Performance Management Strategy Senior Manager

Performance & Careers Team

The Performance & Careers team is responsible for shaping and operating Accenture’s end-to-end performance and career operating model, ensuring a consistent, data driven, and employee centric experience across the enterprise. The team sets global performance and career strategy and translates it into scalable frameworks, processes, and platforms, including performance achievement, promotion and rewards enablement, and career architecture. Working at the intersection of strategy, operations, analytics, and technology, the team partners closely with HR, business leaders, and platform teams to design and deliver solutions that enable fair and transparent performance outcomes, empower people to navigate and grow their careers, and support Accenture’s reinvention priorities at scale.

Role Summary

The Performance Management Strategy Senior Manager, Framework & Integration is responsible for setting and evolving Accenture’s global performance strategy and translating it into clear, scalable frameworks, policies, and decision logic that drive consistency and fairness across the enterprise. This role owns the end-to-end performance framework, including priorities, metrics, readiness and promotion logic, governance, integration into rewards and bias checks, while partnering closely with HR, legal, finance, and business leaders. The role also leads the Performance Achievement (PA) Reinvention Pod, managing 1–2 consultants accountable for redesigning PA processes, tools, templates, and milestone logic, and driving execution through reinvention platforms and engines. Operating at the intersection of strategy, design, and execution, this role ensures performance outcomes are future ready, legally sound, and aligned to Accenture’s reinvention priorities at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve the global performance framework, including priorities, metrics, readiness criteria, and promotion logic.

• Ensure legal and ER compliance of performance and promotion approaches across markets.

• Support People Leads in executing performance and promotion plans consistently and effectively.

• Coach HR partners on application of the performance framework.

• Lead policy updates related to performance, promotion, and career progression.

• Coordinate global legal reviews to ensure performance frameworks and processes meet regulatory requirements.

• Manage awards and accreditations related to performance and career programs.

• Integrate external stakeholder requirements into performance and rewards decisions, including AFS, Works Council, Avanade, SMD/GMC, and workforce planning considerations.

• Ensure inclusion and diversity (I&D) considerations in rewards decisions, including bias checks and mitigation.

• Manage the Performance Achievement (PA) Reinvention Pod, overseeing consultants responsible for redesigning PA processes, tools, templates, and milestone logic and driving reinvention execution.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in one or a combination of the following: business transformation, leading enterprise-wide performance, promotion, and or talent framework.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Corporate Strategy and Performance Management experience.

• Experience reinventing processes leveraging Artificial Intelligence.

• Ability to translate business and talent strategy into clear frameworks, policies, and decision logic.

• Strong track record partnering with senior leaders across HR, Legal, Finance, and the business to drive alignment and execution.

• Sound judgment navigating governance, risk, and sensitive topics related to performance, rewards, and equity.

• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including managing small teams responsible for strategy design and delivery.

• Excellent communication and influence skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences.

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 05/24/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location                                    Annual Salary Range

California                                           $132,500 to $271,000

Cleveland                                            $122,700 to $216,800

Colorado                                            $132,500 to $234,100

District of Columbia                         $141,100 to $249,300

Illinois                                                 $122,700 to $234,100

Maryland                                           $132,500 to $234,100

Massachusetts                                  $132,500 to $249,300

Minnesota                                         $132,500 to $234,100

New York                                           $122,700 to $271,000

New Jersey                                        $141,100 to $271,000

Washington                                      $141,100 to $249,300

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