Technology Strategy Consultant

As a Technology Strategy Consultant at Accenture, you will be contributing to shaping and executing of our clients business transformation agendas through technology. You will be part Technology Strategy teams helping our clients in their largest strategic initiatives and most critical problems at the intersection of business and technology, including digital disruption, industry convergence, growth and innovation, global operating models, sustainable cost management, enterprise transformation, and more.

Your job will involve creating strategies and plans to define how technology should be utilized to support an organization's overall business strategy and maximize value creation. You will use your understanding of business strategy and your affinity with technology to define the strategy, operating model, enterprise-architecture and transformation roadmaps of technology organizations. As a continuous learner, you will maintain knowledge of best practices, industry landscapes and emerging technologies and apply these to develop innovative business solutions.

As a Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture Consultant, you will be expected to:

• Understand a client’s business strategy and contribute in defining the link with technology and the architecture landscape, including organization, information, and infrastructure & applications.

• Quickly understand a client’s (IT) operating model, including the organizational structure, processes, and governance.

• Assess our client’s key IT strengths and weaknesses, based on rigorous analysis and technology & industry knowledge.

• Create blueprints & recommendations and contribute in translating them in actionable roadmaps for complex and large technology environments – building future-proof architectures using modern technologies like cloud, edge computing, next-gen connectivity, event streaming, platform architectures and more.

• Throughout the strategy definition, function as a guardian of the architecture to make sure that e.g. initiatives & roadmap build-up comply with the set guidelines without jeopardizing business objectives.

• Participate to C-level communications by developing consistent and compelling storylines.

• Guide our clients through the transformation program to successfully implement their strategies.

Your Team

Our consultants in Strategy & Consulting are changing businesses every day using deep industry insights, knowledge and innovative ideas. Positioned at the crucial intersection of business, technology and industry, we devise creative new strategies based on trends, insights and data. With an eye for competitive advantage, digital disruption, operating models and the future workforce, we take on the challenge of designing and implementing transformative business solutions, using the newest technology.

Our research-based advice and situational analyses enable our clients to act with speed and confidence. Whether we're investigating complex issues or identifying new opportunities, our work always comes down to one thing: unlocking value and creating real, tangible impacts.

Your background:

• A Master's degree

• At least 3-4 years of experience in relevant Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture domains.

• Experience in consulting or customer-facing project-based work

• Knowledge of IT Strategy, IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture frameworks (relevant certifications are a plus).

• Flexible and able to travel when required, within your work-life balance limits.

• Professional proficiency in French, Dutch and English.

• Previous experience in the Health & Public Services or Products industry is a plus.

• Proven experience in at least two of the following domains: Digital Strategy, IT Cost Reduction, IT Infrastructure, IT Security Strategy, ERP ecosystems, cloud strategy, application portfolio optimization, legacy modernization.

• Proven experience in at least one of the following (emerging) technologies: iPaaS, service meshes, event-driven architectures, robotics, artificial intelligence, serverless computing.

• Excellent C-Level communication skills, written and oral

• Strong networking skills, building and growing relationships with senior client stakeholders and addressing their needs pro-actively

• Ability to build, manage and foster a project team.

Our offer:

Accenture is an incredible place to work - and keep learning. By joining us, you’ll become part of a global company with a world-class brand and reputation.  Besides the work we do for our clients, we’re really proud of our vibrant, diverse workplace culture: we believe in openness and honesty, fairness and equality, common sense and realism. We want to get to know the real you and help you explore and grow - whatever it is you're great at. So you will always have lots of learning opportunities (formal and informal) to improve your role-specific skills and expertise.

Besides our high-profile, challenging projects and our nurturing work environment, we offer excellent employee benefits, including:

• 13th month + holiday allowance

• 20 + 12 holidays

• Laptop and smartphone

• Hospitalization insurance and extensive group insurance package

• Bonus program

• Training & learning opportunities

• Green mobility program: e-bikes, public transport, bike 2 work allowance,…

• Flexrewards: decide on your rewards package with our flexible benefits tool

• Discount program: get discounts at your favorite (online) shops

• Employee shares purchase plan

• Eco-cheques

• And many more!