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Performance Strategy Manager

Posted Sep 14, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Product, Strategy & Operations Management Consulting
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Midrand
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
consulting experience within a T1 strategy firm
Education
University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills

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Role Summary

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This Manager role is part of Partners in Performance, a global management consulting firm within Accenture focused on human performance and delivering lasting impact with client partners. The role leads engagements across business improvement, strategic sourcing, capital portfolio optimisation and commercial due diligence, while managing consulting teams and client collaboration.

What You'll Do

  • Lead Partners in Performance engagements from end to end
  • Lead a team of Senior Associates, Associates and/or Business Analysts
  • Ensure engagement delivery and collaboration
  • Coach and manage the client
  • Coach and guide younger consultants to deliver results and support their professional development

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Qualifications

Consulting experience within a T1 strategy firm; outstanding academic results; strong quantitative, logic, analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, communication, influencing, multitasking and expectation-management skills; demonstrated passion for results and alignment with Partners in Performance values.

Required

  • Consulting experience within a T1 strategy firm
  • Outstanding academic results
  • University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills
  • Demonstrated passion for results, with a track record of achieving tough targets under pressure
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to coach, influence and build trust with senior managers
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to influence and effectively multitask and manage expectations/deadlines

Preferred

  • MBA would be an advantage
  • Double degrees and Postgraduate degrees are highly regarded in our firm

Original job description

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This role is with our Partners in Performance team, part of Accenture.

Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture is a global management consulting firm with a focus on human performance working alongside client partners to make change happen. We’ve got offices in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Africa, North and South America and Europe but prefer to spend as little time in them as possible. Instead, we work alongside our clients to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that you hardly ever achieve by sitting in a boardroom. 

Partners in Performance Managers play the critical role of leading our engagements. They are adaptable and comfortable working in business improvement, strategic sourcing, capital portfolio optimisation and commercial due diligence in a genuinely broad range of clients and industries.

Leading a team of Senior Associates, Associates and/or Business Analysts you will ensure engagement delivery and collaboration, coaching and management of the client also. You won't be handing over your work but will be in control of an end to end process. 

Your career development will be supported by your personal Development Leader and our world class training and career development programs. At the same time as offering the security of a structured approach, our organisation is still of a size where you will be truly treated as an individual, with the opportunity to contribute new ideas and make the best of your entrepreneurial spirit. 

You will have consulting experience within a T1 strategy firm, have outstanding logic and analytical skills, the ability to solve complex commercial problems and want to see tangible results from your work a career with PIP .

Background and Experience:

  • Outstanding academic results
  • University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills, especially:
  • Engineering, Commerce/Economics & Mathematics/Science (While we consider candidates from a broad spectrum of degrees, we place a strong emphasis on quantitative skills studied in commerce, engineering and science-based courses)
  • MBA would be an advantage
  • Double degrees and Postgraduate degrees are highly regarded in our firm
  • Demonstrated passion for results, with a track record of achieving tough targets under pressure
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, including ability to structure and prioritise effort within an area, and ask the right questions to get to root causes
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to coach, influence and build trust with senior managers, and achieve results though managing a team, prioritising the professional development of team members
  • Propensity to coach and guide younger consultants to deliver results and work through the line to achieve outcomes
  • Strong communication skills, including ability to construct compelling arguments supported by the right facts
  • Show an ability to influence and effectively multitask and manage expectations/deadlines
  • Demonstrated alignment with Partners in Performance values

Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.

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.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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Accenture is a global professional services company that specializes in providing consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. With a diverse range of industries served, including financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications, Accenture leverages advanced technologies and data analytics to help organizations improve their performance and drive innovation. Committed to sustainable progress, the company emphasizes its dedication to inclusivity, digital transformation, and building a more sustainable future for its clients and communities. With a presence in over 120 countries, Accenture is known for its expertise in integrating cutting-edge solutions that address complex business challenges.