- Pay
- $163–414k
- Where
- New York, One Manhattan West, Corp · Milwaukee, 790 N Milwaukee St, Corp · Dallas, 5205 N OConnor Las Colinas, Corp · Columbus, 400 W. Nationwide Blvd, Corp · Kirkland, 416 6th Street South, Corp · Irvine, 300 Spectrum Center Dr, ACN Tech · Cincinnati, 4th Street, Corp · Cleveland, 1400 W 10th Street, Corp · Oklahoma City, 525 NW 11th St, Corp · Austin, 323 Congress Avenue, Corp · Albany, 69 State St, Corp · Chicago, Accenture Tower, Corp · Arlington, 800 N Glebe, AFS · St. Pete, 140 Fountain Pkwy, Tampa Corp · Hartford, 280 Trumbull, Corp · Pittsburgh, 1001 Liberty Ave, Corp · St. Louis, 4220 Duncan Avenue, Corp · Miami, 777 Brickell Ave, Corp · Sacramento, 1610 R Street, Corp · Raleigh, 555 Fayetteville, Corp · Minneapolis, 333 S 7th, Corp · Mountain View, 650 Castro, Corp · Scottsdale, 15279 N Scottsdale Rd, Corp · Morristown, 1 Speedwell Ave, Corp · San Francisco, 415 Mission Street, Corp · Denver, 999 18th St, Corp · Boston, 888 Boylston, Corp · Philadelphia, 2001 Market St, Corp · Des Moines, 909 Locust, Corp · Overland Park, 7300 W 110th Street, Corp · Los Angeles, 6181 W Centinela Ave, Corp · Charlotte, 1120 S Tryon St., Corp · Walnut Creek, 1255 Treat Blvd, Corp · Carmel, 11939 N Meridian St., Corp · Seattle, 1191 2nd Avenue, Corp · Houston, 1301 Fannin, Corp · Arlington, 1201 Wilson, Corp · Atlanta, 75 Fifth, Corp · Orlando, 9400 Southpark, Corp · Redmond, 8383 158th Avenue NE, Corp · Bentonville, 805 S Walton Blvd., Corp · Beaverton, 15220 NW Greenbrier, Corp · Nashville, 4101 Charlotte Ave., Corp · Detroit, 1240 Woodward, Corp · San Diego, 12680 High Bluff Dr, Corp
- Level
- Senior
- Pay
- $163–414k
- Where
- New York, One Manhattan West, Corp · Milwaukee, 790 N Milwaukee St, Corp · Dallas, 5205 N OConnor Las Colinas, Corp · Columbus, 400 W. Nationwide Blvd, Corp · Kirkland, 416 6th Street South, Corp · Irvine, 300 Spectrum Center Dr, ACN Tech · Cincinnati, 4th Street, Corp · Cleveland, 1400 W 10th Street, Corp · Oklahoma City, 525 NW 11th St, Corp · Austin, 323 Congress Avenue, Corp · Albany, 69 State St, Corp · Chicago, Accenture Tower, Corp · Arlington, 800 N Glebe, AFS · St. Pete, 140 Fountain Pkwy, Tampa Corp · Hartford, 280 Trumbull, Corp · Pittsburgh, 1001 Liberty Ave, Corp · St. Louis, 4220 Duncan Avenue, Corp · Miami, 777 Brickell Ave, Corp · Sacramento, 1610 R Street, Corp · Raleigh, 555 Fayetteville, Corp · Minneapolis, 333 S 7th, Corp · Mountain View, 650 Castro, Corp · Scottsdale, 15279 N Scottsdale Rd, Corp · Morristown, 1 Speedwell Ave, Corp · San Francisco, 415 Mission Street, Corp · Denver, 999 18th St, Corp · Boston, 888 Boylston, Corp · Philadelphia, 2001 Market St, Corp · Des Moines, 909 Locust, Corp · Overland Park, 7300 W 110th Street, Corp · Los Angeles, 6181 W Centinela Ave, Corp · Charlotte, 1120 S Tryon St., Corp · Walnut Creek, 1255 Treat Blvd, Corp · Carmel, 11939 N Meridian St., Corp · Seattle, 1191 2nd Avenue, Corp · Houston, 1301 Fannin, Corp · Arlington, 1201 Wilson, Corp · Atlanta, 75 Fifth, Corp · Orlando, 9400 Southpark, Corp · Redmond, 8383 158th Avenue NE, Corp · Bentonville, 805 S Walton Blvd., Corp · Beaverton, 15220 NW Greenbrier, Corp · Nashville, 4101 Charlotte Ave., Corp · Detroit, 1240 Woodward, Corp · San Diego, 12680 High Bluff Dr, Corp
- Level
- Senior
Role Purpose
Drive growth by developing academia market in Americas, strategic academia collaboration opportunities for Accenture LearnVantage business and building high-impact partnerships with universities and academic institutions. The role will connect academic rigor with industry relevance, creating scalable learning propositions that address learner, institutional, and workforce development.
Key Responsibilities
Business Development & Growth
Identify, qualify, and develop new business opportunities across educational institutions, executive education, and industry-integrated learning programs.
Build and manage a robust opportunity pipeline, from initial engagement and solution shaping through commercial discussions and closure.
Develop compelling value propositions and partnership models aligned with institutional priorities and market demand.
Collaborate with sales, marketing, solution, delivery, legal, and commercial teams to structure and operationalize sustainable academia opportunities.
Support new market development, account planning, proposal creation, and senior academia stakeholder presentations.
Academia & Strategic Collaborations
Establish and nurture strategic relationships with universities, business schools, research institutions, and other academic partners.
Co-create partnership models such as industry-integrated degrees, embedded industry modules, executive education, micro-credentials, certification programs.
Work with academic partners to align curricula with emerging industry skills, applied learning, practitioner expertise, projects, mentorship, and career-readiness outcomes.
Facilitate collaboration across academic leaders, faculty, industry experts, ecosystem partners, and internal stakeholders.
Partnership & Program Strategy
Shape scalable partnership operating models covering market outreach, learner acquisition, program management, digital delivery, and learner experience.
Define success measures, governance mechanisms, commercial constructs, and joint responsibilities with academic partners.
Monitor market trends, emerging skills, competitive activity, and evolving institutional needs to identify new offerings and partnership opportunities for Accenture LearnVantage.
Build executive-level relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to strategic partners throughout the partnership lifecycle.
Desired Experience & Capabilities
Strong experience in business development, strategic partnerships, education, learning, or edtech ecosystem.
Demonstrated ability to develop senior academia stakeholder relationships and progress complex, multi-stakeholder opportunities.
Understanding of higher education, executive education, workforce skilling, digital learning, and industry-academia partnership models.
Strong commercial acumen with experience in solution shaping, proposals, negotiations, and partnership development.
Excellent communication, executive presence, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to translate market and client needs into differentiated, scalable learning and commercial partnership propositions.
Success Measures
Growth and quality of the academia business-development pipeline.
New strategic academic partnerships established and expanded.
Conversion of opportunities into sustainable programs and commercial engagements.
Strength and depth of senior stakeholder relationships.
Scale, learner impact, industry relevance, and long-term value generated through partnerships.
Basic Qualifications
Minimum of 10 years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, education, learning, or consulting,
Minimum of 5 years of experience developing and managing senior stakeholder relationships across multi-stakeholder environments.
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated experience in solution shaping, proposals, negotiations, and partnership development within higher education, executive education, workforce skilling, digital learning, or industry-academia…