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Accenture

Cloud Modernization Sales Director - Industry Aligned

Accenture, Columbia, Maryland, United States, 21046


Cloud Modernization Sales Director - Industry Aligned

Sales Origination Senior Manager | Senior Level | Full timeAccenture is a leading partner to the world’s major cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and Google. The formation of Accenture Cloud First, with a $3 billion investment over three years, demonstrates our commitment to deliver greater value to our clients when they need it most and offers huge growth opportunities for you!Our Cloud First group of more than 150,000 cloud professionals delivers a full stack of integrated cloud capabilities across data, edge, integrated infrastructure and applications, deep ecosystem skills, culture of change along with a deep industry expertise to shape, move, build and operate our clients’ businesses in the cloud. To accelerate our customers' transformation leveraging cloud, we combine world-class learning and talent development expertise; deep experience in cloud change management; and cloud-ready operating models with a commitment to responsible business by design — with security, data privacy, responsible use of artificial intelligence, sustainability and ethics and compliance built into the fundamental changes Accenture helps companies achieve.You are:A growth

focused sales professional who has successfully created positive impact through year-on-year business expansion. You know – and have run all phases of a sales cycle, including qualification, sales pursuit and close by applying deep sales process and technical expertise. You develop relationships with key buyers and decision-makers at new and existing clients by utilizing a differentiated roadmap and framework leveraging the latest cloud-based technologies.As a

Sales Origination Senior Manager or Associate Director,

you will originate new sales opportunities unrelated to extensions or renewals in a complex environment, typically cross service-group. Lead early-stage positioning with clients and develop and execute the origination strategy to identify and qualify specific opportunities. Continue working with the sales team to ensure closure of sales. May focus on a single large account, leveraging deep content knowledge and client relationships to originate and close opportunities at that client.The work:Create solutions to complex technology business problems/opportunities requiring in-depth knowledge of client buyer needs.The focus is on cloud modernization solutions primarily on how to help customers who are stuck on their journey to the cloud, by helping them come up with a cloud modernization strategy, that includes migration, but we first start with modernizing their current IT footprint, and not just do a lift-and-shift of their legacy applications.The solutions you will sell will be around application modernization, infrastructure modernization, mainframe modernization, cloud architecture modernization, and in a nutshell; enterprise modernization.Has latitude in decision-making and determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.Operates within large teams and directs specific team sales activities.Interacts with senior management levels at clients and within Accenture, determines pursuit strategies, develops client messaging plans and relationships, and applies industry-leading Cloud transformation strategies and practices.Travel is required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 25% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

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