Digital Commerce Delivery Lead
Accenture
Digital Commerce Delivery Lead
Accenture
Advises businesses and runs their technology
Role- Digital Commerce Delivery Lead
Location- London
Level- Manager
Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients by combining creativity, technology, and data-driven intelligence. Within Song, ourDigitalCommercedeliverypractice helpsorganisationsdesign, build, and scale modern digital commerce ecosystems — embedding Generative AI and Agentic AI into commerce to enable real-timepersonalisation, autonomous merchandising, and intelligent customer engagement at scale.
We are entering an exciting era of agentic commerce — where AI agents, conversational interfaces, and intelligent systems are reshaping how people discover, evaluate, and buy online. We are looking for experienced delivery leaders who areenergisedby this shift and want to lead theprogrammesthat make it real for our clients.
You are an experienced commerce delivery manager witha track recordof leading end-to-end implementationprogrammes— from platformselectionand architecture through to go-live and valuerealisation. You have hands-on experience delivering major commerce platformprogrammes(e.g.Commercetools, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce) and are building a growing capability in agentic AI — whether through delivering agentic features on top of commerce platforms, or through implementing AI-native capabilities on cloud platforms such as Google Cloud or AWS.
You are as comfortable owning a deliveryprogrammeas you are shaping the approach with a client. You lead multi-disciplinary teams, manageriskand pace, and hold yourself accountable for quality outcomes. You bring strong client relationships and the credibility tooperateat senior stakeholder level — and you are excited about what the next era of commerce will demandofyou and your clients.
Key Responsibilities
Owning end-to-end delivery of commerce transformationprogrammes— from discovery and architecture through build, testing, and go-live — ensuringprogrammesare on time, on budget, and delivering against agreed outcomes
Leading the technical and functional delivery of major commerce platform implementations, including composable and headless architectures built on platforms such asCommercetools, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, or MACH-aligned stacks
Defining delivery approaches,programmestructures, and workstream plans that are executable, well-governed, and appropriately resourced across engineering, solution architecture, QA, and integration
Leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams — including engineers, architects, QA, and third-party partners — creating the conditions for high performance and clear accountability
Managing client relationships atprogrammeand senior stakeholder level, providing transparency on progress, risks, and decisions, and building trust through consistent delivery
Overseeing the integration of commerce platforms with surrounding enterprise systems — including CRM, CDP, OMS, payments, PIM, and search — and ensuring architecture decisions are sound, scalable, and fit for purpose
Leading the delivery of agentic commerce capabilities — including AI-poweredpersonalisation, conversational commerce, intelligent search, and autonomous merchandising — integrated into commerce platforms or built on cloud AI services (e.g.Google Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI)
Driving build vs. buy decisions across commerce platforms, AI orchestration frameworks, and supporting infrastructure, bringing a point of view grounded in delivery experience
Embedding responsible AI and governance principles into agentic deliveryprogrammes— including auditability, explainability, and human-in-the-loop mechanisms
Contributing to Accenture Song's commerce delivery capability — including shaping accelerators, reusable assets, delivery standards, and points of view that advance our market position
Supporting the growth and development of delivery talent within the team, providing hands-oncoachingand creating development opportunities for consultants and engineers
Required Experience
~8 years of professional experience in technology delivery, witha track recordof leading end-to-end implementationprogrammesat pace and scale
Strong understanding of commerce platform architecture — including API-led and microservices-based design, headless and composable patterns, and integration with enterprise systems
Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary delivery teams — including engineers, architects, QA, and third-party partners — across complex, multi-workstreamprogrammes
Experience managing senior client stakeholders — able to build trust, communicate delivery status with clarity, and navigate competing priorities and risks
Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) as deployment and infrastructure environments for commerce and AI systems
Demonstrable interest in agentic commerce and AI — through delivery of AI-powered features, proof of concepts, or a developed understanding of how agentic capabilities integrate with commerce platforms
Strong communicationand leadership skills — able to set direction, hold teams accountable, and represent delivery credibly at C-suite level
Preferred Experience
Hands-on experience delivering agentic AI capabilities on cloud platforms — such as Google Vertex AI Agent Builder, AWS Bedrock, or Azure OpenAI
Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks and tooling — such asLangGraph,LangChain,LlamaIndex, orCrewAI— and how they are applied
Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures, vector databases, and LLM-powered applications as part of a commerce or customer technologyprogramme
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines,containerisation, and cloud-native deployment practices for production commerce and AI systems
What’s in it for you:
Our Total Rewardsconsist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as:
Up to 30 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice.
Family-friendly and flexible work policies.
Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources.
Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support.
Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling.
A range of generous Parental Leave offerings.
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.
Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.
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