Account Executive - Customer Base Major Accounts

Workday Workday · Enterprise · MN +1 · Remote

Account Executive role at Workday, a company that provides an AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. The role focuses on upselling and driving add-on business within existing major accounts by developing and maintaining customer relationships and coordinating with internal teams. Requires extensive experience in SaaS/Cloud-based ERP/HCM/Financial/Planning/Analytics solutions sales and managing long sales cycles.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with existing customers with a focus on upselling via deal management
  2. Perform account planning for assigned accounts, coordinating with pre-sales and other resources to ensure strategic alignment
  3. Drive strategic add-on and renewal business of Workday solutions within Major Account customers
  4. Coordinate cross functionally with Workday’s internal teams (pre-sales, digital, value & bid-management, marketing, technical and sales support)

Skills

Required

  • SaaS/Cloud based ERP / HCM / Financial / Planning / or Analytics solutions sales
  • Consultative selling
  • Account management
  • Deal management
  • Account planning
  • Relationship building
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Sales quota achievement
  • Managing long sales cycles
  • Executive relationship management

Nice to have

  • Understanding of strategic competitive landscape
  • Establishing trust with key stakeholders
  • Partnering with internal team members on account strategies
  • Territory management
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of experience selling SaaS/Cloud based ERP / HCM / Financial / Planning / or Analytics solutions to C-levels from a field sales position.
  • 8+ years experience collaborating with internal teams (pre-sales, value, inside sales) to achieve quota and run multiple deals at once
  • 8+ years experience managing 18+ month long sales cycles end to end and nurturing the relationship throughout
  • 8+ years experience forming relationships at the executive level within both existing and new business units; while sharing Workday value propositions