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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Senior Sales Operations Transformation & Managed Services Leader

Sales OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeUnited States

About the Job

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Commercial Operations, Sales Transformation, or related functions.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in Business Process Outsourcing, Managed Services, Global Business Services, Operations, or large-scale services transformation, including business development, solutioning, transition, delivery, and/or ongoing operations.
  • Demonstrated experience shaping and delivering complex Sales Operations BPO or Managed Services engagements.
  • Experience leading transitions, transformations, and ongoing managed services delivery, with accountability for operational outcomes.
  • Significant experience across B2B and/or B2B2C Sales Operations functions, including several of the following: seller support, sales planning, territory and quota management, pipeline and forecasting, deal and pursuit management, Deal Desk, contract management, order management, incentive compensation, sales performance analytics, and CRM operations.
  • Experience leading or shaping large-scale business transformation initiatives.
  • Experience working with senior client executives across Sales, Revenue Operations, Commercial Operations, Finance, Operations, and Technology.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a senior Sales Operations transformation leader and subject matter expert across the sales cycle, solutioning, transition, and execution of Sales Operations managed services.
  • Assess clients' existing Sales Operations organizations, processes, technology, and operating models and identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and transform.
  • Help clients define a future-state Sales Operations vision and roadmap focused on improved seller experience, productivity, operational efficiency, revenue performance, and cost reduction.
  • Challenge traditional ways of working and help clients move from fragmented or highly manual Sales Operations models toward more standardized, data-driven, AI-enabled operating models.
  • Identify opportunities to apply workflow automation, analytics, generative AI, and agentic capabilities across Sales Operations.
  • Provide Sales Operations and Managed Services subject matter expertise throughout the sales cycle.
  • Partner with Accenture Song GTM teams, practitioners, industry teams, and Operations leaders to ensure scaled Sales Operations services and managed services opportunities are considered early in client conversations.
  • Develop trusted relationships with clients and understand their business priorities, Sales Operations challenges, organizational constraints, and transformation objectives.
  • Lead executive discussions and workshops focused on value identification, operating model transformation, process redesign, and solution development.
  • Build client stories that explain how Accenture can partner with clients to transform and operate Sales Operations.
  • Develop and enhance Accenture's Sales Operations Managed Services value proposition, emphasizing transformation, technology, AI, automation, talent, scale, and measurable business outcomes.
  • Influence which opportunities Accenture pursues and define the appropriate transformation and managed services approach for each client.
  • Lead the end-to-end design and delivery of Sales Operations managed services solutions, from initial strategy and solutioning through transition, transformation, stabilization, and ongoing operations.
  • Translate client objectives and transformation ambitions into pragmatic solutions that can be implemented and operated at scale.
  • Design Sales Operations managed services solutions covering scope and service catalog; future-state operating model; process design; organization and talent model; onshore, nearshore, and offshore delivery strategy; technology, automation, and AI enablement; governance and service management; SLAs, KPIs, and business outcome measures; transition and implementation approach; continuous improvement and transformation roadmap; and commercial and pricing structure.
  • Maintain ownership and accountability for ensuring that what is sold and designed can be transitioned, implemented, and delivered effectively.
  • Work across sales, solutioning, transition, technology, and delivery teams to create an integrated solution and execution plan.
  • Support and lead solutioning, value architecture, deal structuring, TVE, pricing, contracting, and commercial negotiations.
  • Develop transformation business cases focused on revenue growth, seller productivity, quality, customer experience, operational efficiency, and cost-to-serve improvements.
  • Establish delivery models and performance expectations that enable teams to achieve committed service levels and business outcomes.
  • Move solutions beyond traditional labor-based BPO toward technology-enabled, automation-led, and increasingly AI-powered managed services models.
  • Remain engaged beyond the sale to help ensure the transformation vision and committed value are realized through delivery.
  • Provide senior leadership across the managed services lifecycle: transition, stabilize, transform, run, and continuously improve.
  • Lead and oversee the transition of Sales Operations activities from client organizations into Accenture delivery models, with accountability for successful mobilization and operational readiness.
  • Establish transition plans that protect business continuity while creating opportunities to simplify, standardize, redesign, and automate processes rather than merely transfer existing practices.
  • Lead mobilization across people, process, technology, data, governance, knowledge transfer, and change management.
  • Establish strong relationships and operating rhythms between client stakeholders and Accenture delivery teams.
  • Ensure transitioned services move through stabilization into high-performing steady-state operations.
  • Define and oversee governance, service management, SLA/KPI performance, quality, productivity, financial performance, risk management, and client satisfaction.
  • Take an active leadership role in ongoing Sales Operations services delivery, ensuring operational performance and transformation commitments are achieved.
  • Build and execute transformation roadmaps that continuously improve Sales Operations after transition rather than simply maintaining existing processes.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on process redesign, standardization, automation, analytics, AI, workforce optimization, and improved seller experience.
  • Partner directly with delivery leaders and teams to identify and implement automation, generative AI, agentic capabilities, analytics, and new ways of working.
  • Use operational data and performance insights to identify root causes, improve service performance, and identify new sources of value.
  • Maintain executive-level client relationships throughout delivery, communicating performance, transformation progress, risks, and opportunities.
  • Create a culture of operational excellence and continuous transformation so the managed service evolves as client needs, business priorities, and technology capabilities change.
  • Own the connection between the transformation promise made during solutioning and measurable outcomes delivered through operations.
  • Apply functional knowledge across Sales Operations capabilities, including sales planning; territory and quota management; seller support; pipeline management; opportunity management; forecasting; deal and pursuit management; Deal Desk; pricing and commercial support; contract management; order management; incentive compensation management; sales performance management; CRM operations; reporting and analytics; sales data management; and sales productivity and effectiveness.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience redesigning Sales Operations rather than simply operating existing processes.
  • Experience developing future-state operating models and transformation roadmaps.
  • Understanding of leading practices across Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, and commercial organizations.
  • Ability to connect Sales Operations transformation to broader business outcomes including revenue growth, margin improvement, seller productivity, and customer experience.
  • Managed Services solutioning and delivery leadership experience.
  • Experience taking managed services engagements from solution design through transition and into steady-state delivery.
  • Experience designing service catalogs, SLAs, KPIs, governance models, and continuous improvement programs.
  • Experience transitioning work into global delivery models spanning onshore, nearshore, and offshore locations.
  • Experience managing operational performance, service quality, productivity, financial performance, and client relationships.
  • Experience leading or working with large-scale global Operations organizations.
  • Experience identifying and applying automation, analytics, generative AI, and/or AI agents to Sales Operations.
  • Understanding of how technology can reduce manual work, improve seller experience, and enable more intelligent Sales Operations.
  • Familiarity with major Sales and Revenue technology platforms such as Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, Clari, Salesloft, Outreach, or similar platforms.
  • Consultative selling.
  • Executive client relationship development.
  • Commercial and pricing acumen.
  • Value architecture and business case development.
  • Complex deal structuring.
  • Customer and industry insight.
  • Executive communication and storytelling skills.
  • Experience supporting large outsourcing or managed services pursuits.
  • Experience across at least one to two industries.

About the Company

Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Founded
1989

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