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Account Executive, Platform - Large Enterprise Diversified Industries

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Location
Chicago, IL
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Job overview

Workday is building a specialized sales team to sell platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility solutions to enterprise technology leaders. The Account Executive will lead complex sales cycles, build executive relationships, connect technical priorities to business value, and coordinate internal and ecosystem partners. The role seeks experienced enterprise sellers with SaaS sales experience and a record of closing large, multi-stakeholder deals.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Enterprise SaaS SalesPlatform SalesCloud ArchitectureEnterprise DataAI and Analytics SolutionsQuota AttainmentEnterprise Deal ClosingCo-Prime SalesOverlay Sales

Qualifications

8+ Years Enterprise SaaS Sales5+ Years Platform, Cloud, Data, or AI Sales500K+ ACV Deal Experience

Full job description

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13829015 Your work days are brighter here. Were obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, youll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. Were in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, youll do meaningful work with Workmates whove got your back. In return, well give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, youve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team Workday is building a new specialized sales team focused on selling platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility solutions into the Office of the CIO. This team partners with enterprise customers to help IT leaders modernize their technology strategies, unlock business value from Workdays platform, and connect innovation roadmaps to measurable business outcomes.\ \ The Revenue organization at Workday is grounded in integrity, innovation, accountability, and collaboration. We are looking for experienced enterprise sellers who can build trusted executive relationships, lead complex platform sales cycles, and help accelerate market adoption in a dynamic growth area for Workday. About the Role You are an experienced enterprise seller who combines technical fluency, executive presence, and disciplined sales execution. You are comfortable engaging CIOs, CTOs, senior technology leaders and ecosystem partners while navigating complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles. You know how to build trusted customer relationships, shape executive-level value propositions, orchestrate internal resources, and connect Workdays platform capabilities to measurable business outcomes. You bring credibility in conversations about cloud architecture, data strategy, the AI ecosystem, integration, security, and enterprise transformation. \ \ Key Focus & Responsibilities: - Own complex enterprise sales cycles. Lead platform, data, analytics, AI, and extensibility opportunities from discovery through negotiation and close. Build account strategies, qualify opportunities, shape executive-level value propositions, and progress accounts with discipline. - Build trusted executive relationships. Engage CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders to position Workday as a strategic enterprise software partner for technology modernization, platform innovation, and business transformation. - Connect technical priorities to business value. Translate customer needs across cloud architecture, data strategy, AI, integration, security, governance, and enterprise transformation into clear value based sales strategies. - Orchestrate cross functional teams. Partner with Core Account Executives, presales, value management, product, customer success, partner teams, and sales support to deliver compelling customer outcomes. - Develop pipeline and identify timely opportunities. Build pipeline across assigned accounts by identifying customer business events, technology priorities, modernizatio initiatives, and market signals that create opportunities for Workdays AI and platform solutions. - Advance partner and ecosystem selling. Collaborate with cloud partners, global system integrators, and technology ecosystem partners to expand Workdays relevance within the customers broader IT landscape. #platformjobs About You Basic Qualifications: P5 Account Executive, Platform: - +8 years of high-performing enterprise SaaS sales experience - +5 years specifically focused on selling complex platform, cloud architecture, enterprise data, 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/overlay success working in collaborative, matrixed enterprise sales environments alongside core account owners and specialist teams. Other Qualifications Domain & Technical Fluency:

How this job compares

Set against the 12,309 open Account Executive jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Illinois median$113–164K/yr380 salary ranges
  • US median$32–51/hr609 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 467 open Account Executive jobs in Illinois and 12,309 across the US. 15% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Account Executive postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,387 postings).
Education
1,808 of the 12,309 open Account Executive jobs (15%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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