We Are:
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You Are:
The Red Hat Offering Lead – Private AI, Containers & Automation is accountable for shaping, defining, and scaling Accenture’s Red Hat–anchored offerings as a core pillar of clients’ Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, and AI‑enabled transformation journeys.
You own the end‑to‑end offering lifecycle—from strategy and investment prioritization through industrialization, commercialization, and market adoption—ensuring alignment with Accenture Cloud First priorities, Business Groups, Industry Groups, Service Groups, and Geographies.
This is a senior leadership role with strong practitioner credibility, operating as part of a federated community of offering and capability leads across private cloud platforms, containers, automation, and private AI. You actively shape complex client transformations while driving scale, repeatability, and differentiation across industries and regions.
The Work:
Work with practice lead leadership to set the global vision, roadmap, and investment priorities for Red-Hat offerings that will drive the most revenue (Ex: Private AI platforms on OpenShift)
Align the offering to Accenture growth platforms and priority client demand; defining the value proposition, target clients (with market leads), priority industries and competitive differentiation – established overall desirability, feasibility, and viability.
Work with Delivery Leaders to ensure delivery readiness and capabilities are included based on business case and drive scale, repeatability, and differentiation across industries and geographies
Commercialization & Go-to-Market
Business liaison to lock down commercialization including packaging, pricing, and sales motions with proper parts of the firm.
Partner with Sales, Industry Groups, and Geographies to generate pipeline and revenue
Act as executive sponsor and offering SME for priority pursuits and flagship clients
Federated Leadership & Governance
Hire, lead and coordinate Tower Offering Leads across capability domains
Establish governance, operating cadence, and decision rights
Ensure integrated, end-to-end solutions and consistent market messaging
Alliance & Ecosystem Leadership
Serve as Accenture’s global counterpart to RedHat offering leadership
Shape joint strategy, innovation agenda, and co-investment priorities
Influence product roadmaps and accelerate joint solution development
Asset Development & Enablement
Oversee industrialization of reusable assets, accelerators, and delivery models
Ensure offerings are delivery-ready and scalable globally with Delivery and BG Lead
Drive enablement across sales, solutioning, and delivery communities
Strategic Vision
Travel will be required for role. Travel varies between 0-100% depending on client/business needs.
Here’s What You Need:
Minimum 6 years of consulting experience, preferably including strategy, platform, or transformation leadership, with the ability to navigate a highly matrixed organization, align multiple stakeholder groups, and drive measurable outcomes.
Minimum 6 years of experience in technology or digital transformation roles, with strong understanding of private and hybrid cloud platforms, container ecosystems, and automation‑driven operating models.
Minimum 3 years of hands‑on experience with Red Hat technologies, including OpenShift, container platforms, automation, and hybrid cloud architectures, with demonstrated practitioner experience shaping and delivering enterprise‑scale initiatives.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience
Professional Skills Requirement:
Exceptional executive presence, with outstanding communication and presentation skills, and the ability to act as an influential industry evangelist.
Ability to structure and lead story-driven narratives for offerings across industry specializations and technology stacks.
Proven track record of leading large-scale business transformation initiatives driven by technology.
Knowledge of cloud business models, and value realization across public, private, hybrid, and sovereign cloud environments.
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We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 06/23/2026.
Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:
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Washington $141,100 to $311,200
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