Topic Advisory Manager

Job Title - Topic Advisory Manager (L7) – Corporate Strategy & Growth

Management Level: 7-Manager

Location: Bengaluru, BDC10A

Must-have skills: Sales

Good to have skills: Knowledge of emerging technologies, cloud computing, and cybersecurity best practices.

Job Summary:

This role involves driving strategic initiatives, managing business transformations, and leveraging industry expertise to create value-driven solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Develop and execute technology transformation strategies, oversee implementation projects, and optimize digital capabilities for business efficiency.

About Our Company | Accenture

You are:

An experienced business strategist that is comfortable leading a team and working with senior executives. You have a strong executive presence and deep sales and delivery expertise in Corporate Strategy & Growth (e.g., identifying, building, and executing new and/or core growth strategies) and are well versed with what it takes to win consulting work – allowing you to build trust and effectively partner with the managing directors that lead the offering.

The work:

As a Topic Advisory Manager, you provide high touch sales support to our Corporate Strategy & Growth teams. This will include but is not limited to the following:

Planning and Origination

• Support annual planning to outline sales targets, target clients, and enhancement of sales assets.
• Conduct ongoing research to identify which companies to target over next 6-12 months.
• Support sales / pipeline reviews with leaders.
• Prepare for and support first conversations with potential clients.

Proposals / Orals

• Define proposal response requirements and best sales messaging approach.
• Bring the latest knowledge and best of content to each opportunity (e.g., industry trends benchmarking, competitive insights, etc.).
• Help shape the overall solution (approach, team, pricing, differentiators, etc.) to best fit the deal requirements.
• Prepare and help lead orals with innovating ways of selling to help differentiate Accenture.

Content Management / Continuous Improvement

• Support development of go-to-market approach / assets.
• Maintain global repository of sales assets (e.g., proposals, stage 0 decks credentials, etc.).
• Conduct reviews (loss / delivery) with client teams to understand how we can improve sales and harvest deliverables.

Stay relevant through training, research, client interaction and feedback sessions

Professional & Technical Skills:

- Relevant experience in the required domain. 

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. 

- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• English language fluency (oral and written)
• Must support/mirror working hours for the supported market/geography or other business area.
• Must be flexible with working hours to meet shifting business needs.
• Must have good internet connectivity and distraction-free environment for working at home, in accordance with local guidelines.

Bonus points if you have:

• MBA from a tier 1 institute
• Experience in sales, business development, and go-to-market planning

Additional Information:

- Opportunity to work on innovative projects. 

- Career growth and leadership exposure.

Experience: 12-14Years

Educational Qualification: Bachelor's Degree

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