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 make 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 are a trusted advisor for senior business leaders and a mentor for writing colleagues. You help define and implement processes, best practices, standards, and training for pursuit writing, providing consistency across the service.
Serve as a lead writer on pursuit writing support requests
Participate in and co-facilitate proposal storyboarding sessions
Lead conceptual writing and storytelling for large and complex deals
Conduct peer reviews and share insights to enhance content
Collaborate with creative colleagues like designers to develop materials
Contribute to and work with content in internal repositories
Support recruiting and training, and coach team members
Drive best practices for the global team, promoting consistency
Work with leadership to develop and implement the global pursuit writing training strategy
Continuously look to improve writing and storytelling capabilities
Lead global pursuit writing practice community calls
Manage operational initiatives to drive value for the team
Collaborate with global service and market leads
Here’s what you need:
Native level of fluency in English [and/or other languages as applicable]
A minimum of 10 years of proposal and professional writing experience
Excellent command of business language
Team lead experience (preferably global)
Strong storytelling experience and knowledge of 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 virtually
Extra credit if you have:Writing experience with IT offerings or topicsYou may also need:
Must support/mirror working hours for the supported Market Unit or other business area
Must be flexible with work hours according to business needs
Must have good internet connectivity and distraction-free environment for working at home, in accordance with local guidelines
May be occasionally required to travel domestically or internationally
Equal Employment Opportunity StatementAll employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
