Contract Management Associate Director

·       Establish and manage relationships with Business leadership, Quality leadership and Legal counterparts.

·       Responsible for leading negotiation activities for some of Accenture's select deals (as defined by scope, size and type of work) to meet Accenture and client needs for a mutually beneficial outcome.

·       Work with both internal and external stakeholders to execute the negotiation strategy.

·       Help resolve potential and actual disputes while managing client expectations during the negotiation process.

·       Responsible for ensuring global compliance to all requirements and inputs from legal, commercial and corporate transaction services teams in all deal negotiations.

·       Champion Client Centric negotiation processes and coach executives on the global negotiation strategy for a deal or a dispute.

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Membership:

·       Member of World Commerce and Contracting (WCC) or National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and/ or professional certification considered a plus.

·       Travel required

Job Qualifications

Basica Qualifications:

·       Bachelor’s degree required

·       Minimum 12 years experience quality, project, delivery leads, sales and or legal with proven ability to lead successful teams

Preferred Skills:

·       Advanced degree preferred.

·       Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with executives at all levels of the client and Accenture organizations and be capable of influencing key commercial and contracting decisions

·       Experienced and exceptional in the application of Client Centric Negotiation

·       Effective and creative at balancing interests and synthesizing solutions

·       Courage to deliver hard messages directly, both internally and externally

·       Exceptional executive presence and ability to manage senior stakeholders

·       Seasoned resource experienced working on problem projects

·       Deep understanding of root cause trends and project remediation

·       Engaging personality able to build relationships

·       Powerful storyteller

·       Financial acumen and good business judgement

·       Knowledge of Accenture

Professional Skills:

·       Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout the Accenture global organization.

·       Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to Accenture. 

·       Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/or sexuality.

·       Leader as well as team player, collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives.

·       Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian.  

·       Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian

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