Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Associate Director, Cost (Datacenter), COM

You’ve Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.”

You want to make an impact, not just manage projects, but change how the world gets built. At Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects, you’ll do exactly that. You’ll help develop and deliver the factories, grids, transit systems, and public infrastructure that keep communities moving - and do it smarter, safer, and more sustainably than ever before.

You’ll work alongside people who think big and act bold - project managers, engineers, technologists, and strategists who blend real-world experience with digital innovation and AI. Together, we’re transforming how capital projects are planned, managed, and executed, creating a better way to build for the future.

Because “good enough” builds the past. You’re here to build what’s next, on a team that outperforms every norm.

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• (Internal Title: Associate Director, Operations)
  • Prepare cost estimates and cost plans, incorporating benchmarking data for review.
  • Develop value engineering and life cycle costing options to optimize project efficiency.
  • Identify potential risks and help maintain the project’s Risk Register.
  • Contribute to pre-contract process meetings by offering cost-related insights.
  • Create and manage cost control reports to track financial performance.
  • Attend client meetings with senior colleagues and document key discussion points and actions.
  • Participate in design team meetings, assess cost implications, and implement agreed outcomes.
  • Continually enhance the area of specialty knowledge and skills to keep abreast of industry developments
  • Work with others and clients to define requirements, plan, establish, and assign tasks, objectives, and priorities accordingly
  • Define processes and procedures to be followed by self, own team, and integrated teams
  • Train team members and others in the organization on their roles and the projects
  • Analyze data and information to manage and reduce risk
  • Set delivery and quality objectives for the team in support of client requirements
  • Ensure quality and accuracy control measures are in place and followed
  • Manage a large team, or multiple smaller teams, of professional employees and managers including hiring and termination decisions, participating in onboarding, performance management, learning and development, assigning objectives and metrics, etc.
  • Assess current and anticipate future resource needs to ensure employees are appropriately selected, developed, utilized, appraised, and rewarded
  • Manage the recruitment and selection process with the support of the talent acquisition team including job description development, interviews, selection, and related communications
  • Define and assign tasks to appropriate team members, managers, and leads to achieve project and team objectives, and provide guidance and direction as required
  • Conduct regular check-ins with employees to ensure they have the tools, knowledge, and guidance to succeed in their roles
  • Develop strong relationships with peers and other levels of management within the business line and shared services
  • Create plans to meet company goals and help implement strategies with others (i.e. geographic expansion, organizational change management, performance management, employee engagement and retention, business development, external partnerships, marketing and branding, etc.)
  • Anticipate threats and opportunities and identify and manage business line, project, and client risks by developing and executing mitigation plans and escalating as appropriate
  • Monitor expenses to budget plan
• Working Conditions
  • Onsite at Client site: this role's work location is onsite with our client and partners to enable delivery and cultivate our client relationships. With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.