Talent Strategy Manager/Senior Manager - Energy or Chem/Nat Resources
Accenture•Chicago, IL
fulltime
Business Development and Sales
5+ years
We are: Talent and Organization, and we help clients reinvent how work gets done in an AI-enabled world. How? We make decisions based on insights, experience, and business strategy. We give people the tools and roadmaps to do their best work. We create digital experiences employees love. And we teach companies how to grow great, forward-thinking leaders and teams. Our approach and our people put us at the front of the pack for workforce reinvention and Human+Machine strategy. We help clients with workforce reinvention, AI-enabled operating models, role redesign, skills for the machine age, and driving change at enterprise scale. Visit us here to find out more about Talent and Organization.
You are: A workforce reinvention strategist who balances thinking and doing. You know that the world is changing and that companies need to change too – connecting business and talent strategies at a global scale. You seek to understand client workforces and help them reinvent how work gets done—moving from analysis to action, from insight to implementation. You leverage AI and analytics to craft talent strategies and new skilling approaches that fit a client’s unique needs. In fact, your experience in the field makes you a leader that people look to for advice while your people and storytelling skills mean you have no problem helping clients understand their choices.
As a Manager, you have proven experience to design and lead our best teams to solve complex workforce reinvention challenges—and you drive on-the-ground change, not just analyze it.
The work:
Use data and analytics to drive insights to shape experience led end to end Workforce Reinvention programs for Digital, Cloud, Enterprise Wide and Support Functions
Manage project teams to use data collection and assessment tools for identifying AI and automation impact on roles, task-level opportunities for Human+Machine collaboration, and transformation pathways at the organization and individual level and the web of associated changes that power these impacts to create meaningful organizational value
Manage project teams to craft workforce reinvention strategies that highlight future role and work implications for the enterprise, business function and workforce
Collaborate with Ecosystem Alliance Partners using Gen AI, agentic AI, and automation technologies to design solutions that reshape how work gets done across human and machine workers
Work with clients and use data to identify how roles must evolve, what work should shift to machines, and what uniquely human capabilities to build and why for each direction
Design AI-enabled operating models where humans focus on judgment, creativity, and exceptions while machines handle routine processing and pattern recognition
Co-create and support enterprise-wide reinvention conversations that connect workforce transformation to business strategy and value creation
Design and drive change programs that move organizations from analysis to action—helping leaders adopt new ways of working and manage blended human-machine teams
Lead authentically and with a people-first mindset that fosters inclusivity and celebrates diversity. Mentor team members, providing them with experiences to continually learn and grow
Manage and support business development efforts, including Statements of Work (SOW), proposal development, and client presentations
Contribute to practice development initiatives including culture building, internal community involvement, capability development, recruiting, and whitepapers
Travel: This role typically requires 50-80% travel to client sites, with flexibility based on project needs and client preferences.
Here’s what you need:
Minimum of 4 years of experience in four or more of the following areas:
Human Capital Strategy
Talent & Workforce Analytics
Strategic Workforce Planning
Future Workforce
Talent Management Lifecycle
AI-Enabled Workforce Transformation/Reinvention
Workforce Reinvention
Digital and Cloud Workforce Transformation
Functional Workforce Transformations (i.e.; IT, Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing)
Architecting Value
Minimum of 4 years of consulting experience or equivalent
Bachelor's degree
Minimum of 4 years of experience developing talent strategies and transformational programs
Minimum of 2 years of experience in energy or chemicals/natural resources
Minimum of 4 years of experience working in cross functional teams composed of Strategy, Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing practices
Minimum of 2 years of experience with AI and automation technologies (Gen AI, agentic AI, RPA, intelligent automation) and their application to workforce transformation and operating model redesign
Bonus points if:
Experience in other related areas such as Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, Employee Experience, Transformational Change Management, Culture Change, and/or Agile Organization Development
MBA or graduate-level degree in Business, Organization Development, or related field
Experience leading AI adoption programs, organizational change for automation, or Human+Machine operating model design
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
Proficiency with data visualization applications (Tableau, PowerBI)
Proficiency with AI enabled capabilities (i.e.; OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) including context drafting and prompt engineering and design)
Strong organizational and analytical skills
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