Innovation Experience Manager

Innovation Experience Manager(Job Number:16500)

Description

About Avanade

Avanade provides business technology services that connect insight, innovation and expertise in Microsoft technologies to help customers realize results. Avanade's services and solutions help improve performance, productivity and sales for organizations in all industries. The company applies Microsoft expertise from its global network of consultants, drawing on the right mix of onshore, offshore and nearshore skills, which together are designed to help deliver results faster, at lower cost and with less risk. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corporation and serves customers in more than 20 countries worldwide with more than 13,000 professionals.

At Avanade, business and technology consulting isn't just your career it's your passion. And that means more than just working with new innovations. It means using technology to solve business problems in ways that make a real difference to you and to your customer.

At Avanade, we
- Are passionate about pushing the limits of Microsoft technologies to help our customers achieve their business goals.
- Thrive on open dialogue and debate, share best practices, and solve problems through teamwork.
- Are committed to growth - as an organization and for each individual.

Avanade is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corporation, and serves customers in more than 20 countries worldwide with over 15,000 professionals.
The Experience Lead is a key member of the Innovation and Incubation team, and takes primary responsibility for the end quality of the demonstrations, sales support materials, and delivery aides housed in the Solutions Showcase storefront. The role requires a broad variety of skills which support a central goal to identify innovative technologies, products and services Avanade can deliver to grow its business globally. The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience in three areas; creative and user experience, technology innovation, and product evangelism. A critical aspect of the role is the candidate's ability to deeply digest and effectively communicate the purpose and message of a subject via direct conversation, presentation, and user experience design. The candidate must have a genuine passion for leading-edge technologies and trends as they relate to Avanade's business and that of its customers.

The primary responsibilities are: -Working with the Industry, Service Line, and other Subject Matter Experts, craft scenarios that deliver the desired business and technology messages in a manner consistent with best practices and customer need and highlighting Avanade's deep experience in business technology services.
- Ensure that the experience of the demonstrations being created consistently and reliably meet the intended design criteria and exemplify the best that Avanade and any underlying technologies have to offer.
- Maintain an emphasis on lean, impressive, high-quality demonstrations that are easy to use. Guide development decisions such that these attributes are continually prioritized and emphasized.
- Execute a quality review includes all aspects of the user experience, including graphics, sample data, system interaction and any other relevant elements of the all deliverables - including not only the demonstration but also any supporting internal or customer-ready items included in the Bill of Materials.
- Engage the business development channel through evangelism, marketing and training activities.
- Support the business development channel through direct customer presentations and opportunity support.

Qualifications

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
-7+ years of services sales or professional consulting experience
- 5+ years of consulting or related services sales experience with Microsoft products
- Experience or demonstrable interest in user experience, creative or other agency work
- Experience or demonstrable interest in software design and engineering
- Four year college degree, advance degree (M.B.A. or equivalent) preferred
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated experience in user experience design or heavily UX-focused development

Professional Skills:
-Strong business acumen
- Strategic thinking
- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral
- Passion for technology and learning - actively seeks to broaden knowledge on emerging tools, techniques and technologies
- Strong time management skills
- Design thinking
- Ability to effectively handle multiple projects concurrently

Personal/Soft Skills:
-An intuitive sense of balance for real' vs. smoke and mirrors' when building demos.
- Excellent communication, analytical and negotiation skills
- Action-oriented and results driven
- Personal integrity
- Ability to coordinate and collaborate with other teams across geographies
- Excellent interpersonal skills - 'Customer Focus'

Avanade® Is An Equal Opportunity Employer. Avanade promotes equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, status as a protected disabled or Vietnam Era Veteran, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Primary Location:United States-Washington-Seattle
Travel:No |
Job Type: Standard
Region:- Sales & Marketing - Global
Job: Solution Developer
Capability Group: Marketing

LOC:USA