Client Account Lead - Banking

Avanade is looking for Client Account Lead in the Banking sector, who with deep knowledge and understanding of the banking sector and it’s unique challenges, who is excited about how through the power of people and technology Avanade can help our clients accelerate their business.

Come join us

Do you enjoy being responsible for the full end-to-end customer engagement model from relationship development, account sales through ongoing delivery?

As a Client Account Lead (CAL), you are responsible for the client and client relationship while focusing on sales, revenue, delivery, and client satisfaction. You will work closely with the Sales Director and Leadership team to create, own, execute and maintain the Client Account Plans for Avanade and drive integration with Accenture and Microsoft across a portfolio of strategic accounts. You will be at minimum 30% chargeable with the rest of your time focused on sales and account leadership. You will be assigned to one Client vertical, namely the Banking Sector.

This person is leader with a vision of full operational accountability for a portfolio of large, complex, and strategic projects/programs/customers.

Together we do what matters.

What you’ll do

• Full P&L accountability for the client.
• Securing long-term account growth, sales and revenue while maintaining agreed profitability, and fast-growing client relationships, buyer access and securing long-term customer success.
• Prioritising strategic and tactical aspects of account management and demonstrates proficiency in building key relationships and networks across the customer base.
• Leadership, planning, coordination & management of all sales & delivery activities to achieve the sales & revenue targets.
• Accountability of sales and account management process. CAL’s often leverage the wider Avanade structure to support specific opportunities whether pre-sales, Sales, leadership etc. with a Sales Lead on specific opportunities.
• Partnering with client and account teams to represent product/solution in potential engagements; evolves customer and partner strategy to accelerate growth.
• Partnering with Accenture and Microsoft leadership and account teams.

Skills and experiences

• Extensive experience in the Banking in a tech consulting environment, Professional Services or System Integrator (SI) environment.
• Extensive customer management and/or sales experience including P&L, Sales Forecasting, Demand management etc.
• Comfortable with VP/C-suite executives and develops business relationships.
• Experience across several of the following Microsoft areas: Applications & Infrastructure; Business Applications; Data & AI; Modern Workplace; Security.
• Experience with the provision of managed services or other types of annuity services.
• Commercial, delivery & project management skills including multi-site, global delivery programs.
• Successful track record in delivering complex, large scale systems integration programs.
• Deftly navigates through challenging sales and delivery situations.
• Positive relationship selling skills and experience.
• Understanding of enterprise service solutions and Microsoft technologies.
• Willingness to develop a solid understanding of Avanade solutions and offerings.
• Ability to train other internal team resources to increase client leadership capacity and capability.
• Desire to be client-facing and engage in both pre-sales and billable activity.
• 7+ years of customer management and/or sales experience in a service sales organization.
• 7+ years of validated ability to lead a multidisciplinary team to execute on project deliverables.
• 5+ years of experience working within the Banking industry.
• Experience of the Irish Microsoft eco-system and SI landscape (preferable).

Accountabilities & Metrics:

• This critical account leadership role will be measured on a range of metrics including sales, revenue, profitability, chargeability, as well as customer and team happiness /satisfaction.

Enjoy your career

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

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A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and our communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, but to also lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

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