Edge Connected Solutions Practice Lead

Role: Edge Connected Solutions Practice Lead

Location: London
Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience
Career Level: Senior Manager (CL6)

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WHO WE ARE:

We are a global collective of innovators applying the New every day to improve the way the world works and lives. New doesn’t mean being ahead of the curve; new is pushing forward the curve, riding the edge where the impossible meets the transformation and making it a reality where it matters. Help us show the world what’s possible as you partner with clients to unlock hidden value and deliver innovative solutions. Empowered with innovative tools, continuous learning and a global community of diverse talent and perspectives, we drive success in a new business architecture that disrupts conventional practices with Reinvention Services and Engines.

Connected Solutions sits at the crux of Supply Chain & Engineering and Technology as its Reinvention Engine helping clients adopt the functional capabilities they need to differentiate in their industry with agility and speed. We leverage our vast partner ecosystem, deep functional knowledge and decades of industry experience to implement the right solutions.

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

Edge is a Growth Driver for Accenture

The Accenture Edge business is a core growth driver within Accenture, focused on helping Mid-market companies reinvent, scale, and compete with the agility required in today’s market. Mid-market organizations share the same bold ambitions as large enterprises, they are undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the need to modernize operations, accelerate growth, and respond to evolving industry demands. Accenture brings the full strength of our global capabilities—deep industry expertise, ecosystem partnerships, and proven innovation to make enterprise grade solutions accessible, scalable, and simplified for midmarket needs.

Powered by curated offerings, preconfigured solutions, accelerators, and AI enabled delivery models, Accenture Edge brings together teams across our global network to help clients drive real ROI, innovate faster, and transform with confidence. The Edge portfolio spans repeatable, industrialized solutions across technology, operations, security, cloud, and industry-specific needs to meet clients where they are on their reinvention journey.

We are looking to expand our Edge team with the best talent, who have experience in the mid-market, across the business suite, and across functions, that will enable us to continue to drive transformations at scale.

THE WORK:

As Edge Connected Solutions Practice Lead, you will oversee the Edge practice growth and delivery execution across multiple programs/engagements, ensuring quality outcomes, client satisfaction, and strong team performance. You will also partner with Sales and Solution teams to standardize and accelerate delivery by building reusable solution and Agentic assets and templatized solution offers that improve speed to value. Additionally, you will contribute to proposal development and support/lead client Orals for Edge pursuits.

Key Responsibilities

A) Practice Leadership Across Multiple Programs

• Lead end-to-end EDGE Planningpractice acrossmultiple programs or engagements(EDGSupply chainportfolio involving Kinaxis, o9, BlueYonder, Manhattan Associates, Anaplan, Coupa and others), ensuring growth, delivery excellence and measurable outcomes.

• Manage planning, delivery governance, escalations, and delivery risk across programs.

• Ensure consistent delivery standards, operational discipline, and continuous improvement.

• Develop and grow talent by coaching teams, reinforcing delivery best practices, and partnering with HR/leadership on capability building.

• Partner with client stakeholders and internal functions to drive adoption of change and stabilize delivery performance.

B) Drive Innovation, Standardization & Speed-to-Value

• Identify repeatable delivery patterns and convert them into solution assets, including:
• delivery accelerators, reusable components, playbooks, reference architectures, and tooling approaches
• Build and maintain templatized solution offers (where applicable), enabling faster proposal responses and reduced time-to-start for new engagements.
• Promote standardization across delivery methods to improve predictability, cost, and quality.
• Support innovation initiatives that improve delivery throughput while maintaining risk controls.

C) Solutioning & Sales Collaboration (Proposals)

• Collaborate with Sales, Solution Architecture, and other bid teams to shape delivery strategy during pursuits.
• Support proposal development by contributing: delivery approach, governance model, staffing logic, and implementation plan
• differentiators tied to reusable assets/accelerators and known delivery methods
• Create or review proposal content to ensure it aligns with feasible delivery execution, commercial expectations, and client requirements.

D) Support and Lead Orals

• Participate in bid Orals and executive discussions to present delivery strategy and execution confidence.
• Lead oral sessions where required—aligning storytelling across delivery, solution, and commercial commitments.
• Support Q&A responses by coordinating with SMEs and ensuring consistent messaging across stakeholders.

Travel may be required for role. 0-100% depending on client and business needs.

Job Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years experience leading delivery for small and large-scale transformation programs (or multiple concurrent programs) including demonstrated success in multi-functional stakeholder management, including client executives and internal leadership.
• Minimum 12 years previous experience with delivery governance, risk management, and program planning.
• Minimum 12 years experience supporting bids (RFP/RFI), proposals, and/or Orals in enterprise environments.

• Minimum 12 years experience leading people and teams; proven ability to improve overall delivery performance (onshore and offshore teams).

• Minimum 5 years experience building reusable assets, accelerators, or offerings that improve speed and predictability.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical Background in any of the Supply Chain solutions (Kinaxis, o9, Manhattan) is preferred.
• Strong experience with solution architecture concepts (end-to-end, multi-service solution design).
• Experience in operations mobilization / transition setups for new outsourcing or transformation engagements.
• Demonstrated metrics-driven improvement (quality, delivery predictability, cost efficiency, etc.
• Experience positioning Managed Services

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications 30/10/26

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.