RIS Solution Architect Associate Director

Management Level

Open across multiple levels.

To be determined based on candidate experience, capability, and overall fit

Location

Any Accenture Location

Priority Skills

Solution Architecture | Solution Planning | Presales | Client Advisory | Commercial Solutioning | Adobe | Salesforce | Martech | Commerce Platforms | CRM Transformation | Customer Experience

Must Have Skills

Solution Architecture, Solution Planning, Presales & Pursuit Support, Client Advisory, Commercial Solutioning, RFP/RFI/RFQ Management, Estimation & Pricing Support, Stakeholder Management, Digital Transformation, Business Consulting

Good to Have Skills

Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Commerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, SAP Hybris/SAP Commerce, Shopify Plus, Martech Platforms, Customer Data Platforms, Customer Experience Platforms, CRM Transformation, Omnichannel Commerce Solutions

Job Summary

Accenture SONG is seeking Solution Architects and Solution Planners who can operate at the intersection of business consulting, technology strategy, solution architecture, client advisory, and commercial solutioning. The role requires professionals who can shape, position, influence, and govern complex transformation opportunities by bringing together business objectives, technology solutions, commercial considerations, and delivery capabilities. The successful candidate will work closely with clients, sales teams, delivery organizations, pricing teams, business stakeholders, and technology leaders to develop compelling, scalable, and commercially viable solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities

Solution Strategy & Architecture: Design end-to-end solutions, define roadmaps, and ensure alignment of business and technology goals. Business Consulting & Advisory: Engage stakeholders, understand business challenges, and advise on transformation strategy. Presales & Pursuit Support: Lead or support RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, proposals, workshops, and solution defense activities. Commercial Solutioning: Support estimation, pricing, staffing strategies, and business case development. Stakeholder Management: Collaborate across sales, delivery, technology, and client teams. Solution Governance: Identify risks, dependencies, assumptions, and ensure solution viability.

Professional & Technical Skills

Enterprise Solution Architecture, Digital Transformation Architecture, Customer Experience Architecture, Commerce Architecture, CRM Transformation, Omnichannel Experience Design, Presales Leadership, Proposal Development, Solution Positioning, Effort Estimation, Commercial Modeling, Pricing Support, Client Workshops, Solution Defense, Adobe Ecosystem, Salesforce Ecosystem, Martech Platforms, Customer Data Platforms, Customer Journey Platforms.

Hiring Considerations

Profiles primarily focused on infrastructure management, cloud migration delivery, application support, testing management, program governance, engineering management, or operational support without meaningful solution planning and presales exposure may not align with the core intent of this role.

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Experience

8–20+ years of relevant experience in Solution Architecture, Solution Planning, Presales, Digital Transformation Consulting, Client Advisory, or Commercial Solutioning roles

Educational Qualification

Bachelor's Degree / Graduation Required

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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