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Account Executive, Platform

Workday New York City, NY Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$130,000 USD - $195,000 USD per year

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Description

We're building a new specialised sales team focused on selling platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility solutions into the Office of the CIO.

As an experienced enterprise seller, you will combine technical fluency, executive presence, and disciplined sales execution to build trusted executive relationships, lead complex platform sales cycles, and help accelerate market adoption.

Key Focus & Responsibilities:

  • Own complex enterprise sales cycles, leading platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility opportunities from discovery through negotiation and close.
  • Build trusted executive relationships with CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders to position Workday as a strategic enterprise software partner.
  • Connect technical priorities to business value, translating customer needs into clear value-based sales strategies.
  • Orchestrate cross-functional teams to deliver compelling customer outcomes.
  • Develop pipeline and identify timely opportunities across assigned accounts.
  • Advance partner and ecosystem selling, collaborating with cloud partners, global system integrators, and technology ecosystem partners.

Basic Qualifications:

  • +5 years of high-performing enterprise SaaS sales experience.
  • +3 years specifically focused on selling complex platform architecture, architecting an enterprise data strategy, 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).
  • Demonstrated co-prime success working in collaborative, matrixed enterprise sales environments.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement:

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location.

Primary Location: USA.NY.New York City Primary Location Base Pay Range: $130,000 USD - $195,000 USD

Our Approach to Flexible Work:

With Flex Work, we're combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.

Skills

Required

  • enterprise SaaS sales
  • complex platform architecture
  • enterprise data strategy
  • AI/analytics solutions
  • cloud partners
  • global system integrators

Nice to have

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