Sales Excellence - Pursuit Writing Associate Manager
Job Description
Title: Sales Excellence - Pursuit Writing Associate Manager
Role (Job Profile): Pursuit Writing Associate Manager
Management Level: Associate Manager (ML8)
About Accenture:
At Accenture, we believe your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It's about bringing your skills, your curiosity, and your best true self to your work. Here, you'll match your ingenuity with the latest technology to do incredible things. Together, we can create positive, long-lasting change.
We Are:
Sales Excellence. Sales Excellence at Accenture empowers our people to compete, win and grow. We develop everything they need to grow their client portfolios, optimize their deals and enable their sales talent, all driven by sales intelligence.
You Are:
Someone who likes to get your message across concisely and clearly in anything you write or talk about. You're competitive by nature, and you enjoy digging into the details so you can provide a well-thought-out answer. You're always open to learning about new technology and trends. You also appreciate and can create a well-crafted story, in any medium.
The Work:
You're a member of a writing team whose goal is to create clear, concise, and compelling sales materials to differentiate Accenture from its competitors. Along with creating and editing, you use creative storytelling to deliver innovative sales materials. You also help make sure the team consistently understands and follows best practices and standards.
You will:
Serve as a lead writer on pursuit writing support requests
Participate in and co-facilitate proposal storyboarding sessions
Apply conceptual writing and storytelling for large and complex deals
Collaborate with creative colleagues such as designers to develop materials
Own the writing of technical and standard sections and content
Work with subject matter experts to develop and refine content
Conduct peer reviews and share insights to enhance content
Contribute to and work with content in internal repositories
Support training and coach junior team members
Apply best practices aligned with the global team, promoting consistency among writers
Contribute to and participate in the pursuit writing practice community
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
A minimum of 6 years of professional writing or related experience
English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
Here's what you need:
Native level of fluency in English
Excellent command of business language
Strong storytelling experience and deep familiarity with editorial guidelines
Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills
Highly competent in MS Word and PowerPoint
Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities
Able to work independently and in virtual environment
Extra credit if you have:
Writing experience with IT offerings or topics
You May Also Need:
A home office or work area that is suitable for productive remote work, per local guidelines. This includes a safe, ergonomic workspace and a high-speed internet connection that is stable and secure.