POD Client Partner - Toronto

Job description

People in the Corporate Function career track contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area

Marketing and Communications professionals build a powerful and differentiated global brand at the corporate, industry, capability and geography levels that supports the Accenture strategy; enhances long-term client relationships; inspires employees and candidates; and drives profitable revenue growth.

Job Description

As part of this team, you'll play a key role in helping Accenture execute its strategy. You'll work with a diverse team of innovative marketing experts who focus on the following areas: global brand management and advertising; global events and sponsorships; internal communications; marketing research; media and industry analyst relations; corporate and financial communications; internet marketing; recruitment marketing; client-centric marketing; and industry, service line and geographic marketing campaigns.

YOUR ROLE : POD Client Partner

Role Requirements:

Welcome to the future. We're a group of design thinkers, storytellers, and creative problem solvers and we revolutionize how Accenture helps clients understand ‘the art of the possible' in a simple and emotional way that wins business and drives revenue.

Your Mission: Be the face of the POD TOR business, and the strategic mind behind partnership, sales & growth for your region. Eyes always on the horizon, you will mount a relentless pursuit of expanding the POD portfolio in-region, extending our reach within Accenture, and aligning our priorities to those of the regional business. You shall develop and oversee execution of new sales strategies, offerings, and experiences in Canada. Ultimately, you are the main escalation point for all POD TOR engagements.

Your Accountability: First and foremost, hitting the POD TOR FY20 sales target of $2.4M. Within that, you are accountable for the development of POD TOR as a business, and all of its people. Accountability also includes sharing and collaborating with your fellow regional client-experience managers, in the interest of growing the POD as a whole.

You are: An entrepreneur. A self-starter. You are excited by and drawn to complex challenges, demonstrate fluency in sales and digital innovation (business, insights, creativity) and you can read and control the minds of others. You are compassionate, a teacher, and emotionally invested to grow your team. You are a hunter, deeply committed to serving the greater good. You are curious and able to collaborate with the best and brightest in the world—all while managing outputs with impressive results.

While there is never a typical day at Accenture, here is a list of some of the responsibilities:

Details of day
· Pitch capabilities to senior leadership teams
· Scope opportunities and secure budgets from internal clients
· Triaging escalations on client expectations or behaviors
· Daily updates to sales forecasts and monthly pipelines
· Conducting strategic reviews and recommendations of regional business
· Work from the office daily

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications
·  Bachelor's degree
·  Minimum of 10 years of experience in marketing, business development and/or marketing communications role
·  Minimum of 3 years of experience with Marketing or Communication agency

Preferred Qualifications
·  Bilingual an asset
Professional Skill Requirements
·  Open-minded creativity skills
·  Strong message development skills
·  Ability to be responsible for and manage up to a quota
·  Excellent English oral and written communications skills, and strong presentation skills
·  Ability to work autonomously and independently
·  Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
·  Creative thinker, executive presence desired, be able to work with a variety of stakeholders, styles and functional groups
·  Professional Skills
·  Entrepreneurial
·  Confident
·  Natural Problem Solver
·  Relationship + Rapport Builder
·  Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and collaboration in professional setting; either military or civilian

Accenture does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis covered by local law. Accenture is committed to providing employment opportunities to current or former members of the armed forces.

We are committed to employment equity. We encourage all people, including women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities and persons of aboriginal descent to apply.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world's largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 469,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.