Management Consulting Principal Director

Role: Clinical and Operational Transformation Leader Location: London, Manchester, Newcastle  Mobility: Up to 100%  Career Level:  CL5 Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.  We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.   “Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO   As a team:   The Health Industry & Enterprise are working at the centre of high-profile transformations across the healthcare industry. Within the practice, you will work on innovative projects with colleagues and clients to drive excellence from strategy through to implementation, making changes that directly impact citizens and patience. You will be using the latest technologies and methodologies with clients to help them achieve tangible outcomes and accelerate value. Do you want to work in an environment that is cutting-edge, collaborative and challenging, doing work that really matters?  You'll learn, grow and advance in a collaborative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways. At Accenture, you can truly take control of your own career.  If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you.    In our team you will learn:   How to develop and deliver solutions to real world problems, partnering with clients to achieve positive outcomes through collaboration  How to maximise the use of AI & data in everything you do, using this data to drive solutions and tell meaningful stories to our clients  How to lead with user-centricity at the heart of our work  To obsess about driving value for your clients   As a Healthcare Associate Director, you will:   Work on projects across a range of clients delivering services to the public, including the NHS, arms lengths bodies, private health clients, research and regulatory and integrated care systems.  Be the face of Accenture to the client in your engagements, working with senior stakeholders to advise, challenge and coach as needed. Develop detailed understanding of your client’s business and drive issue-based discussions grounded in a clear understanding of client challenges and barriers.  Cultivate trust-based client relationships  Identify and address client business issues through root cause analysis and by applying pragmatic, results-driven problem-solving techniques and creative insights.  Use a human-centred approach to solve problems, frame opportunities, and achieve innovation through collaboration and co-creation.  Own streams of complex work that meets client expectations on delivering value-centric, data-driven outcomes  Lead business development opportunities and prepare sales proposals  Build and manage highly effective teams to help shape and deliver excellence to the client  Be a people leader, creating an environment your people want to work in, and managing the day to day work of your team  We are looking for experience in the following skills:   The most important thing for us is that you display the right attitude. We would like you to actively contribute to our community and clients as a practitioner, think logically to tackle problems and engage others. We want you to be driven to develop yourself and others, an ability to see and articulate the bigger picture of how individual projects and deliverables create value for citizens and a passion for innovation and the latest technology trends. This role will require creative thinking, excellent client communication skills and the ability to identify new innovative ways to apply our skills and services to solve a wider set of client problems.  As well as the above, you should have experience/expertise in a number of the following areas:  Analytical problem solving skills and continuous improvement techniques Strategic thinking skills and the ability to bring insight to complex problems Designing and/or implementing operating models in healthcare Creating and/or managing complex business cases Designing or delivering clinical transformation Working with data in the design or delivery of consulting services in the public sector Working with technology to design or deliver transformation of public services Strong interpersonal skills, with the capability to influence senior stakeholders  Experience of working with public sector clients, either in government departments or health & care clients   Experience driving new business in terms of strategy, relationships and identifying growth opportunities   Experience in project & programme management methodologies and governance – including best practice industry techniques and frameworks (e.g. PRINCE/ MSP)  Experience of delivering projects using Agile techniques and frameworks and the ability to lead Agile teams  Ability to operate at all stages of a project/programme lifecycle, from proposal through to full programme delivery, and experience managing risks and working with senior client partners.   Set yourself apart:   In-depth understanding of the specific gov