Program Project Management Lead 6548237

Accenture Flex offers you the flexibility of local fixed-duration project-based work powered by Accenture, a leading global professional services company. Accenture is consistently recognized on FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For and Diversity Inc's Top 50 Companies For Diversity lists.

As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture's clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today's biggest business challenges.

You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world-class learning resources. Accenture Flex employees work in their local metro area onsite at the project, significantly reducing and/or eliminating the demands to travel.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Program/Project Management Lead, you will be responsible for managing the overall delivery of a program or project to achieve business outcomes. This includes defining project scope, monitoring the execution of deliverables, and communicating across multiple stakeholders to manage expectations, issues, and outcomes.

You are expected to be a subject matter expert, collaborate and manage the team to perform effectively, take responsibility for team decisions, engage with multiple teams, and contribute to key decisions. Providing solutions to problems within your immediate team and across multiple teams is a critical part of this role.

• Develop and execute comprehensive project management activities from initiation to completion

• Define project scope in collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure clear objectives and deliverables

• Manage project milestones and dependencies to maintain progress and alignment with goals

• Support the oversight of financial, contractual, and operational commitments related to projects

• Monitor delivery performance and quality through metrics and regular status reporting

• Identify and mitigate risks as outlined in the project plan to ensure successful outcomes.

This role requires being onsite with the client 4 days per week in Jersey City or Pennington, NJ. This role also requires 5 days away mandate per quarter by the client.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 6 years of work experience demonstrating expert proficiency in Project Management

• Associates Degree or greater

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced proficiency in the following:

• Project Delivery

• Change Management

• Agile Project Management

• Project Planning

• Project Coordination

• Risk Management

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/30/2026.Accenture Flex offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: Accenture Flex Jobs (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/flexcareers#block-section-total-rewards)

Role Location Hourly Salary RangeCalifornia $53.00 to $63.00Colorado $53.00 to $63.00Connecticut $53.00 to $63.00District of Columbia $53.00 to $63.00Illinois $53.00 to $63.00Maine $53.00 to $63.00Maryland $53.00 to $63.00Massachusetts $53.00 to $63.00Minnesota $53.00 to $63.00New York $53.00 to $63.00New Jersey $53.00 to $63.00Ohio $53.00 to $63.00Virginia $53.00 to $63.00Washington $53.00 to $63.00

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