AI​/ML Computational Science Manager

Role Overview

AI/ML Computational Science Manager (Manager, CL7) – Glasgow

Salary:
Competitive salary and package dependent on experience.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company with expertise in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next‑generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture:
We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO.

Working across industry groups, our Centre for Advanced AI team combines deep technology, business and industry expertise to design and deliver some of the largest, most challenging and highest profile technology solutions in the world.

You will work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation, using the latest technologies with a particular focus on AI and GenAI, to help clients reach their next level.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

• Help clients use AI/ML technologies to solve business challenges.
• Design, develop, deploy and run high quality AI/ML solutions across a range of industries with varying business and organisational challenges.
• Apply the latest technology solutions from industry and academia to solve real world customer problems.
• Manage the AI/ML Computational Science practice.
• Oversee the development of use‑case and platform technology solutions to tackle critical business challenges, using both reference and emerging technologies, engineering patterns, AI Services and ML techniques.
• Formulate real‑world problems into practical, efficient and scalable solutions that leverage the full AI & ML spectrum (e.g., GenAI, CV, NLP, Simulation, LLMs, VLMs, etc.).
• Lead multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver complex solutions from inception to production and operationalisation, ensuring alignment with client needs and technical excellence.
• Provide strategic and technical leadership, shape technology roadmaps, mentor other developers and foster team growth while ensuring the correct ML & AI architecture and models are used.
• Play a pivotal role in the Accenture Data & AI community, driving thought leadership by sharing insights and experiences from cutting‑edge client projects and research initiatives.

• Experience with AI/ML platform technologies and services such as Sagemaker, Vertex, Azure ML, OpenAI, Lang Chain, AutoML, OCR, STT, feature stores and vector databases.
• Ability to conduct literature reviews, build proof‑of‑concepts to validate hypotheses and inform AI/ML implementation architectural patterns and best practices, including data drift detection, experimentation tracking, RAG, and deployment models.
• Designing and deploying robust, scalable, and secure cloud‑based solutions (networking, security, storage, monitoring, scaling, disaster recovery/high availability) on one or more cloud platforms.
• Software Engineering, Dev Sec Ops , and operational excellence in AI/ML solution delivery.
• Proven ability to deliver enterprise‑scale AI/ML services that impact end‑user experiences and business outcomes.
• Certified cloud Machine Learning credentials (e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty).
• Experience leading teams and influencing cross‑functional stakeholders in delivering production‑grade AI/ML solutions.

In addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days' vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

28/11/25