Full-Time

Large Enterprise Customer Base Account Executive

Updated on 8/17/2026

Workday

Workday

10,001+ employees

Cloud-based HCM and ERP software

Compensation Overview

$134.2k - $201.3k/yr

+ Bonus or commission + Annual refresh stock grants

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

California, USA + 2 more

More locations: San Francisco, CA, USA | Pleasanton, CA, USA

Hybrid

At least half of each quarter must be spent in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, or partners.

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
ERP
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • At least 4 years of experience selling software-as-a-service or cloud-based enterprise resource planning, human capital management, financial, planning, or analytics solutions to C-level executives from a field sales position.
  • At least 4 years of experience negotiating deals with a variety of C-suite executives to close opportunities.
  • At least 4 years of experience building relationships with existing customers for add-on or incremental business.
  • At least 4 years of experience developing long-term account strategies with existing customers.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain relationships with existing customers, with a focus on upselling through deal management.
  • Perform account planning for assigned accounts and coordinate with pre-sales and other resources to ensure strategic alignment.
  • Drive strategic add-on and renewal business for Workday solutions within large enterprise customers.
  • Coordinate cross-functionally with internal pre-sales, digital, value and bid-management, marketing, technical, and sales-support teams.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience managing deal cycles longer than six months with large deal sizes.
  • Understanding of the industry's strategic competitive landscape, including staying current with trends and customer needs to effectively position Workday solutions within accounts.
  • Experience leveraging and partnering with internal team members on account strategies.

Workday provides enterprise cloud software for finance and human resources used by medium to large organizations. Its suite includes Workday HCM, Financial Management, Adaptive Planning, and Workday Student, all delivered on a subscription basis. The platform combines HR and financial processes with analytics and planning, and receives regular cloud updates; consulting and training services help with implementation. Workday differentiates itself with a unified cloud-based suite for HR and finance and tools like Workday Peakon Employee Voice to support employee engagement, aiming to help organizations run their workforce and finances more efficiently.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Pleasanton, California

Founded

2005

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What believers are saying

  • Fiscal 2026 revenue reached $9.552 billion, up 13.1%, and subscriptions rose 14.5%.
  • February 2026 guidance targets $9.925 billion to $9.950 billion subscription revenue.
  • Sana-powered Workday Learning launched globally in 2026 with AI tutoring and faster course creation.

What critics are saying

  • June 22, 2026, Judge Lin kept Mobley v. Workday alive, expanding AI liability exposure.
  • February 4, 2026, Workday cut 400 employees after the 2025 1,750-person layoff.
  • Silver Lake's August 13, 2026 talks expose strategic weakness; AI agents threaten pricing power.

What makes Workday unique

  • Workday owns both HCM and ERP in one governed cloud system.
  • Its AI runs inside deterministic finance and HR workflows, not standalone copilots.
  • It serves 11,500 organizations globally, including 65% of Fortune 500 companies.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

Performance Bonus

Stock Options

Professional Development Budget

Conference Attendance Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-5%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
Yahoo Finance
Aug 14th, 2026
Workday's potential $51B Silver Lake deal could create floor for struggling software sector

Dan Niles, founder of Niles Investment Management, said Silver Lake's potential acquisition of Workday could create a floor for the struggling software sector. Reuters reported the talks on Thursday, sending Workday shares up nearly 18% to $206.45, boosting its valuation from $43 billion to around $51.1 billion. Niles noted the deal would rival Silver Lake's record $55 billion Electronic Arts buyout. He said AI-native companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are pressuring the software industry, but the Workday deal could help the sector outperform the S&P 500 through year-end. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF is down 3% over the past year, whilst the S&P 500 has gained over 20%. Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora responded on X, saying AI poses no existential threat to cybersecurity companies.

CNBC
Aug 13th, 2026
There's a lot more value in software stocks, says Jefferies' Brent Thill

Jefferies' Brent Thill joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the Silver Lake reported acquisition of Workday, the reasoning behind the deal and much more.

Associated Press
Aug 11th, 2026
Three Link Solutions launches ExpenseGuard app to detect expense report fraud and anomalies in Workday

Three Link Solutions has launched ExpenseGuard, a Workday Marketplace app designed to detect expense report anomalies and analyse risk levels automatically. The app helps finance and audit teams identify high-risk expense reports by flagging potential mistakes or fraudulent activities across expense types, departments, and individuals. ExpenseGuard addresses asset misappropriation, the most common form of workplace fraud, which often involves expense report schemes. The app provides streamlined workflows for reviewing flagged transactions and dashboards for drilling into specific risk areas. "We developed ExpenseGuard as an additional safeguard against fraudulent activities or mistakes that can slip through the cracks," said Greg Knowlton, founding partner of Three Link Solutions. The app integrates with Workday Financial Management, helping customers reduce manual review cycles whilst improving audit readiness and expense approval accuracy.

Associated Press
Aug 4th, 2026
EHS Insight joins Workday partner programme to connect workforce data with safety compliance

EHS Insight has joined the Workday Partner Program to integrate its environmental, health and safety (EHS) management software with Workday Human Capital Management (HCM). The integration automatically synchronises employee data, job roles and employment status changes from Workday into EHS Insight's platform. The connection enables organisations to streamline safety training assignments, maintain OSHA logs and improve compliance reporting without manual data entry. Multi-site manufacturers, energy providers and healthcare systems are already using the integration to align HR and safety operations. The partnership extends Workday's capabilities into operational safety and EHS compliance, particularly for high-risk industries including manufacturing, logistics, energy, maritime and construction. The integration also supports ESG and sustainability reporting by connecting facility-level environmental and safety data with workforce information.

Yahoo Finance
Jul 29th, 2026
EarnIn partners with Workday to offer earnings management tools to millions of US workers

EarnIn, a leading earnings management company, has partnered with Workday to integrate its services into Workday's Enhanced Direct Deposit Switching programme. The collaboration will provide employees across Workday's ecosystem — which serves over 11,500 organisations globally, including more than 65% of Fortune 500 companies — with access to EarnIn's financial tools. The integration uses new API technology to streamline the enrollment process, eliminating manual entry of banking details. Employees who sign up through Workday's system can access various EarnIn services, including early pay and credit monitoring features. The service will become available to employees of Workday payroll customers from 1 October 2026. EarnIn founder and CEO Ram Palaniappan described the partnership as bringing earnings management tools directly into systems employees use daily.