Data Strategy Architect - Metadata, Governance, MDM, ETL
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Are you ready to step up to the New and take your technology expertise to the next level?

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements, in conjunction with the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value, provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

People in our Client Delivery & Operations career track drive delivery and capability excellence through the design, development and/ or delivery of a solution, service, capability or offering. They grow into delivery-focused roles, and can progress within their current role, laterally or upward. We partner with our clients to help transform their data into an 'Appreciating Business Asset.'

As part of our Data Business Group, you will lead technology innovation for our clients through robust delivery of world-class solutions. You will build better software better! There will never be a typical day and that's why people love it here. The opportunities to make a difference within exciting client initiatives are unlimited in the ever-changing technology landscape. You will be part of a highly collaborative and growing network of technology and data experts, who are taking on today's biggest, most complex business challenges using the latest data and analytics technologies. We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. Come grow your career in Technology at Accenture!

Key Responsibilities

* Work with the Business and IT stakeholders to understand their vision and challenges
* Conduct a detailed assessment of data landscape including data platforms, technology architecture, data flows, data consumption, data integration and document current state
* Understand pain points in current state
* Develop future state architecture and process/data flows to realize the modern data strategy
* Architect modern data supply chain and evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies
* Guide decisioning of cloud vs on-premise environments and assist with cloud service provider selection
* Document and present data strategy to clients, gain buy in, and grow strategic relationships
* Assist in development of capability roadmap
* Participate in setting objectives, scope and develop a roadmap for the data initiatives that support the client leadership in meeting their objectives
* Own the technical relationship with the client, be a technical subject matter expert and principle data evangelist across the planning effort that intersect the data discipline
* Educate clients and internal constituents on the available technologies and general best practices
* Help building a team by mentoring junior practitioners as they build complex strategy and solutions
* Provide specialized expertise, cross-industry perspective, and Thought Leadership in Big Data, Cloud, EIM and other Next Generation technology offerings
* Provide pre-sales support across clients