The Senior Director of Business Development drives growth within Bounteous' Adobe ecosystem by generating new business, developing pipelines, and nurturing key stakeholder relationships. The role involves closing complex deals and ensuring compliance with data protection standards while leading collaborative efforts across internal teams.
Bounteous is a premier end-to-end digital transformation consultancy dedicated to partnering with ambitious brands to create digital solutions for today’s complex challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. With uncompromising standards for technical and domain expertise, we deliver innovative and strategic solutions in Strategy, Analytics, Digital Engineering, Cloud, Data & AI, Experience Design, and Marketing.
Our Co-Innovation methodology is a unique engagement model designed to align interests and accelerate value creation. Our clients worldwide benefit from the skills and expertise of over 4,000+ expert team members across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA. By partnering with leading technology providers, we craft transformative digital experiences that enhance customer engagement and drive business success.
We are seeking a Senior Director, Business Development, to drive strategic growth across our Adobe ecosystem. This role is responsible for generating new business, building and converting pipeline, and closing complex digital transformation engagements. The ideal candidate brings a strong track record of net-new business development, experience selling within the Adobe ecosystem or similar partner environments, and the ability to engage senior stakeholders while leading pursuits from origination through close.
Information Security Responsibilities
- Promote and enforce awareness of key information security practices, including acceptable use of information assets, malware protection, and password security protocols
- Identify, assess, and report security risks, focusing on how these risks impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets
- Understand and evaluate how data is stored, processed, or transmitted, ensuring compliance with data privacy and protection standards (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
- Ensure data protection measures are integrated throughout the information lifecycle to safeguard sensitive information
Role and Responsibilities
- Own and deliver against an annual revenue target, driving new business growth within Bounteous’ Adobe-related portfolio.
- Generate and build pipelines through proactive outbound efforts, Adobe partner collaboration, and market engagement.
- Partner closely with Adobe sales and alliance teams to identify, develop, and close joint opportunities.
- Lead the full sales lifecycle from initial engagement through solutioning, proposal development, and deal closure.
- Develop clear, differentiated win strategies aligned to client priorities and Bounteous’ capabilities.
- Build and maintain executive-level relationships with key decision-makers across marketing, digital, and technology organizations.
- Position Bounteous’ value in business terms, connecting client challenges to measurable outcomes and transformation impact.
- Lead the development of proposals, presentations, and points of view that clearly differentiate Bounteous in competitive pursuits.
- Collaborate with internal strategy, experience, engineering, and data teams to shape integrated, client-centric solutions.
- Contribute to go-to-market efforts by refining offerings and supporting the evolution of Adobe-related solutions.
- Maintain accurate pipeline visibility, forecasting, and deal progression to support business planning.
- Represent Bounteous in client, partner, and Adobe-related engagements to strengthen market presence and partnership alignment.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience required
7+ years of business development or sales experience within a digital consultancy, systems integrator, or agency environment
Proven success generating net-new business and closing complex deals, typically $1M+
Experience selling Adobe Experience Cloud or comparable digital experience platforms strongly preferred
Background working within a partner-led or alliance-driven sales model
Demonstrated ability to build and manage executive-level client relationships
Strong understanding of digital transformation, including strategy, experience, data, and technology delivery
Proficiency with Salesforce Sales Cloud and standard business productivity tools
Excellent communication and executive presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
Strong consultative selling skills, including the ability to uncover client needs and develop compelling, differentiated solutions
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