Sr. Account Executive - Retail, FSI, Teleco

About the Role

Here at Workday, our Account Executives are key players in our Field Sales Operations organization. With a net new revenue focus, they are the fuel for Workday’s new customer growth. This fantastic team of hardworking professionals play a key role in guiding new customers on a journey that can see them leave the limitations of legacy platforms behind and move forward with a new class of enterprise management cloud. 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 : Develop strategy for prioritizing, targeting, and closing key opportunities in assigned territory Performs account planning for assigned accounts, coordinating with pre-sales and other resources to ensure strategic alignment Initiate and support sales of Workday solutions within Large Enterprise prospects and shares Workday value proposition Be responsible for developing relationships with net new customers with a focus on deal management and connecting customers with Workday solutions, particularly core financials Negotiate deals with a variety of C-Suite Executives to close opportunities Maintain accurate and timely customer / prospect, pipeline, and service forecast data

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience selling SaaS / Cloud based ERP / HCM / Financial / Planning / or Analytics solutions to C-levels from a field sales position.
• Experience collaborating with internal teams (pre-sales, value, inside sales) to achieve quota and run multiple deals at once
• Experience with managing longer deal cycles, including prospecting for a portion of opportunities Other Qualifications
• Proven experience understanding 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
• Able to quickly establish trust with key stakeholders
• Prior experience with partnering with internal team members on account strategies for short and long term prospecting and territory management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills