About Accenture:

At Accenture, we believe your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It’s about bringing your skills, your curiosity, and your best true self to your work. Here, you’ll match your ingenuity with the latest technology to do incredible things. Together, we can create positive, long-lasting change.

We Are:

Sales Excellence. Sales Excellence at Accenture empowers our people to compete, win and grow. We develop everything they need to grow their client portfolios, optimize their deals and enable their sales talent, all driven by sales intelligence.

You Are:

A connector of dots as well as people. Like a mountain guide, you lead diverse teams towards a common goal with clear communication. You are a motivator. As the climb gets tough, you keep the group focused on the summit while you navigate obstacles along the way. You enjoy bringing talented people together and charting the path to shared success.

The Work:

As a Sales Excellence Manager, you manage deal teams throughout the entire bid lifecycle. You use your sales process knowledge to ensure the right resources are engaged in preparing, developing, and negotiating bids that meet and exceed client requirements.

You will:

• Understand clients’ needs and work with deal leadership to define win strategies and messaging

• Determine what expertise are needed to develop a compelling offer and plan resources accordingly

• Drive bid activities and facilitate communication across teams and workstreams

• Build and nurture positive relationship with key deal team stakeholders

• Seek opportunities to optimize the bid management process and tools

• Develop yourself and others through continuous learning and knowledge sharing

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in bid management, sales or presales work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

• MBA

• Experience with sales, sales enablement and negotiations fundamentals.

• Familiarity with concepts such as design thinking fundamentals, pipeline management, deal qualification, competitive positioning, client relationship strategy, relationship management techniques, deal shaping or financial modeling.

• Contract drafting management fundamentals.

• Understanding of basic concepts of outsourcing, business process services, or Cloud, Security or other Technology aspects, platforms, or current trends

• Experience working with professional services industry.

• Experience working on large, global, and complex multi-million-dollar opportunities containing multiple types of work.

Professional Skills

• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian.

• Ability to work across multiple time zones ​

Other requirements (please specify such as overtime, etc.)

• Must support/mirror work hours for the supported Market Unit or other business area.

• Must be flexible with work hours according to business needs.

• Must have good internet connectivity and a distraction-free environment for working at home, in accordance with local guidelines.

• May be occasionally required to travel domestically or internationally.

Additional Comments

• Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

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 in California , Colorado, New York or Washington as set forth below. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards)

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $93,400 to $196,500

Colorado $93,400 to $169,800

District of Columbia $99,500 to $180,800

New York $86,500 to $196,500

Maryland $86,500 to $157,200

Washington $99,500 to $180,800

What We Believe

We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment.

Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/about/inclusion-diversity/us-workforce)

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Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation.

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Requesting An Accommodation

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