[Hiring] Director of Business Applications @Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects

Role Description

You’ll own the Deltek application strategy and day-to-day leadership for I&CP, with primary focus on Deltek Vantagepoint capabilities supporting time/expense, approvals, and operational workflows.

• You’ll set the application roadmap, governance, and operating model for Deltek—balancing business outcomes, risk, controls, user experience, and scalability across I&CP.
• You’ll partner with Finance, Operations, Program/Project leadership, and Shared Services to translate business needs into prioritized enhancements and measurable outcomes.
• You’ll lead and develop a team of functional and technical resources (internal and vendor/partner) to deliver reliable, secure, and compliant Deltek services.
• You’ll oversee requirements, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, release management, and hypercare for Deltek improvements and new capabilities.
• You’ll champion process standardization and adoption—driving consistent timesheet, expense, and approval practices while improving cycle time, accuracy, and auditability.
• You’ll establish and track KPIs/SLAs (availability, throughput, defect leakage, ticket aging, adoption) and drive continuous improvement using data and user feedback.
• You’ll manage integrations and downstream impacts to reporting/analytics, ensuring data quality and dependable project/financial insights across the organization.
• You’ll enforce controls around security, roles, segregation of duties, and access management, partnering with security/compliance stakeholders as needed.
• You’ll own vendor management (contracts, performance, roadmap alignment) and ensure partners deliver to scope, schedule, and quality expectations.
• You’ll lead change management—communications, training enablement, and stakeholder engagement—to maximize user adoption and minimize operational disruption.
• You’ll serve as the executive escalation point for Deltek incidents and high-severity issues, driving root-cause resolution and preventative actions.

Qualifications

• Have significant experience leading enterprise business applications with direct accountability for outcomes, uptime, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Have strong Deltek domain experience (preferably Deltek Vantagepoint) supporting enterprise time/expense and operational approval workflows.
• You’ll bring hands-on leadership in application delivery practices (SDLC, agile/iterative delivery, release management, testing, and production support).
• Have experience demonstrating the ability to translate cross-functional needs into prioritized backlogs/roadmaps and deliver value across Finance and Operations stakeholders.
• Have experience building and leading high-performing teams and influencing without authority across matrixed organizations.
• Have strong executive communication skills—able to synthesize complex topics into clear decisions, risks, and tradeoffs.

Requirements

• Experience in professional services, infrastructure, construction, capital programs, or project-based business models.
• Experience establishing application governance, controls, and audit-ready processes for financial/operational systems.
• Experience with integrations, master data management, and reporting/analytics enablement connected to Deltek ecosystems.
• Proven track record of leading change management, training enablement, and adoption programs for enterprise platforms.

Company Description

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.