Role PurposeDrive 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 ResponsibilitiesBusiness 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 ecosystems.
- Strong understanding of higher education, executive education, workforce skilling, digital learning, and industry-academia partnership models.
- Excellent communication, executive presence, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to align academic, industry, and internal stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to translate market and client needs into differentiated, scalable learning propositions and to convert opportunities into sustainable programs and commercial engagements.
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 11/27/2026.
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:
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Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $163,000 to $413,600
Colorado $163,000 to $357,400
Connecticut $163,000 to $357,400
District of Columbia $173,500 to $380,500
Illinois $150,900 to $357,400
Maine $138,800 to $304,400
Maryland $163,000 to $357,400
Massachusetts $163,000 to $380,500
Minnesota $163,000 to $357,400
New York $150,900 to $413,600
New Jersey $173,500 to $413,600
Ohio $150,900 to $330,900
Virginia $150,900 to $380,500
Washington $173,500 to $380,500
