Role Purpose

The Talent Solution Architecture Associate Director is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and governing Accenture's Talent proposition across strategic GCC, BOT, Assisted Build-Out and workforce transformation opportunities.

Operating across client strategy, workforce transformation, solution architecture and business development, the role advises senior client and Accenture leaders on how talent can enable GCC establishment, scale and transformation. The role also develops reusable Talent Solution Architecture propositions, raises solution quality and builds capability across the Talent community.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Client Talent Advisory

Serve as a senior Talent advisor for clients establishing, expanding or transforming GCCs.
Translate enterprise strategy and transformation priorities into workforce strategies covering skills, organization capability, workforce economics and talent sustainability.
Influence decisions on location, talent models, workforce mix, transition approaches and capability development.

1. GCC/BOT Talent Architecture

Lead Talent architecture from early qualification through solution development and client decision-making.
Shape integrated strategies across Build, Operate and Transfer/Transformation stages.
Cover talent-market feasibility, location and skills strategy, talent acquisition, workforce planning, compensation, workforce deployment, learning, career architecture, engagement, retention and employee transition.
Ensure Talent solutions align with the overall operating model and commercials.

1. Executive Solutioning & Deal Leadership

Lead Talent strategy for strategic RFPs, RFIs and complex pursuits.
Define the Talent thesis, solution approach and executive storyline.




Guide Talent Solution Architects in developing analyses and solution components.
Represent Talent in solution reviews, deal-shaping forums and senior client presentations.
Challenge assumptions that may create workforce or delivery risks.

1. Talent Economics & Workforce Decisions

Connect Talent strategy to solution economics and feasibility.
Guide assessment of talent supply and demand, location strategy, workforce pyramid, skill mix, compensation, hiring velocity, sourcing strategies, critical-skill premiums, retention, attrition and transition implications.
Translate insights into strategic solution and investment decisions.

1. Cross-Functional Orchestration

Act as the senior Talent integrator across complex opportunities.
Partner with Solution Architecture, Sales, Accounts, Delivery, Talent Acquisition, Staffing, HR, Talent Strategy, Learning, Employee Relations, Compliance, Finance, Commercial and global/onshore teams.
Resolve competing assumptions and drive alignment around client objectives.

1. Client Workshops & Executive Engagement

Shape and lead strategic Talent workshops and discovery sessions.
Establish key hypotheses, workforce requirements and design principles.
Facilitate executive discussions on workforce strategy and transformation choices.
Convert discovery outcomes into explicit solution decisions and actions.

1. Solution Quality & Governance

Provide senior review and challenge for Talent solutions across major pursuits.
Ensure workforce assumptions are evidence-based, executable and commercially viable.
Identify material Talent risks and embed mitigation strategies.

Drive consistency in Talent solution development and serve as an escalation point for complex workforce solutioning.

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