Enterprise Account Executive Jobs in Toronto
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About the role
- The Strategic Account Executive is responsible for obtaining new logo and customer expansion sales opportunities from executive-level buyers and influencers in either private or publicly traded companies
- Strategic Account Executives are focused on selling Workiva’s core platform and collaborate with other Workiva Solution Sales teams to deliver multi-solution sales across our large enterprise customer accounts
- Successful candidates will build relationships and identify Workiva products and solutions that meet customer needs to drive customer acquisition within an assigned territory. Sales growth is attained through new customer subscriptions, professional services, delivery and training
- You will engage with both existing and new customers - leveraging Workiva’s platform to meet their complex business needs. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in enterprise platform sales, exceptional strategic thinking abilities, and a deep understanding of the top tier organizations in the region
- Actively seek out sales opportunities in collaboration with peer Sales teams, Inside Sales, and Partnerships to generate qualified sales pipeline
- Utilize information gathered during the needs analysis phase to partner with Solutions Consulting Team in delivering a compelling demonstration of the Workiva platform
- Skillfully address customer objections - removing obstacles - and finding solutions to various client challenges
- Lead the sales process naturally - guiding it to a close by effectively showcasing Workiva’s value proposition
- Regularly and promptly update customer relationship management tools to report customer contacts
- Provide consistent and accurate forward-looking information through pipeline analysis to forecast sales
- Develop and deliver strategic account planning with purposeful action to secure sales success
- Rally internal support to pursue an account and optimize internal resources
- Prioritize selling activities and ensure timely follow-through
- Maintain a strong understanding of Workiva products through a commitment to ongoing training and a growth mindset- 6+ years experience in a related role - enterprise technology or similar complex solution sales across large customer accounts
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of knowledge and related career experience
- Experience selling to senior executives within enterprise customers
- Ability to demonstrate complex software applications
- Understanding of the Software as a Service (SaaS) business model
- Demonstrated experience navigating and delivering sales success across large, enterprise organizations
- Strong business acumen and an ability to understand complex business challenges
- Executive presence and an ability to communicate at the most senior level
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About Workiva
Workiva is on a mission to power transparent reporting for a better world. We build and deliver the world’s leading cloud platform for assured integrated reporting to meet stakeholder demands for action, transparency, and disclosure of financial and non-financial data. Workiva offers the only unified SaaS platform that brings customers’ financial reporting, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) together in a controlled, secure, audit-ready platform. Our platform simplifies the most complex reporting and disclosure challenges by streamlining processes, connecting data and teams, and ensuring consistency. Learn more at workiva.com.