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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Edge Mid-Market Sales Account Executive

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026Deadline 11/2/26
$122.7k - $187.8k/yr
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's, Associate's
Boston, MA, USA+42 moreMore locations: Seattle, WA, USA | Orlando, FL, USA | Houston, TX, USA | Des Moines, IA, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Detroit, MI, USA | Cleveland, OH, USA | Bentonville, AR, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Miami, FL, USA | Morristown, NJ, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Raleigh, NC, USA | Redmond, WA, USA | Philadelphia, PA, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | Arlington County, Arlington, VA, USA | St. Louis, MO, USA | Milwaukee, WI, USA | Carmel, IN, USA | Beaverton, OR, USA | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Sacramento, CA, USA | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | Kirkland, WA, USA | Albany, NY, USA | Scottsdale, AZ, USA | Columbus, OH, USA | Hartford, CT, USA | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | New York, NY, USA | Minneapolis, MN, USA | Denver, CO, USA | Mountain View, CA, USA | Atlanta, GA, USA | San Diego, CA, USA | St. Petersburg, FL, USA | Cincinnati, OH, USA | Overland Park, KS, USA
HybridHybrid roles are available at the listed U.S. offices.
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Executive
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience in technology services sales, digital experience, consulting, systems integration, managed services, or digital transformation is required.
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience hunting for net-new logos, opening whitespace accounts, or creating pipeline from cold or lightly developed relationships, including at least 10 qualified opportunities sourced annually, is required.
  • A minimum of 2 years of experience selling to mid-market companies with annual revenues up to $3 billion is required.
  • A minimum of 2 years of Adobe services, Adobe co-sell, partner-sourced opportunity management, or partner-led selling experience is required.
  • A track record of meeting or exceeding individual sales quota at 100% or greater attainment for at least 2 consecutive years is required.
  • Experience carrying an annual individual quota, bookings, or revenue target of $8 million–$15 million is required.
  • Experience building qualified pipeline coverage of at least 3 times annual quota is required.
  • Experience advancing at least 5 digital experience, managed services, marketing transformation, or systems integration opportunities from qualification through close is required.
  • Experience working with at least 3 internal functions, such as solutioning, delivery, alliance, marketing, finance, legal, or client success, to create proposals and support deal closure is required.
  • Experience generating $24 million–$45 million in qualified annual pipeline aligned to an $8 million–$15 million annual quota is required.
  • Experience creating at least 20–30 qualified new-logo or whitespace opportunities per year is required.
  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience is required; the equivalent minimum is 12 years of work experience. An associate's degree is accepted with a minimum of 6 years of work experience.
  • Applicants for employment in the United States must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.
Responsibilities
  • Generate net-new quota attainment by hunting for new-logo opportunities and whitespace accounts among companies with annual revenues up to $3 billion, with direct accountability for achieving individual sales quota.
  • Build sufficient qualified pipeline to meet and exceed assigned quota through direct prospecting, Adobe seller referrals, partner-sourced opportunities, joint marketing campaigns, solution interest, co-sell motions, partner referrals, and targeted account outreach.
  • Build trusted relationships with CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, CMOs, business leaders, technology leaders, and buying committees to position Accenture and Adobe as a right-sized transformation partner.
  • Work closely with Adobe Partner Development Managers, Sales and Industry Leaders, Account Teams, and solution specialists to identify joint opportunities, shape value propositions, and advance co-sell pursuits.
  • Position Accenture and Adobe offerings across Adobe Experience Cloud and Content Supply Chain, value realization, and generative artificial intelligence solutions.
  • Own account plans, opportunity plans, qualification, next steps, stakeholder mapping, forecast inputs, deal progression, and close plans required to achieve individual quota commitments.
  • Collaborate with solutioning, delivery, alliance, marketing, finance, legal, client success, the Adobe Business Group, industry teams, and market teams to create compelling proposals and smooth handoffs.
  • Communicate the value of Accenture and Adobe as an outcome-oriented transformation partner for growth customers.
  • Achieve individual annual sales quota, bookings, revenue, margin, and qualified pipeline targets.
  • Create net-new customer opportunities with companies up to $3 billion in annual revenue.
  • Convert Adobe referrals, partner-sourced opportunities, joint solution signals, campaign interest, and marketing leads into qualified pursuits.
  • Maintain opportunity hygiene, forecast accuracy, deal velocity, and win-rate performance.
  • Consistently attain quota through disciplined prospecting, pipeline coverage, opportunity progression, and close-plan execution.
  • Develop repeatable account strategies, sales plays, and customer references for the Accenture-Adobe ecosystem.
Desired Qualifications
  • Working knowledge of Adobe technologies and offerings, Adobe sales motions, co-sell processes, partner-sourced opportunity management, and partner-led selling.
  • Ability to build trusted relationships with business and technology executives and translate business needs into practical Adobe-led experience transformation opportunities.
  • Strong communication, negotiation, account planning, opportunity qualification, and commercial problem-solving skills.
  • Comfort operating in a newly formed business unit where sellers must create demand, build repeatable motions, and move quickly from idea to execution.
  • Experience with packaged, fixed-scope, co-sell, or outcome-based digital experience services offerings.
  • Experience working in a startup, incubation business, emerging sales motion, or growth-stage business within a larger organization.

About the company

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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What believers are saying

  • Business demand grew: October 2026 results showed $74.2 billion annual revenue, up 5% in local currency.
  • Eligible US employees buy discounted stock: Accenture's purchase plan sells shares at 15% below market price.
  • Client relationships run deep: Accenture has worked with 195 of its top 200 customers for more than ten years.

What critics are saying

  • Bookings are not guaranteed revenue: most Accenture contracts let clients cancel quickly with little or no penalty.
  • Promotions require AI adoption: Accenture's CEO said in March 2026 that employees must use its tools effectively.
  • Federal hiring practices proved costly: Accenture settled discrimination allegations for $25 million in September 2026, without a liability finding.

What makes Accenture unique

  • Its AI platform switches models: AI Refinery selects among prebuilt models according to cost, performance and other requirements.
  • Accenture owns specialist Microsoft expertise: it cofounded the Microsoft-focused Avanade consultancy with the software maker.
  • Consulting includes creative agencies: Accenture Song owns businesses spanning advertising, digital product design and customer engagement.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Professional Development Budget
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match

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Accenture has capped employee AI spending at $29 (£21.75) a month after some staff ran up bills of $1,000, according to a report by 404 Media. The consulting firm wants to curb runaway costs as employees use AI for more everyday tasks. Companies are typically billed by usage, like a utility. Last week, some staff were told their access to Anthropic's Claude had been pulled entirely. Others are also reining in costs. Uber capped engineers' Claude spending at $1,500 a month after using up its AI budget in four months, while Microsoft has reportedly cut its Claude spending by about a third. The curbs come as Anthropic prepares for a public listing, targeting a valuation as high as $2tn. Investors are reportedly considering about $1.5tn.

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Accenture is shifting AI work from pilots to deeply embedded systems, according to recent deals with UMass Memorial Health, Dell, Microsoft and Workday. The UMass Memorial project is a multi-year AI data platform, while the Dell alliance pitches private AI infrastructure to regulated clients. Analysts expect revenue to grow 5.2% a year over the next three years, with profit margins rising from 11.3% to 11.9%. They forecast earnings of $10.3 billion by 2029, up from $8.4 billion today, on revenue of $86.3 billion. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.2x, against 21.9x for US IT peers. Risks include slower decision cycles in federal and EMEA work, which could curb consulting demand and margins.