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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Tolling Technology Principal Director

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$138.8k - $413.6k/yr+ Bonus opportunities
Expert
Bachelor's, Associate's
Boston, MA, USA+42 moreMore locations: Seattle, WA, USA | Orlando, FL, USA | Houston, TX, USA | Des Moines, IA, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Detroit, MI, USA | Cleveland, OH, USA | Bentonville, AR, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Miami, FL, USA | Morristown, NJ, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Raleigh, NC, USA | Redmond, WA, USA | Philadelphia, PA, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | Arlington County, Arlington, VA, USA | St. Louis, MO, USA | Milwaukee, WI, USA | Carmel, IN, USA | Beaverton, OR, USA | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Sacramento, CA, USA | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | Kirkland, WA, USA | Albany, NY, USA | Scottsdale, AZ, USA | Columbus, OH, USA | Hartford, CT, USA | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | New York, NY, USA | Minneapolis, MN, USA | Denver, CO, USA | Mountain View, CA, USA | Atlanta, GA, USA | San Diego, CA, USA | St. Petersburg, FL, USA | Cincinnati, OH, USA | Overland Park, KS, USA
In PersonTravel may be required; amount varies from 0% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.
ConsultingTechnology & Systems Consulting
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of 12 years of experience in tolling technology, electronic toll collection, transportation systems integration, back-office platforms, roadside technology, or a closely related infrastructure technology field.
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience leading large-scale tolling technology modernization programs, systems integration delivery organizations, technology consulting engagements, or complex multi-vendor implementation programs.
  • Demonstrated experience managing executive client relationships and engaging with C-suite, agency, authority, or senior public-sector leaders.
  • Demonstrated experience shaping business opportunities, strategic pursuits, proposals, or market growth initiatives.
  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 12 years of work experience; alternatively, an associate's degree with a minimum of 6 years of work experience.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the growth and expansion of the Smart Mobility Hub tolling technology portfolio across North America, focusing on back-office modernization, roadside systems, and interoperability platforms.
  • Develop and maintain executive relationships with tolling agencies, transportation authorities, state departments of transportation, concessionaires, and infrastructure operators.
  • Originate, qualify, shape, and support closure of strategic tolling technology opportunities, including back-office platform replacements, multi-lane free-flow deployments, interoperability integrations, and end-to-end system modernizations.
  • Serve as an executive sponsor and delivery advisor for complex modernization programs, overseeing outcomes, governance, financial performance, risk, and client satisfaction.
  • Lead and grow the customer service operations technology practice within the tolling portfolio, encompassing contact center platforms, customer relationship management systems, self-service digital channels, workforce management tools, omnichannel customer engagement, and artificial-intelligence-powered service automation.
  • Shape technology offerings across tolling back-office modernization, including customer service centers, violations, and collections; roadside and multi-lane free-flow systems; electronic payment and account management platforms; customer service operations technology; interoperability hubs; revenue assurance; cybersecurity; data analytics; and artificial intelligence and machine learning enablement for tolling operations.
  • Build reusable Smart Mobility Hub technology assets, reference architectures, delivery methods, accelerators, tolling platform solution narratives, and industry credentials to accelerate client pursuits.
  • Collaborate across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, Song, and ecosystem partners to create integrated client solutions.
  • Lead industry thought leadership through client forums, conferences, associations, publications, and executive roundtables.
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop tolling technology practitioners, including systems architects, integration engineers, and platform specialists, while strengthening succession planning and technical industry capability.
  • Bring disciplined portfolio management, forecasting, and operational governance to pursuits and delivery programs.
  • Travel as required; travel may range from 0% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.
Desired Qualifications
  • Leadership of major transportation technology portfolios or multi-program delivery organizations with profit-and-loss, forecasting, margin, or cash-flow accountability.
  • Hands-on experience with electronic toll collection technology, commercial or operational back-office systems, multi-lane free-flow or all-electronic tolling roadside deployments, transponder and license plate recognition systems, interoperability protocols such as E-ZPass and ETAN, violations processing, collections workflow, or revenue assurance platforms.
  • Experience with public-private partnerships, concessions, design-build, or multidisciplinary system integration programs.
  • Experience applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, computer vision, cloud-native architectures, or enterprise platforms to improve tolling technology delivery, revenue optimization, or operational performance.
  • Experience leading project management office transformation, enterprise resource planning adoption, enterprise governance, organizational change, or workforce development.
  • Active participation or leadership in IBTTA, ITS America, AASHTO, or related transportation industry organizations.
  • An advanced degree or relevant certifications such as Project Management Professional, Program Management Professional, Scaled Agile Framework, or equivalent.

About the company

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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