Senior Business Development Manager - Major Accounts

3903 Avanade Netherlands BV Company; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade in Amsterdam is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive growth across major accounts. You will identify, shape, and close new opportunities while expanding Avanade's footprint through cross-sell and transformative technology engagements with senior client executives.

You will collaborate with Microsoft, delivery teams, and solution specialists to address critical business challenges through digital transformation, requiring strong commercial acumen and consultative selling skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise technology or services sales.
• Proven track record of originating and closing complex deals.
• Experience managing both existing clients and whitespace accounts.
• Comfort engaging senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgment and negotiation skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute account and territory plans.
• Originate, qualify, shape, and close new sales opportunities.
• Build relationships with senior client stakeholders and key partners.
• Lead discovery and connect client needs to Avanade solutions.
• Mobilize teams to build winning proposals.
• Negotiate client agreements while protecting value and profitability.
• Grow existing relationships through cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
• Maintain a healthy pipeline, clear deal strategy, and accurate CRM forecast.

Skills

Enterprise technology sales

Strategic account management

Executive relationship building

Negotiation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

CRM proficiency

Tools

CRM software

Job description

The Role Grow strategic accounts. Create new opportunities. Build trusted executive relationships. As a Business Development Manager within our Major Accounts team, you will be responsible for driving growth across a portfolio of Avanade's most strategic clients. You will identify, shape, and close new business opportunities while expanding Avanade's footprint through cross-sell, upsell, and transformative consulting and technology engagements. You will operate in complex client environments, working closely with customer executives, Microsoft, delivery teams, and solution specialists to help clients address their most critical business challenges through digital transformation. Success in this role requires strong commercial acumen, executive presence, consultative selling skills, and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout complex sales cycles.

What You Will Do

• Create and execute account and territory plans.
• Originate, qualify, shape, and close new sales opportunities.
• Build relationships with senior client stakeholders and key partners.
• Lead discovery and connect client needs to relevant Avanade solutions and services.
• Mobilize solution, delivery, commercial, Microsoft, and ecosystem teams to build winning proposals.
• Negotiate client agreements while protecting value and profitability.
• Grow existing relationships through cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
• Maintain a healthy pipeline, clear deal strategy, and accurate forecast in CRM.

What You Bring

• Proven experience in enterprise technology or services sales.
• A strong track record of originating and closing complex deals.
• Experience managing both existing clients and whitespace accounts.
• Confidence engaging senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgment, negotiation skills, and business acumen.
• The ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• A client-focused, proactive, and resilient mindset.

Preferred

• Experience selling Microsoft technology and services, including Cloud, Data & AI, Security, Business Applications, or Modern Work.
• Experience in consulting, a system integrator, or a Microsoft partner environment.
• Industry knowledge and an established client or partner network.

Success Measures

• Sales and revenue growth.
• Qualified pipeline and pipeline coverage.
• New opportunities and new clients won.
• Growth within existing accounts.
• Win rate, deal value, and profitability.
• Forecast accuracy and CRM quality.

Why Avanade

You will combine the power of Microsoft technology with Avanade industry, advisory, and delivery expertise to help clients solve complex business challenges and achieve measurable outcomes. . At Avanade, we advance the world through the power of people and Microsoft. Join us to shape your skills and the future with bold ideas and innovative solutions. Our partnership with Microsoft and Accenture empowers you to unlock your full potential. Working at Avanade offers the chance to build a career path that suits your skills and interests and the freedom to be your authentic self. We are committed to your growth, well-being, and success. This is where passion meets opportunity, technology meets humanity, and every challenge is a chance to make a genuine impact on colleagues, clients, and communities. Together, we do what matters.