity, and coordinate and support junior colleagues to deliver to agreed time, budget and quality expectations.
- Produce consistently high-quality, well-structured documents, presentations, architecture outputs and other deliverables that communicate clear insights and recommendations and are ready to be presented to C-suite and executive-level audiences.
- Contribute to the growth and effective operation of the Accenture practice and ITSA by supporting and, where appropriate, driving knowledge sharing, training and community activities, recruitment, reusable assets and thought leadership, while meeting internal business obligations.
- Build trusted relationships with immediate client stakeholders, contribute confidently in meetings, workshops and presentations, and begin to understand and own their issues and success measures.
- Support business development by recognising client issues beyond the immediate scope, helping shape proposals and work orders, and matching client needs to relevant Accenture offerings.
We are looking for the following skills and experienceCore capabilities- High-level thinking: suggest innovative ways to improve your work and client service, synthesise complex information to identify trends and root causes, and stay effective amid complexity and ambiguity while keeping objectives and client value in view.
- Execution: clarify priorities and build logical, realistic plans; document progress and follow through; take responsibility and stay professional under pressure; work to budget; and act ethically while managing risk and protecting data.
- Collaboration: share knowledge and team across boundaries, build respectful and inclusive relationships, and synthesise diverse perspectives into clear, shared outcomes.
- Communication: make difficult concepts easy to understand, adapt your style to the audience, communicate risks and trade-offs clearly, and connect through compelling storytelling.
- Learning and development: commit to continuous learning and build subject-matter expertise, develop yourself and others, seek and offer honest feedback, and evaluate outcomes to improve.
QualificationEnterprise architecture skills- Experience working within or across the enterprise architecture domains: business, application, data and technology.
- Experience designing cloud, data-platform and AI solutions, including GenAI, with a strong interest in emerging technologies.
- Working knowledge of architecture governance, IT governance and frameworks such as TOGAF.
- Capability in enterprise architecture modelling and planning, application architecture design, technology architecture assessment, and blueprint and roadmap definition.
Set yourself apartWe're very interested in hearing from you if you have some or all of the following.
- Prior experience as a technology strategist or enterprise architect.
- Experience in business capability and process taxonomies, maturity assessments and mapping gaps to enabling technology solutions.
- Experience designing or establishing an enterprise architecture operating model or governance capability, such as a Technical Design Authority.
- Experience on major EA engagements such as application rationalisation, re-platforming or modernisation.
- Experience on mergers, acquisitions and divestments.
- Hands-on experience with EA tooling (e.g. LeanIX, Ardoq, iServer or ServiceNow).
- Familiarity with frameworks such as APQC Process Classification Framework, Zachman, or SAFe.
What’s in it for youAt Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
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