Technical Architect & Delivery Lead

We are: The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) are the engine for reinvention in our clients’ transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000 people across 24 countries, ATCs provide our clients with seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions. Stronger together! The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make a tremendous impact in solving our clients’ business problems by leveraging innovation, intelligence, industry insights, new IT, and new technology skills. With the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges, and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients. The value for our clients and our people: For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world. For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world’s most complex client challenges. You Are: We are seeking an Associate Director, Technical Architecture & Delivery to set the architecture vision and lead delivery for enterprise-scale software and platform solutions. This role combines senior architectural ownership with accountability for Agile delivery outcomes. You will lead architects, engineers, and delivery teams, act as a trusted technology advisor to senior stakeholders, and make sure strategy translates into predictable, high-quality delivery. Architecture & Technical Leadership • Set and own the architecture vision, roadmap, and technical strategy for enterprise software platforms, shared services, and applications across multiple portfolios or product lines. • Define target-state and transition architectures, including system decomposition, integration patterns, and data flows. • Lead build/buy/reuse decisions and clearly articulate trade-offs, risks, cost, and dependencies to senior leadership. • Establish and enforce architecture standards and governance, including security, scalability, performance, resilience, and operability. Chair architecture review boards and design authorities. • Act as a senior technology advisor to business and technology executives, translating business objectives into pragmatic, outcome-driven solutions. • Facilitate architecture workshops, design reviews, and technical discussions to drive alignment and decision-making across teams. • Evaluate emerging technologies, including Generative and Agentic AI, and shape adoption strategy with responsible AI considerations. Agile Delivery Leadership • Serve as the delivery lead for programs and platforms, accountable for scope, schedule, quality, and outcomes across multiple Agile teams. • Partner with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and engineering leads to shape roadmaps, prioritize backlogs, and plan releases and program increments (e.g., SAFe, scaled Agile). • Track and report delivery health using metrics such as velocity, predictability, cycle time, defect trends, and DORA metrics. Escalate and resolve risks, blockers, and cross-team dependencies early. • Manage delivery budgets, capacity, and resource planning in partnership with finance and account teams. • Partner with engineering, DevOps, QA, and operations to ensure solutions are implementable, production-ready, and continuously improved. • Foster a culture of continuous delivery, automation, and shared ownership of quality. People & Organizational Leadership • Lead, coach, and develop senior engineers, architects, and delivery managers. Build succession and a strong talent pipeline. • Promote consistency, best practices, and engineering excellence across teams. • Manage client relationships at portfolio level. • Communicate progress, risks, and decisions clearly to executive stakeholders. This is a hybrid role requiring four days per week in the office. Hiring location is Columbus, OH. Here's what you need: • A minimum of 12 years of experience in software engineering, with significant architecture ownership and a track record of influencing technical decisions across multiple teams and senior stakeholders. • A minimum of 5 years designing enterprise-scale software or platform solutions as a Technical Architect or in an equivalent role, with a strong understanding of modern architecture patterns (micro-frontends, microservices, event-driven, API-first, domain-driven design). • A minimum of 5 years leading Agile delivery for multi-team programs, with demonstrated ownership of delivery outcomes, roadmaps, and stakeholder communication. • 1–2 leadership roles involving AI projects in the last two years, in a Delivery Lead capacity. • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience.) Bonus points if: • Experience building or leading platform-grade capabilities (API platforms, integration layers, workflow/automation platforms, shared services). • Strong experience with cloud-native architectures, managed cloud services, and containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm). • Expertise in API and integration patterns (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, API gateways, OAuth2/JWT). • Experience with DevOps and platform engineering practices (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated deployments). • Familiarity with event-driven architectures, observability, monitoring, and operational readiness. • Understanding of Generative and Agentic AI concepts, including LLMs, embeddings, prompt engineering, and responsible AI. • Experience with GenAI tools and platforms (e.g., enterprise copilots, LLM APIs, vector databases, RAG-based architectures). Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to