Innovation Consulting Manager

About the Role Innovation Consulting Manager at Accenture LLP in Denver, CO, leads end-to-end innovation project delivery for clients, guiding workshops, research, and strategy to drive measurable outcomes. This senior role combines program management, client leadership, and team development to deliver high-impact innovation initiatives. What You'll Do

• Manage innovation project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Develop or update project plans for innovation projects, including project objectives, deliverables, research methods, schedules, funding, and staffing.
• Manage client relationships and design and execute immersive innovation workshops and experiences.
• Design and execute both quantitative and qualitative stakeholder and consumer research studies to extract insights.
• Lead teams of innovation practitioners, guiding team members to synthesize inputs into high quality deliverables and solutions.
• Steer the creation of strategic client deliverables, with an emphasis on quality, storytelling, and actionable recommendations to drive outcomes.
• Participate in all aspects of business development (Point of Views, Request for Proposal intake, proposals, blueprinting, and pitching) to drive practice growth.
• Actively coach and develop our people, advising them to navigate their career journey and actively role model our behaviors and values. What We're Looking For
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Human Computer Interaction, Psychology, or related field.
• 5 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the management consulting industry.
• 5 years of experience in each of the following areas:
• Leveraging Mural and Miro to design and facilitate immersive client sessions.
• Conducting user research through platforms including dScout, Potluc, and Respondent.
• Designing client artifacts using Figma to elevate storytelling and organizational buy-in.
• Conducting pipeline management through PowerBI and Salesforce.
• Applying Generative AI tools to accelerate research synthesis and concept generation for client growth initiatives.
• Building detailed value cases for new innovation initiatives using Microsoft Excel.
• Creating C-Suite narratives to generate support and buy-in for new programs.
• Developing strategies for improving growth and pricing performance for large, global companies, including refining growth opportunities, customer segmentation, loyalty program optimization, pricing policy, and governance.
• Defining strategy, operating model, and recommendations to drive return on investment for innovation initiatives.
• Leveraging Qualtrics quantitative research platform to conduct MaxDiff analysis and create recommendations.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically approximately 80% of the time to meet client needs. Compensation & Benefits
• The offered wage for this role is $141,600.00 per year (USD) in accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act. Benefits information is available here.