Account Executive, Workday
Major Accounts
$147.6-180.4k
More information about location
2-5 days a week in office (Irvine, CA or Pleasanton, CA)
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
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$147.6-180.4k
More information about location
2-5 days a week in office (Irvine, CA or Pleasanton, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- Understanding of the strategic competitive landscape 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
- Have and able to lead all aspects of the sales cycle with the ability to uncover, qualifying, developing, and closing new, white-space territories and accounts
- Experience partnering with internal team members on account strategies for short and long term prospecting and territory management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
What the job involves
- Here at Workday, our Account Executives are key players in our Field Sales 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
- Drive complex sales cycles through orchestrating internal teams of pre-sales, value management, bid management, inside sales, marketing and sales support
- Utilize consultative selling skills to initiate long-standing relationships with prospective customers and Executive sponsors
- Develop strategy for prioritizing, targeting, and closing key opportunities in assigned territory
- Provide input to product strategy and build partnership with senior leadership
- Maintain accurate and timely customer/prospect, pipeline, and service forecast dataHere at Workday, our Account Executives are key players in our Field Sales organization
- Maintain accurate and timely customer/prospect, pipeline, and service forecast data
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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