Account Executive, Platform - Medium Enterprise Diversified Industries

Workday; Atlanta (GA); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Workday is expanding its enterprise sales team to sell platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility solutions to the Office of the CIO. You will engage CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders, navigating multi-stakeholder cycles to articulate value and drive transformation.

You will orchestrate cross-functional resources, build executive relationships, and translate technical priorities into business outcomes, aligning cloud architecture, data strategy, and security with measurable results.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of high-performing enterprise SaaS sales experience.
• +3 years focused on selling complex platform architecture, architecting an enterprise data strategy or AI/analytics solutions to CIOs/CTOs.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding quota with $500K+ ACV and managing high ARR accounts.
• Experience in collaborative, matrixed enterprise sales environments with core account owners and specialists.

Responsabilités

• Own complex enterprise sales cycles for platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility opportunities from discovery to close.
• Build trusted executive relationships with CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders to position Workday as a strategic partner.
• Translate customer needs across cloud architecture, data strategy, AI, integration, security, governance, into value-based sales strategies.
• Orchestrate cross-functional teams with Core Account Executives, presales, value management, product, customer success, partner teams, and sales support.
• Develop pipeline by identifying customer events, technology priorities, modernization initiatives, and market signals.
• Advance partner and ecosystem selling with cloud partners and global system integrators.

Connaissances

Enterprise SaaS sales

Executive relationship building

Strategic selling

Multi-stakeholder selling

Description du poste

About the Team

Workday is building a new specialized sales team focused on selling platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility solutions into the Office of the CIO. This team partners with enterprise customers to help IT leaders modernize their technology strategies, unlock business value from Workday's platform, and connect innovation roadmaps to measurable business outcomes.

The Revenue organization at Workday is grounded in integrity, innovation, accountability, and collaboration. We are looking for experienced enterprise sellers who can build trusted executive relationships, lead complex platform sales cycles, and help accelerate market adoption in a dynamic growth area for Workday.

About the Role

You are an experienced enterprise seller who combines technical fluency, executive presence, and disciplined sales execution. You are comfortable engaging CIOs, CTOs, senior technology leaders and ecosystem partners while navigating complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.

You know how to build trusted customer relationships, shape executive-level value propositions, orchestrate internal resources, and connect Workday's platform capabilities to measurable business outcomes. You bring credibility in conversations about cloud architecture, data strategy, the AI ecosystem, integration, security, and enterprise transformation.

Key Focus & Responsibilities

• Own complex enterprise sales cycles. Lead platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility opportunities from discovery through negotiation and close. Build account strategies, qualify opportunities, shape executive-level value propositions, and progress accounts with discipline.
• Build trusted executive relationships. Engage CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders to position Workday as a strategic enterprise software partner for technology modernization, platform innovation, and business transformation.
• Connect technical priorities to business value. Translate customer needs across cloud architecture, data strategy, AI, integration, security, governance, and enterprise transformation into clear value based sales strategies.
• Orchestrate cross functional teams. Partner with Core Account Executives, presales, value management, product, customer success, partner teams, and sales support to deliver compelling customer outcomes.
• Develop pipeline and identify timely opportunities. Build pipeline across assigned accounts by identifying customer business events, technology priorities, modernization initiatives, and market signals that create opportunities for Workday's AI and platform solutions.
• Advance partner and ecosystem selling. Collaborate with cloud partners, global system integrators, and technology ecosystem partners to expand Workday's relevance within the customer's broader IT landscape.

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About You

Basic Qualifications

• P4 Account Executive, Platform:
• +5 years of high-performing enterprise SaaS sales experience
• +3 years specifically focused on selling complex platform architecture, architecting an enterprise data strategy (privacy, security), or AI/analytics solutions directly to the Office of the CIO or CTO.
• Documented track record of consistently meeting or exceeding quota while closing multi-stakeholder enterprise deals ($500K+ ACV) and managing high ARR accounts.
• Demonstrated co-prime success working in collaborative, matrixed enterprise sales environments alongside core account owners and specialist teams.

Other Qualifications

• Domain & Technical Fluency: Strong technical credibility in modern enterprise IT architectures, cloud data foundations, API orchestration, data privacy/security, and AI/ML platform integration.
• oCIO Persona Fluency: Speaks the language of IT leadership, smoothly transitioning from business process outcomes to data pipelines, model orchestration, and zero-cop