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Job Title - Topic Advisory Manager โ Tech Strategy & Advisory EMEA
Management Level : 07 - Manager
Location : Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad & Gurugram
Must have skills : Business development
Good to have skills : Strong problem-solving skills, adaptability to changing business needs, and expertise in cross-functional collaboration.
Experience : Minimum 9 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : MBA from tier 1 (preferred)
Job Summary :
This role involves driving strategic initiatives, managing business transformations, and leveraging industry expertise to create value-driven solutions.
Roles & Responsibilities :
As a Topic Advisory Manager, you provide high touch sales support to our TS&A teams, closely partnering with the TS&A Topic Advisory Lead for the Market. This will include but is not limited to the following :
1. 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.
- Lead sales / pipeline reviews with leaders.
- Prepare for and support first conversations with potential clients.
1. 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 for and support orals with innovative ways of selling to help differentiate Accenture.1. Content Management / Continuous Improvement
Develop 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 account teams to understand how we can improve.Harvest reusable, scalable deliverables.Professional & Technical Skills :
Relevant experience in at least 2 of the following topics : enterprise architecture, tech cost optimization / technical debt reduction / tech value management, IT operating model, transformation management, technology strategy, data / AI / gen AI strategy.Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, executive presence.Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.Prior client delivery experience is preferred but not mandatoryAdvanced PowerPoint and Excel skills; PowerBI development, agentic AI skills a plus.Additional Information :
Opportunity to materially impact Sales KPIs work on innovative projects.Exposure to senior stakeholders.Continuous learning of cutting-edge practices in Technology strategy spaceCareer growth and leadership exposure.