Mobilization Specialist

Description

Organization:  Services/Mobilization

Location:  Location negotiable in the U.S., as long as near major airport and Ok with 100% travel

 

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The primary objectives of North American Mobilization Team (NAMT) are to prepare an Application Outsourcing, Infrastructure Outsourcing or Business Process Outsourcing arrangement to meet its financial, operational and contractual obligations, and translate business benefits made during the selling cycle into commercially realistic initiatives.  NAMT accomplishes this through:

?Planning and managing Due Diligence activities
?Modeling, planning and implementing Service Transitions
?Modeling, planning and initiating Solution Realization/Service Transformation/Service Transformation efforts
 
The primary role of this position is to plan, manage and implement Mobilization work for large and complex new Outsourcing engagements.

?Supporting Mobilization Leads and Solution Architects on Deal Shape teams by creating response materials
?Supporting the Due Diligence lead in the planning and organizing of Due Diligence activities
?Supporting the Transition Program Manager in the estimation of costs and developing work plans for a work stream
?Managing the development and deployment of Transition deliverables associated with establishing one or more of the following:
 Service Management frameworks and Service Level Agreements
 Unit operations operating plans, fundamental operating processes, and basic performance metrics
 Technology connectivity to email systems and Accenture portals
 The work environment for the newly formed unit 
?Planning and participating in Transition events

?Managing the deployment of automated AO solutions

?Participation in Due Diligence and Solution Realization/Service Transformation activities

 Secondary Tasks are:

 ?Contributing to capability development for NAMT and global Mobilization to include methods and tools developments and updates

 

Responsibilities Include:

?Supporting global Outsourcing initiatives
?Adhering to and implementing, Mobilization methods and tools
?Effectively lead/manage a team
?Evaluate direct reports, may review and provide input into the evaluations of others
?Taking ownership and proactively managing personal career development
?Contributing to Mobilization capabilities to include method development, asset development, knowledge capital harvesting, and participating in a

Mobilization Capability Committee
?Advocating NAMT capabilities as a critical Accenture function that bridges selling to successful delivery. 
?Making decisions, some complex in nature, with concern for impact on others, but predominately affecting own area of control.
?Providing and implementing workable solutions to business issues .

?Performing complex tasks and participating in complex cross-area/function activities.
?Conducting work planning, estimation and prioritization to optimize performance of resources.
?Applying advanced analytical skills in assessing concepts and alternative solutions.

?Managing effective internal and external client relationships within own area responsibility

?Optimizing the contribution of Mobilization team members through coaching, counseling and mentoring activities.

 

 

Qualifications

?2 - 5 years experience as a team member, or team lead, of a service transition work stream for Application Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing or Infrastructure Outsourcing

?Bachelors degree

?Experience developing and managing Performance Measurement Tools such as Balanced Scorecards, Service Level Agreement reports, or operational performance dashboards
?Experience in successfully planning and implementing industry capability models such as the CMM, CMMI, eSCM, ITIL, and CoBiT
?Certification as a CMM, CMMI, or eSCM assessor
?Six Sigma Black Belt certification
?Technology background to include package tool configuration and/or technical architecture development

?Business Process Skills to include a working knowledge in a functional area such as supply chain, customer relationship management, finance & accounting, human resources, and e-learning, etc.

 

?Experience in one or more of the following operational areas:
Service management
Process analysis and development

Application development and/or maintenance, of packaged or custom systems

Technology infrastructure management and/or technology and systems architecture design
?Project Management skills, including, the ability to work and plan effectively with minimal direction in ambiguous situations, and manage the implementation of the plan.

 

General Skills/Background:
?Highly flexible, adaptable, and creative.
?Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building and professionalism

?Comfortable interacting with executives from both Accenture and the client.
?Strong leadership skills and supervisory responsibility.
?Ability to influence team members at all levels.
?Strong interest in driving change.
? Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
? Excellent negotiation, influence, mediation & conflict management skills
? Excellent business acumen and industry acumen

 

100% travel required, with opportunities/potential for international travel.  Location flexible within the U.S.

 

Our people are our most important asset and we invest considerable resources to provide on-going training that builds and extends professional, technical and management skills in all areas. Your learning program will be determined by the requirements of your specific role but will usually involve specialized skills as well as personal and leadership development. You will work with your manager to determine what skills you need and how to build them.


Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.  Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance.  With more than 123,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$15.55 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2005.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

 

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Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

 

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

 

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.