Partner Sales Executive

Workday Workday · Enterprise · Milan, Italy

Workday is seeking a Partner Sales Executive to drive new business opportunities by working with their Partner community. This role focuses on developing and managing go-to-market plans and campaigns to increase market awareness and generate pipeline for Workday's AI platform.

What you'd actually do

  1. The Partner Executive will work directly for the Partner go-to-market leader, focused on helping Sales teams work more effectively with our Partner community to drive increased market awareness and net new pipeline for Workday.
  2. Acting on behalf of the territory leader and with the support of the Partner Executive team, they will develop and manage go-to-market plans and campaigns that support the regional sales priorities.
  3. This role will leverage the ecosystem of market-facing resources within our Partner community on Workday’s behalf.
  4. This Partner Executive will develop industry and segment focused go-to-market business plans with our Partners, and align with the appropriate internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely plan execution in support of our collective goals.
  5. They will ensure our Partners are developing appropriate go-to-market activities and market awareness in support of the regional sales organisation’s goals.

Skills

Required

  • Business Development
  • Partner Management
  • Software/Services Sales
  • Channel Management
  • Creating and executing complex sales, operations or partner programmes
  • Experience within the business applications marketplace (cloud FINS, ERP or Human Capital Management related)
  • Developing and maintaining a growth plan with Partners
  • Cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with key strategic partners
  • Developing solid market making programmes
  • Collaborate closely with our professional services organisation
  • Identify and recruit Advisory Partners and Market Influencers
  • Run regular business reviews focused on demand generation activities
  • Provide analysis and forecasting of sales performance and pipeline
  • Develop partner-specific insights and recommend initiatives to improve overall performance
  • Develop industry go to market campaigns with your key partners
  • Actively track and develop joint sales pipeline
  • Meet or exceed quarterly/annual Partner key metrics
  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organisation
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team, individually and across multiple functional departments and groups
  • Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau and Salesforce.com

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years’ experience in Business Development, Partner Management, Software/Services Sales and/or Channel Management
  • Proven ability in creating and executing complex sales, operations or partner programmes, from start to finish, with a track record of successful revenue attainment
  • Experience within the business applications marketplace (cloud FINS, ERP or Human Capital Management related)
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time