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The Senior Manager, Pre-Sales supports complex enterprise software sales cycles through demonstrations, technical and functional responses, solution scoping, and reusable sales assets. The role works with clients, partners, sales, product, legal, and delivery teams, and contributes to workshops, proof-of-concept engagements, industry events, onboarding, and pipeline reporting. Travel may range from 25% to 100%, depending on business and client needs.
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About Accenture
Accenture helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 814,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $74 billion in FY26 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com .
THE ROLE
As Senior Manager, Pre-Sales you support complex software sales cycles by delivering compelling product demonstrations, responding to technical and functional requirements, and building reusable pre-sales assets. You combine solid product knowledge with strong client-facing skills to accelerate pipeline conversion — working across direct client engagements, partner-supported opportunities and industry events.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Pre-sales support and solution delivery
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Support the end-to-end pre-sales process for assigned opportunities: discovery, demos, RFP responses, solution scoping and proposal preparation.
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Deliver tailored product demonstrations to mid-level and senior client stakeholders, translating features into business value.
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Facilitate client workshops to identify requirements, validate fit and shape the solution approach.
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Prepare written responses to RFPs, RFIs and security questionnaires in coordination with product, legal and delivery teams.
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Support proof-of-concept engagements; document outcomes and feed learnings back into the pre-sales playbook.
Partner and event support
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Support channel and technology partners in pre-sales engagements: provide product demonstrations and technical guidance, build their confidence in positioning the solution, and assist on partner-led opportunities when additional pre-sales depth is required.
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Support the business at industry events and trade shows: deliver product demonstrations for event audiences, engage prospects and clients on-site with relevant use cases, and document leads and follow-up actions promptly after each event.
Asset development and enablement
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Develop and maintain reusable pre-sales materials: demo scripts, solution blueprints, proposal modules, competitive battle cards and ROI templates.
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Stay current on product updates, competitive landscape and industry trends; share insights with the broader sales team.
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Contribute to the onboarding of new team members on product and solution knowledge.
Collaboration and reporting
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Work closely with the sales lead and AD Pre-Sales to align on opportunity strategy and solution approach.
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Maintain accurate records of pre-sales activities and solution configurations; support pipeline reporting as required.
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Participate in win/loss reviews and apply learnings to improve proposal quality and demo effectiveness.
Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 25% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
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Minimum 8+ years of pre-sales, solution consulting or technical sales support experience in enterprise software.
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/19/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:
U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/benefits)
Role Location Annual Salary Range California $94,400 to $266,300 Colorado $94,400 to $230,000 Connecticut $94,400 to $230,000 District of Columbia $100,500 to $245,000 Illinois $87,400 to $230,000 Maine $80,400 to $196,000 Maryland $94,400 to $230,000 Massachusetts $94,400 to $245,000 Minnesota $94,400 to $230,000 New York $87,400 to $266,300 New Jersey $100,500 to $266,300 Ohio $87,400 to $213,000 Virginia $87,400 to $245,000 Washington $100,500 to $245,000
Requesting an Accommodation
Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.
If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009 or send us an email or speak with your recruiter.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All 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. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.
For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity Statement (https://www.accenture.com/content/dam/accenture/final/accenture-com/document-4/Accenture-Equal-Opportunity-Statement.pdf#zoom=50)
Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
Other Employment Statements
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Further, at Accenture a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment.
The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.
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How this job compares
Set against the 846 open Pre-Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$87–230K/yr
- Illinois median$144–234K/yr32 salary ranges
- US median$133–234K/yr718 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $159K, is 17% below the Illinois median midpoint ($192K) — in the lowest quarter of Pre-Sales salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 38 open Pre-Sales jobs in Illinois and 846 across the US. 17% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Accenture (this employer)8 open
- Databricks8 open
- Intercom2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Pre-Sales postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (670 postings).
- Education
- 192 of the 846 open Pre-Sales jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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