Sales Director - Public Services, Louisiana

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The Sales Director is a complex deal shaper who aligns to client imperatives and solves business problems. Sales Directors manage sales activities with the objective of creating mutually beneficial, trust-based relationships that create value by targeting the right clients, grow quality pipeline and win deals. A person in this role is expected to originate and sell comprehensive deals with various operational components with a value range of $5M to $50M+.

As a Sales professional aligned to our Public Service practice, you have C-Level relationships across all aspects of the State agency, parish and city leadership. You will be accountable for driving incremental sales, originating, and closing business.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide solutions to complex business problems/opportunities requiring in-depth knowledge of client buyer needs.

• Expand our work in new areas of the client’s business through new offerings and services.

• Drive sales process and outcomes to clients on a dedicated basis, growing a profitable pipeline and/or backlog of sales, through deal origination, sales negotiations, and closure.

• Lead the entire origination process for a large deal working with the Client Account Lead and client team, bringing the right talent to the sales opportunities at the right time.

• Bringing a focus on the entire sales life cycle of an opportunity from origination to closure.

• Be the lead in ensuring the Accenture Sales Methodologies are implemented and followed to maximize win probabilities across a portfolio of assigned accounts.

• Successfully lead and align a complex network of stakeholders.

• Determine pursuit strategies, develop client messaging plans and relationships, and apply industry-leading transformation strategies and practices.

• Travel as required, up to 80%

• Must live in Baton Rouge or New Orleans or the surrounding area that is within driving distance with the ability to work in Baton Rouge and/or New Orleans regularly.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience originating and capturing complex multi-tower service deals, preferably in value greater than $10M.

• Minimum of 8 years of experience shaping, negotiating, and closing large complex multi tower deals within Public Services/ Higher Education clients.

Bonus Points if:

• Bachelor's degree

• Ability to look across the broad range of Accenture services from technology transformation, consulting, digital and operations to create value for our clients.

• Proven ability to operate within a team-oriented, matrixed environment.

• Proven sales deal leadership originating and closing multi-discipline (consulting plus outsourcing plus technology) services opportunities.

• High energy level, focus and ability to work well in demanding client environments.

• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.

• Strong leadership, problem solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Conversant in emerging trends in IT and Business.

• Unquestionable professional integrity, credibility, and character.

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, District of Columbia, Maryland, 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.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $136,800 to $237,600

Colorado $136,800 to $237,600

District of Columbia $136,800 to $237,600

New York $136,800 to $237,600

Maryland $136,800 to $237,600

Washington $136,800 to $237,600

In addition to base pay, this Sales role is eligible for additional incentive compensation under the Sales Achievement Bonus Plan which is based on achievement toward individual sales targets, subject to Plan terms.

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