We Are
Accenture is recognized as a global leader in cloud transformation, helping businesses across industries migrate, manage, and optimize their cloud environments. Through partnerships with leading cloud providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, Accenture offers end-to-end services that drive innovation and business agility.
The Cloud Advisory Practice focuses on helping organizations define, plan, and implement innovative cloud strategies that drive business value. Leveraging deep expertise across cloud platforms and technologies, this practice works collaboratively with clients to design scalable, secure, and resilient cloud environments. The practice offers guidance in key areas such as modern cloud foundation, security and resiliency, full-stack FinOps, and cloud-native development approaches, ensuring that clients achieve agility, operational efficiency, and long-term growth. By aligning cloud initiatives with business goals, the practice helps organizations realize the full potential of cloud innovation while navigating industry-specific challenges and regulations.
The Work
As a Cloud Strategy and Advisory Manager, you will guide organizations through complex cloud transformations. With a proven track record in both stakeholder relationship management and cloud strategy definition, you will ensure that cloud strategies are aligned with broader business goals. You will lead cloud projects, from strategy development to execution, ensuring that solutions meet security, scalability, and financial targets, while working effectively in uncertain, dynamic environments.
Professional Skills Requirements
As part of this role, you are expected to have:
The ability to explain IaC to customers, including concepts such as:
Pipelines
Mutable vs Immutable infrastructure
The difference between IaC, CI/CD, and DevSecOps
Experience explaining complex technical concepts to an executive/non-technical audience. Example: Explaining the benefits and draw backs of various cloud and infrastructure design choices to senior IT leadership (CIO or VP level)
Deep knowledge of one or more industry areas (e.g. Hospitality, Banking, Aerospace, Retail, Supply Chain)
An understanding of Infrastructure and Cloud outsourcing
Strong Critical Thinking, Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills. You will be expected to communicate business value for all technical solutions all the way to the C-Suite in some cases.
Demonstrated leadership, comradery, and teamwork in a multi-cultural professional setting
Experience working in a technology environment in designing and implementing solutions that meet the business need within project timelines
Provided estimations, project plans and resource requirements for designed solutions
Led and guided technical leads, engineers and developers according to architecture and have conducted technical review
Travel may be required for this role.  The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.
Key Areas of Expertise:
Cloud Strategy, Cloud Advisory, Cloud Transformation, Cloud Optimization
Cloud Solutions Design, Applications Cloud Architecture, Application Integration
IT Infrastructure, Datacenters, Network, Edge
IT Operating Model, FinOps
IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OCI, ServiceNow
IT Security and Compliance
Project and Program Management
Data & AI, Snowflake, Fabric, Databricks
Cloud Automation, DevSecOps