Regional Sales Director, Workday
Public Sector
CA$191.3-233.8k
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$191.3-233.8k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of field sales management experience
- Extensive public sector experience, namely in SLED
- Bi-lingual English and French
- Experience selling cloud/ SaaS/ ERP solutions
- Experience in cultivating relationships with partners and alliances
- Experience managing complex public sector sales cycles from start to finish with a track record of successful revenue/quota attainment
- Experience as a leader in a team selling environment
- Experience selling a System of Record
- 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
- Proven experience of pulling together different business units to maximize on sales
- Experience maintaining accurate forecasting data and business modeling for senior leadership
- Self-starter attitude with the ability to work in a dynamic environment
What the job involves
- The Enterprise Management Public Sector Sales team at Workday helps the company to continue to grow by balancing integrity and innovation, ensuring Workmates have the environment to bring their best self, and get better by pushing and developing themselves and the Workmates around them
- As the Regional Sales Director responsible for public sector (namely SLED experience), you will use your extensive sales, industry knowledge and leadership experience to lead, coach and mentor a team of Senior Account Executives focused on the betterment of Canada by positioning Workday’s Solutions
- You will lead a team of passionate, enthusiastic and motivated people who want to be part of one of the most innovative and disruptive cloud companies on the planet
- Be a key leader focused on driving new business for Workday
- Lead a team focused on driving complex public sector deal engagement through orchestrating internal teams of pre-sales, value management, bid management, inside sales, marketing and sales support
- Use your experience to lead, coach and mentor a field sales team for public sector Canada
- Employ effective selling strategies to successfully position Workday as a viable cloud partner of choice to alternative to legacy ERP solutions
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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