Salesforce Utilities Delivery Lead

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

12/6/2024

Role Title: Salesforce Delivery Lead (Utilities Industry)

Location: United Kingdom – London or Manchester

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Senior Manager/Associate Director

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.

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About the Accenture Salesforce Business Group:

Accenture has established a global commitment to Salesforce called the Salesforce Business Group (SFBG); a focused executive-level effort between Salesforce and Accenture, to turbo-charge our joint business, and deliver outstanding customer experiences for our clients. You will be part of an exciting environment – we have the energy and pace of a start-up, merged with the stability of a well-established Salesforce capability (Accenture has been delivering Salesforce-powered transformation for over 15 years).

The Accenture Salesforce Business Group exists to help our clients create the best customer and employee experiences on the planet. We do this by leveraging the best aspects of our deep knowledge of how to modernise organisations' selling, service and operational functions across all key industries. With deep knowledge in the power of Salesforce’s multiple cloud offerings, we help clients transform their employee and customer experiences. We believe that for organisations to be digital on the outside they must first optimise how they run their business with a clean digital core on which to conduct their operations. As a major global user of Salesforce ourselves we lead by example and are a great example of how we have modernised our sales, forecasting and commercial governance with Salesforce tools.

You will learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success and diverse ways of thinking. It is in that way we believe that our customers get the best results from their partnership with us. 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. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

As a Salesforce Utilities Delivery Lead, you will:

Work as part of an integrated Accenture and client team, defining, designing, delivering and deploying leading Salesforce-based solutions to our Utilities clients

Develop your leadership and consulting skills whilst delivering Salesforce at scale, to deliver measurable client value in some of the most dynamic and challenging environments

Support pre-sales activities including shaping and presenting solutions, and defining delivery approach, plan, staffing and estimates

Develop further skills in Salesforce, project management, client engagement, and solutions through hands-on experience and training

Manage project stakeholders, resources, financials, risks and issues

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

Direct client-facing Salesforce Utilities consulting experience

Proven hands-on experience managing scaled delivery of integrated Salesforce through multiple project lifecycles

Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with a focus on building and maintaining long-lasting client relationships

Demonstrates leadership and management abilities, with a customer-oriented approach

Ability to engage with clients at all levels in a business-centric, business outcome-oriented dialogue

Proven experience in managing and fostering a team-oriented environment, with a passion for mentoring and developing Salesforce practitioners

Desire to mentor, teach, and help develop the next generation of Salesforce delivery leads

Ability to work creatively and analytically in problem-solving environments, thriving in dynamic, collaborative teams

Set yourself apart :

Field Service & Workforce Management specific knowledge and experience

Pre-sales solution planning experience (including solution shaping, delivery estimation and planning)

Salesforce ecosystem knowledge, experience and network

Evidence of bringing emerging solutions and innovations to deliver value for clients

Salesforce Certified

What’s In It For You

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package.

Closing Date for Applications: 31/02/2025

Accenture reserves the right to close the role before this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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