Account Director

Prowess Consulting is looking for an Account Director to join our growing team in the greater Seattle area.  The ideal candidate will have client-facing, account or program management experience in an agency setting. Experience selling, as an Account Manager, in the Microsoft space is ideal.   This person will be responsible for growing and managing an active high-tech client base and this will involve net new and warm selling.  This person will also be consulting with clients to bring their technical solutions to market.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain and nurture effective professional relationships with clients of varying sizes.
• Consult with clients to architect and produce marketing strategies, assets, and solutions that solve their needs.
• Understand client ecosystem, offer solution recommendations, resolve problems and follow up with clients in a timely manner
• Serve as primary channel of communication between the client and Prowess
• Responsible for internal project and program tracking, monitoring, and regular reporting for forecasting and budgeting purposes
• Makes recommendations to Prowess management for process and sales effectiveness improvements
• Work with Prowess sales exec help to scope and estimate new project work
• Author SOW’s (Statement of Work) documents for new and renewal work

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum two years' experience as a Technical Account, Program Manager or business development role in a technical marketing or sales role
• Three or more years high-tech industry experience required
• Experience working in the Microsoft Corp. landscape strongly preferred
• Self-starter, motivated, and eager to achieve
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Strong basic computer skills in MS Office tools (Outlook, Excel and Word) required
• Experience in analytics is a plus
• Potential for occasional travel (less than 20%)

About Prowess Consulting

Prowess is a Seattle-based technology consulting firm that specializes in helping enterprise and mid-market companies define, manage and market their technology-based solutions and services. 

We take great pride in investing the time necessary to gain a deep understanding of your technology. Our team of technology and marketing experts is immersed in the technology trends that affect our clients’ business, so we can add value at every stage of engagement to help them succeed.

Prowess provides a well-rounded benefits package including health insurance, flexible spending account, life and disability insurance, paid time off, and retirement plan investing.   Prowess is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Resumes may be submitted on our careers website:  http://prowesscorp.catsone.com/careers