Account Executive - Major Accounts

Workday Workday · Enterprise · Atlanta, GA

Account Executive for Workday's AI platform, focusing on selling SaaS/Cloud based ERP/HCM/Financial/Planning/Analytics solutions to C-levels. Drives complex sales cycles, builds executive relationships, and collaborates with internal teams to achieve quota.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive complex sales cycles through orchestrating internal teams of pre-sales, value management, bid management, inside sales, marketing and sales support
  2. Utilize consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and Executive sponsors
  3. Develop strategy for prioritizing, targeting, and closing key opportunities in assigned territory
  4. Provide input to product strategy and build partnership with senior leadership
  5. Maintain accurate and timely customer/prospect, pipeline, and service forecast data

Skills

Required

  • SaaS/Cloud based ERP / HCM / Financial / Planning / or Analytics solutions sales
  • C-level sales
  • Field sales experience
  • Collaborating with internal teams (pre-sales, value, inside sales)
  • Managing long sales cycles
  • Relationship building with executive stakeholders
  • Consultative selling
  • Territory management
  • Pipeline management
  • Forecasting

Nice to have

  • Understanding of strategic competitive landscape
  • Establishing trust with key stakeholders
  • Leading sales cycles
  • Uncovering, qualifying, developing, and closing new business
  • Account strategies
  • 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 long sales cycles end to end and nurturing the relationship throughout
  • 8+ years experience forming strong relationships with key stakeholders at the executive level within both existing and new business units; while sharing Workday value propositions