**About Accenture Research**
Accenture Research creates thought leadership about the most pressing business issues organizations face. Combining innovative research techniques, such as data science led analysis, with a deep understanding of industry and technology, our team of 300 researchers in 20 countries publish hundreds of reports, articles and points of view every year. Our thought-provoking research developed with world leading organizations helps our clients embrace change, create value, and deliver on the power of technology and human ingenuity.
**About the Role**
We are opening an exciting new position for a **Thought Leadership Strategic Insights Manager**. This role is based in Melbourne or Sydney and will report to a Thought Leadership Managing Director.
As an experienced manager, you will join an inter-disciplinary team of professional thought leaders and expert researchers responsible for shaping influential ideas targeted at the C-suite and boardrooms across the Asia Pacific region. This role will work closely with global research experts, marketing professionals, and business leaders to create high-quality thought leadership on a wide range of business, technology, environmental, and societal issues.
You will understand how both regional and global developments impact Asia Pacific, and you will provide expertise and guidance in translating original research into tangible and fresh ideas for business growth and reinvention.
You will manage thought leadership initiatives end-to-end (from idea-generation, hypotheses formulation and testing, to insight development, and curation of publishable content). Empirical inquiry will see you carry out original research, in close collaboration with our experts in macro trends analysis, economic modeling, corporate finance, AI, crowdsourcing, interviews, and large-scale surveys.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to combine intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, empirical rigor, and conceptual development acumen to shape contemporary, market-relevant ideas.
You will work closely with our in-house editorial team, and marketing & communications to turn thought leadership content into publishable formats (external reports, positioning papers, by-line articles, blogs etc.). You will communicate new ideas with persuasion and impact, to internal senior stakeholders, Accenture's clients, and at relevant external events (e.g., C-suite roundtables; industry conferences).
**Your Key Responsibilities**:
- Design and execute regular thought leadership studies, aligned with corporate priorities, that result in differentiated, provocative content, and valuable Intellectual Property for Accenture.
- Manage the full thought leadership content creation lifecycle:
- The original problem definition and hypothesis development.
- Research approach definition and design (including detailed resourcing and budget plan).
- Synthesis, analysis, and interpretation of research findings.
- Curation of content in compelling, contemporary formats.
- Ongoing team and stakeholder management.
- Articulate and communicate new ideas to Accenture clients, partners, and the external executive business community. For instance, represent Accenture Research in business development activities; client meetings / workshops; local and regional conferences.
- Write and co-author thought leadership reports, white papers, research notes, and articles that can elevate Accenture's brand image as a thought leader in the regional and global marketplace.
**Your Skills**:
- Intellectual curiosity and ability to articulate new ideas, spanning multiple disciplines and topics (e.g., business reinvention, emerging technology, stakeholder value creation etc.)
- Strong heuristic acumen and problem-solving skills (initiating issue-based research efforts).
- Strong idea-framing and concept-formation acumen (moving from insights to a "big idea").
- Proven ability to conduct empirical research and utilize multiple forms of data (e.g., ESG data; high frequency market data; financial data; qualitative / behavioral data; economic data). Strong quantitative methodology skills (e.g., composite indices design) would be beneficial.
- Proven ability to manage a diverse team of people (multi-geography, multi-cultural, multi-time zone environment), in an inclusive, outcome-centric, and learning-oriented manner.
- Strong executive presence, and communication skills (including high proficiency in English).
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
**Your Experience**:
- 7+ years of practical, relevant experience in a large consulting firm, a boutique consulting firm focused on strategy / innovation, or a "think tank" / market-leading research organization.
- Subject matter expertise in themes such as emerging consumer markets in Asia Pacific; emerging technology adoption; innovation activity and investment flows into Asia Pacific.
- Track record in developing marketable content on top