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Client Account Lead – Software & Platforms

Accenture

Amsterdam
Full-time
5-10 years experience
Hybrid

Key Skills

Account leadership
Business development
Consulting
SaaS
Cloud computing
Digital transformation
Strategic planning
Executive relationship management
GenAI
Data analytics
Platform engineering
Cybersecurity
Intelligent automation
Commercial acumen
Team leadership
Stakeholder management

Job Description

Accenture Netherlands | Amsterdam | Communications, Media & Technology

The Opportunity

The Software & Platforms industry is shaping how businesses operate, how consumers engage, and how innovation reaches the market. As AI, cloud, data, and digital ecosystems continue to evolve, industry leaders are looking for trusted partners who can help them scale growth, unlock new value, and stay ahead of disruption.

As a Client Account Lead, you will work with some of the most influential software companies, platform businesses, and digital-native organizations, helping them address strategic priorities and accelerate business outcomes. From growth strategies and AI adoption to operating model transformation and large-scale technology initiatives, you will play a key role in helping clients navigate their next chapter of growth.

You will build strong executive relationships, identify opportunities where Accenture can create value, and lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver transformative outcomes. This is an opportunity to combine commercial leadership, industry expertise, and innovation to drive meaningful impact for clients operating at the forefront of the digital economy.

What Will Help You Succeed

  • 8+ years of experience in consulting, technology, business development, account leadership, or strategy roles
  • Strong understanding of Software & Platforms business models, including SaaS, cloud-based services, digital marketplaces, subscription businesses, platform ecosystems, and technology-enabled growth strategies
  • Experience working with software vendors, platform companies, hyperscalers, digital-native organizations, or enterprise technology providers
  • Proven success building and expanding relationships with senior executives across business, product, technology, and commercial functions
  • Experience leading strategic transformation initiatives focused on growth, customer engagement, operating model modernization, cloud adoption, data-driven decision making, or AI-enabled innovation
  • Knowledge of emerging technologies including GenAI, cloud, platform engineering, data & analytics, cybersecurity, and intelligent automation
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify opportunities, shape compelling value propositions, and drive complex pursuits
  • Experience leading diverse teams across functions, geographies, and disciplines
  • Master's degree or equivalent professional experience
  • Fluency in English; Dutch is strongly preferred
  • A passion for technology, innovation, and helping clients translate emerging trends into business value

The Impact You'll Make

  • Build and deepen relationships with leading Software & Platforms organizations, becoming a trusted advisor to senior decision-makers
  • Help clients accelerate growth, improve customer experiences, and unlock new revenue opportunities through technology and innovation
  • Lead complex engagements spanning AI transformation, cloud modernization, digital platforms, data-driven business models, and enterprise-wide reinvention
  • Shape and progress strategic opportunities from initial client discussions through successful execution and value realization
  • Bring together Accenture's expertise across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Song, Cloud, Data & AI, and Operations to solve critical business challenges
  • Support clients as they navigate industry disruption, evolving market expectations, and increasing competitive pressure
  • Drive executive conversations around AI-powered growth, platform strategies, ecosystem expansion, and next-generation customer experiences
  • Coach, mentor, and inspire talented teams while fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture

Why Join Accenture?

  • Partner with some of the world's most innovative software and platform organizations as they define the future of digital business
  • Help clients transform ambitious ideas into measurable business outcomes at scale
  • Leverage Accenture's global network of industry specialists, technology partners, innovation centers, and market-leading capabilities
  • Work across strategy, technology, operations, and customer transformation to solve complex business challenges
  • Accelerate your own growth through continuous learning, leadership development, mentorship, and global collaboration opportunities
  • Benefit from competitive compensation, flexible working arrangements, and a comprehensive rewards package
  • Join a culture that values entrepreneurship, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous innovation

Ready to Drive Growth in the Digital Economy?

Apply online with your CV and application in English.

We welcome professionals who bring diverse experiences, fresh perspectives, and a passion for helping software and platform organizations grow, innovate, and lead in an increasingly digital world.

The role is based in Amsterdam and follows Accenture Netherlands' hybrid way of working.

For questions about the role or recruitment process, contact Annette Kleisdorff at +45 29999041.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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Core Responsibilities

You will build and deepen relationships with leading software and platform organizations to act as a trusted advisor for senior decision-makers. Additionally, you will lead complex engagements involving AI transformation, cloud modernization, and digital platform strategies to drive business growth.

Requirements

Candidates must have 8+ years of experience in consulting, technology, or business development with a strong understanding of software and platform business models. A Master's degree or equivalent professional experience is required, along with fluency in English.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Comprehensive rewards package
  • Continuous learning
  • Leadership development
  • Mentorship

About Accenture

Industry: Business Consulting and Services

Company size: 10,001+ employees

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 814,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $74 billion in FY26 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com. This LinkedIn company page is moderated. When engaging with Accenture, we encourage everyone to: - Use common courtesy and be respectful of others. - Create your own original content and avoid content that you know to be fraudulent. - Never repost someone else's copyrighted work, unless you have permission. - Never post personal, identifying, or confidential information. We reserve the right to delete comments or posts we deem to be: - Profane, obscene, inappropriate, offensive, abusive material. - Spam, repeated comments and commercial messages and personal advertisements. - Discriminatory or that contain hateful speech of any kind regarding age, gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. - Threats; personal attacks; abusive, defamatory, derogatory, or inflammatory language; or stalking or harassment of any individual, entity or organization. - False, inaccurate, libelous, or otherwise misleading in any way.

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