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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Program/Project Management Representative

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or an MBA, PGDM, or equivalent management qualification.
  • At least 7.5 years of experience is required.
  • Alternatively, 8–10 years of overall IT industry experience through a traditional career progression path with hands-on experience in software development, business analysis, testing, delivery, or related technology roles before transitioning into project management; or 3–5 years of relevant project management experience supported by an MBA, PGDM, or equivalent management qualification.
  • Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle and project management methodologies.
  • Experience managing projects using Traditional (Waterfall), Agile (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban), and Hybrid delivery models.
  • Proven experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and quality.
  • Experience leading cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
  • Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent.
  • Ability to drive delivery governance, reporting, and performance management.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver business and technology outcomes for assigned programs, projects, or contracted services using standard tools, methodologies, and processes to deliver, monitor, and control service level agreements.
  • Lead end-to-end planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure of technology projects.
  • Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, success criteria, timelines, and delivery roadmaps.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and governance mechanisms.
  • Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and escalations to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
  • Drive project execution using Agile, Traditional, or Hybrid delivery approaches based on business and project needs.
  • Coordinate and lead cross-functional teams including business, architecture, development, testing, infrastructure, security, and operations teams.
  • Establish and manage project governance forums, steering committee meetings, status reviews, and stakeholder communications.
  • Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business outcome targets.
  • Ensure alignment between business objectives, customer expectations, and delivery commitments.
  • Track and report project KPIs, milestones, financials, risks, and overall delivery health.
  • Foster collaboration, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement across delivery teams.
  • Drive proactive issue resolution and decision-making to maintain delivery momentum.
  • Support organizational transformation initiatives through adoption of modern delivery practices and effective ways of working.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational standards, governance processes, and quality requirements.

Desired Qualifications

  • PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master, SAFe certifications, or equivalent.
  • Exposure to Product Operating Models and Agile ways of working.
  • Understanding of OKRs, KPIs, Value Realization, and Evidence-Based Management.
  • Experience managing Digital Transformation, Cloud, AI, Automation, or Modern Engineering programs.
  • Financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and vendor management experience.
  • Experience working in global delivery environments and matrix organizations.

About the Company

Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

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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