Kira Cole

Talent Reinvention Manager @ Accenture

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

With experience in management consulting, brand management, and sales enablement, I am passionate about helping organizations achieve their strategic goals and optimize performance while deeply considering the needs of their employees and talent. As a Change Management practitioner at Accenture, I partner with clients from various industries to design and implement solutions that transform their culture, processes, and capabilities. I completed a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, which complements my consulting skills and enhances my understanding of human behavior, motivation, and change. I have led and contributed to multiple projects on modern change management and behavior change measurement, delivering value and impact for internal and external stakeholders. Additionally, I have authored over 40 client case studies and managed the strategy and curation of marketing and sales channels. I enjoy applying my creativity, analytical thinking, and communication skills to solve complex challenges and drive organizational change. When I'm not at work, I'm hiking, skiing, running, or spending time with my family, friends, and pets!

Experience

  • Accenture (Full-time · 12 yrs 6 mos)
    • Manager, Talent Reinvention
      Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Management Consultant, Talent Reinvention
      Dec 2021 - Jun 2026 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Serving as Change Management Lead focusing on behavioral science and communications. Industry experience includes Retail, Financial Services, Commercial Real Estate, Retail, and Professional Services with significant experience in tech implementation, transitions to managed services and global business services, and operating model changes to ways of working.

    • Offering Development, Accenture Operations
      Nov 2018 - Nov 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      • Liaised between sales and client delivery teams, and served as the point-person for sales requests, enabling the origination/closure of sales, improving sales performance and sales growth, and/or driving and managing programs to improve sales outcomes. • Author of over 40 client case studies. Responsible for developing and maintaining comprehensive documents, requiring in-depth interviews and collaboration across global stakeholders including client delivery, senior leadership and sales teams. • Managed and designed the Marketing Operations (MO) Sales website and database, including strategy, curation, and accessibility. The MO website serves as the central bank of content assets (e.g., credentials, case studies, client video testimonials, POVs, etc.) that enables sales leads to quickly find content, providing a comprehensive view of the offering. • Supported the development of strategies and solutions for managing the capture, storage, security, revision control, retrieval, distribution, preservation and destruction of MO content. • Maintained compliance with requirements, internal Accenture controls, external regulations (e.g., procurement process), and sales methodology. • Owned an exhaustive client inventory for Accenture MO, covering over 100 Fortune 100 and 500 listed clients.

  • Vice Chair at Back Bay Publishing Company Inc.
    Apr 2012 - Dec 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Vice Chair of the board of directors at the student-run publishing company of Boston University's independent, student-run newspaper and fourth largest daily circulation newspaper in Boston, The Daily Free Press. • With fellow board members: run the business end of the paper, advise editorial board on any problems, make hiring and advertising decisions, plan for the long-term future of the paper and business

  • Editorial Intern at Nylon Magazine
    Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 · 3 mos

    • Byline credit on interviews, music reviews, and fashion features in-print and online • Transcribing, fact-checking and research responsibilities

  • Legal Assistant at Conway, Farrell, Curtin & Kelly, P.C
    Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 · 3 mos

    • Research, filing and administrative responsibilities • Experience accompanying attorneys to depositions and other legal proceedings

  • Editor and Writer at The Daily Free Press
    Sep 2010 - Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Women’s Hockey Beat Writer (September 2012 - March 2013) • Executive Editor for the Features section. Supervise a staff of 2 associates, 4 editors, and a number of writers. Final edit on all Daily Free NOW blog content. (December 2011 – May 2012) • Science Tuesday Editor (May 2011 – December 2011) and staff writer for campus news, In Business and Science Tuesday