Digital Marketing - Acquisition - Sales Manager - French Speaker

Accenture has an exciting opportunity for a people-oriented Sales Manager to guide, mentor, and inspire high-performing, multilingual sales teams within the client's digital marketing ecosystem. This role is responsible for driving measurable revenue outcomes by leading Inside Sales, Sales Account Managers, and-where applicable-Agency Account & Partner Managers who support advertisers across the full customer lifecycle. The Sales Manager plays a critical role in scaling our client's advertising business by developing world-class talent, executing data-driven sales strategies, improving workflows, and ensuring exceptional customer experience. You will work cross-functionally to identify sales opportunities, resolve bottlenecks, influence strategy, and operationalize best practices that improve performance at scale. Success in this role requires strong leadership, analytical problem solving, adaptability in a fast-paced environment, and a passion for helping clients grow through innovative digital advertising solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Inside Sales Representatives and/or Sales Account Managers to consistently exceed KPIs, revenue targets, and client expectations.
• Set clear monthly and quarterly goals, manage performance against KPIs, and execute gap to goal plans to drive sustained revenue growth.
• Conduct regular one on one coaching sessions, call evaluations, and performance reviews to reinforce sales rigor, compliance, and best practices.
• Onboard new hires and cultivate strong sales competencies through structured coaching, mentoring, simulations, and enablement programs.
• Analyze individual and team performance using CRM and analytics tools to identify trends, risks, and growth opportunities.
• Ensure operational excellence through accurate CRM usage, sales forecasting, pipeline management, and adherence to SLAs and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (Quality, Policy, Training, Operations) to drive continuous improvement and scalable solutions.
• Act as an escalation point for complex customer and internal challenges, applying sound judgment and customer first decision making.
• Foster a collaborative, learning oriented environment that encourages experimentation, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
• Provide leadership with actionable insights on customer trends, market feedback, and competitive intelligence.

Qualifications (Required)

• 3-5 years with 1-2+ as Sales Manager/Team Lead or in similar role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of building, coaching, and managing high-performing sales or account management teams.
• Experience managing KPIs, revenue forecasting, pipeline health, and performance management.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a data-driven decision-making mindset.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• CRM experience (e.g., Salesforce or equivalent sales automation tools).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in digital advertising, social media, or technology-driven sales environments.
• Experience using data and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau) to monitor revenue, risks, and opportunities.
• Proven ability to recruit and hire top sales talent for high-performance teams.
• Experience developing scalable programs, process improvements, and workflow automation.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
• Comfort operating in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment.
• Multilingual capabilities beyond required language qualifications.
• High energy, resilience, adaptability, and a customer first mindset.

• Fluency in French and English