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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Growth & Commercial Strategy Manager - Consumer Goods & Services

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
MBA
Heredia Province, Belén, Costa Rica
Hybrid
ConsultingStrategy & Management Consulting

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 10 years of post-MBA experience is required.
  • A consulting background is required.
  • Experience building and running a team is essential.
  • An MBA from a Tier 1 or Tier 2 business school is required.
  • Professional working proficiency in English is required.
  • Availability to travel may be required.
  • The role requires people leadership, including building teams, developing talent, and motivating people in a large global organization.
  • The role requires program and delivery leadership to run complex programs end to end and manage quality, scope, and timelines.
  • The role requires executive communication and storytelling, including presentation and public-speaking skills with senior client and internal stakeholders.
  • The role requires analytical rigor and the ability to ground decisions in data-driven insight.
  • The role requires adaptability in a fast-changing environment where continuous innovation is expected.
  • The role requires cross-cultural competence to collaborate across onshore, nearshore, and onsite teams.
Responsibilities
  • Build and grow the CG&S team in the Costa Rica Global Network node by hiring, onboarding, and establishing the capability mix needed to serve clients across the Americas.
  • Lead, coach, and develop consultants; set performance expectations, manage staffing and utilization, run career development, and build a strong team culture.
  • Establish delivery standards, quality controls, knowledge assets, and reusable accelerators that scale across engagements.
  • Own delivery quality across engagements and provide strategy leadership on complex growth and commercial transformations throughout the lifecycle.
  • Design growth and market-entry strategies for consumer goods brands across emerging and developed markets in the Americas.
  • Optimize route-to-market and distributor management models to improve reach, service levels, and efficiency.
  • Shape pricing and revenue growth strategies, including price-pack architecture, mix, promotion effectiveness, and channel economics.
  • Bring data- and AI-driven insight to demand forecasting, territory planning, and sales execution.
  • Support sales and origination across Market Units by working with account and Market Unit teams on proposals, solution plans, and delivery approaches for growth engagements.
  • Lead or own end-to-end proposal responses as solution owner, shaping the pursuit and the commercial and delivery model.
  • Develop offerings and points of view that strengthen the CG&S growth proposition and build the node’s pipeline.
  • Build senior client and internal relationships that generate repeat and expansion work.
Desired Qualifications
  • Consumer Goods & Services industry experience, either operating or consulting, is a strong plus.
  • Global, multi-market delivery experience across geographies or Market Units is a plus, but not a requirement.

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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What believers are saying

  • Business demand grew: October 2026 results showed $74.2 billion annual revenue, up 5% in local currency.
  • Eligible US employees buy discounted stock: Accenture's purchase plan sells shares at 15% below market price.
  • Client relationships run deep: Accenture has worked with 195 of its top 200 customers for more than ten years.

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  • Bookings are not guaranteed revenue: most Accenture contracts let clients cancel quickly with little or no penalty.
  • Promotions require AI adoption: Accenture's CEO said in March 2026 that employees must use its tools effectively.
  • Federal hiring practices proved costly: Accenture settled discrimination allegations for $25 million in September 2026, without a liability finding.

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  • Its AI platform switches models: AI Refinery selects among prebuilt models according to cost, performance and other requirements.
  • Accenture owns specialist Microsoft expertise: it cofounded the Microsoft-focused Avanade consultancy with the software maker.
  • Consulting includes creative agencies: Accenture Song owns businesses spanning advertising, digital product design and customer engagement.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Professional Development Budget
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match

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