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AI-Led Operational Technology Architect
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AI-Led Operational Technology Architect
Location: UK (With expected travel)
Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience
Career Level: Associate Manager
Role Overview
The AI-Led OT Architect helps clients transform operational technology (OT) environments through the application of artificial intelligence, industrial data platforms, and digital engineering. The role sits at the intersection of OT, IT, and AI, designing architectures that connect industrial assets, control systems, and enterprise platforms to enable predictive, autonomous, and data-driven operations. This is a client-facing consulting role combining solution architecture, delivery leadership, business development support, and innovation. You will work with asset-intensive industries, mainly in utilities, helping clients unlock value from AI-enabled operations, industrial digital twins, predictive maintenance, operational optimization, and intelligent automation. Drawing on expertise in OT systems, industrial data architectures, cloud platforms, and AI technologies, you will shape client strategies, lead engagements, develop propositions, and accelerate adoption of Industrial AI solutions.
What You Will Do
- Lead Industrial AI and OT Transformation Programmes
- Define and deliver AI-enabled OT architectures that connect operational technology environments with enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and advanced analytics capabilities.
- Support clients in transforming traditional operations into intelligent, connected enterprises.
- Architect solutions integrating:
- SCADA platforms
- Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
- PLC and RTU environments
- Historian platforms (OSI PI, Canary, etc.)
- IoT and edge computing platforms
- Enterprise Asset Management solutions (SAP PM, S/4HANA, IBM Maximo, IFS)
- Data platforms including Azure, AWS, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric
- Deliver AI-Powered Operational Use Cases
- Lead the design and implementation of solutions for:
- Predictive maintenance
- Asset performance management
- Anomaly detection
- Failure prediction
- Root cause analysis
- Energy optimization
- Production optimization
- Digital worker capabilities
- Intelligent alarm management
- Autonomous operations
- Lead the design and implementation of solutions for:
- Establish frameworks for:
- Data governance
- Data quality
- Asset hierarchies
- Metadata management
- Industrial data models
- AI model lifecycle management
- Responsible AI in industrial environments
- Support sales and growth activities by:
- Shaping opportunities
- Developing proposals
- Leading client workshops
- Conducting assessments
- Creating solution demonstrations
- Building Accenture points of view on Industrial AI and OT transformation
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What’s in it for you
At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days vacation per year, private medical insurance, and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable the delivery of first-class services, which we are known for.
Closing Date for Applications: 30/11/2026
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
Skills Required
We are looking for experience in the following skills:
OT and Industrial Systems
- SCADA platforms
- DCS platforms
- PLC environments
- Industrial communications protocols (OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, IEC 61850)
- Historian platforms such as OSI PI
- Industrial IoT architectures
- Edge computing solutions
Industrial AI Technologies
- Machine learning
- Predictive analytics
- Time-series analytics
- Anomaly detection
- Computer vision
- Generative AI
- Industrial copilots
- Digital twins
Cloud and Data Platforms
- Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Databricks
- Microsoft Fabric
- Snowflake
Industry Experience
- Utilities
- Water
- Energy
- Oil and Gas
- Mining
- Manufacturing
- Chemicals
- Infrastructure
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Demonstrated Ability to:
- Lead client engagements
- Manage stakeholders
- Shape opportunities
- Develop proposals
- Deliver presentations to executive audiences
- Manage workstreams and small teams
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments, and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data, and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions, and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners, and communities.
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