Workplace Technology Solutions Senior Manager, Toronto - ON Job

If you join Accenture you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results. Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

Accenture's Consulting workforce is involved in business consulting, process design work and the application of technologies to business. A career in Consulting is varied and stimulating because each project presents a new challenge and will give you exposure to new clients, business issues, technologies and people. We need people who are able to challenge conventional thought, offer unique perspectives and conceive more innovative solutions for our clients.

Working as a consultant with Accenture, you will build core business, technology and industry expertise helping to deliver world-class business and technology solutions that enable clients to become high performance businesses. Consultants must be professionals who have an interest in how business processes work and interact. In addition, consultants need to apply their skills in project and program management while exhibiting leadership in process re-engineering and implementation of process, technology, and organizational change. Finally, consultants also need to have a working knowledge of the industry and/or the functional areas they serve.

The Consulting workforce is made up of three groups: Management Consulting, Systems Integration Consulting and Technology Consulting. This consulting group structure provides outstanding opportunities to develop highly specialized skills that will help you advance your career.

Job Description

Technology Consulting professionals are responsible for delivering technology innovation and providing the backbone of our systems integration business.

Technology Infrastructure professionals focus on the technology foundation required to enable enterprise/agency-wide applications such as e-mail, voice mail, messaging, security, and database software (for functionally specific applications). They have skills in hardware, common carrier bandwidth, onsite communications equipment, storage, and related software.

Workplace Technology & Collaboration professionals focus on Accenture's end-user computing solutions that deliver a high-performance work environment for organizations. They will work specifically on solution offerings including desktop transformations (including Microsoft, Linux, thin client and self-service), directory services solutions and enterprise messaging offerings (including Exchange migrations, instant messaging, and e-mail archive/retention).

Key responsibilities may include:

· Shaping and leading holistic programs that translate technology shortfalls into transformation programs

· Understanding and articulating the value proposition(s) of various technologies

· Understanding, articulating and driving technology vision into requirements and solutions

· Envisioning new and innovative technology approaches and predicting probable business outcomes

· Leading assessments on high performance IT alternatives (e.g., total cost of ownership, technology value realization)

· Authoring and leading the development of an IT strategy definition for the client, including investment, process and organization

· Developing and articulating winning technology third-party teaming approaches

· Shaping and leading large scale technology design activities

· Maintaining appropriate relationships with and properly utilizing third party alliances and vendors

· Shaping and leading large scale technology build, test and deployment activities

· Assessing and managing risk throughout all aspects of the technology implementation

· Expert in Desktop Management/Deployment, Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC), E-Mail Technologies/Migration and MOSS Deployment

· Experience in Infrastructure Planning and Transformation, Mobility, Messaging, Application Packaging/Rationalization, Microsoft Client Operating System, Linux Client Operating System, Thin Client Technologies/Desktop Virtualization, Directory Services (Microsoft, Novell, SUN), Instant Messaging, Messaging Archival and Retention

· Ability to travel 100%

· Bachelors degree

Professional Skill Requirements

· Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment

· Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

· Desire to work in an information systems environment

· Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

· Excellent leadership and management skills

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With more than 186,000 people in 49 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$23.39 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2008. Its home page is www.accenture.com .

We are committed to employment equity. We encourage all people, including women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities and persons of aboriginal descent to apply.

Job: Technology
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Location: Canada-Ontario - Toronto
Organization: Consulting
Schedule: Full-time

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