Account Executive - Customer Base

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About The Team

Workday is expanding our Field Sales team and we are looking for an Account Executive.

About The Role

Here at Workday, our Account Executives are key players in our Field Sales Operations organization. Our Customer Base sales team uses their extensive experience and consultative selling skills to initiate and support sales of Workday Solutions within Workday’s existing customers. This fantastic team of hardworking professionals play a key role in driving incremental add-on business into strategic named accounts. As a team, we believe that partnering with our customers to craft relevant solutions that deliver long lasting value is super important. We want to make sure that our customers are positively satisfied from day one and forever ongoing. In this role, you will:

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

About You

• 8+ years of experience selling SaaS/Cloud based ERP / HCM / Financial / Planning / or Analytics solutions to C-levels from a field sales position.
• Experience with building relationships with existing customers for add-on or incremental business
• Experience in developing long-term account strategies with existing customers
• Experience negotiating deals with a variety of C-Suite Executives to close opportunities

Other Qualifications

• Understanding of the strategic competitive landscape of the industry by staying up to date with trends and customer needs so you can effectively position Workday solutions within accounts
• Experience leveraging and partnering with internal team members on account strategies
• Proven track record in a high-velocity sales cycle
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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