Account Executive, Regional and Subsidiaries
WillHire
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Building on the success of our Strategic team and Account Directors we’re looking to introduce an exciting new role of Account Manager.
- This role will report directly to the Senior Regional Director but work in very close collaboration with the Account Directors further driving our net new sales growth across the business.
- Over the last 18 months, we have tested and proven the theory of driving focus with our subsidiary, M&A and distributed global clients.
- This role is to build on that experience, with a net new focus of building, leading and closing opportunities within our more diversified areas on accounts.
- This role doesn’t strictly own accounts and the collaboration with the Account Directors will be critical but this is a key priority for driving growth in FY27 and beyond.
- This fantastic team of hardworking professionals play a key role in driving incremental business value into our strategic key accounts.
- We want to make sure that our customers see us as trusted partners, not just great suppliers.
Requirements
- Able to build territory analysis, trends and prioritisation
- Able to generate new pipeline within typically colder, net new accounts
- Experience within primarily Net new client acquisition, Customer base experience is bonus
- Collaboration and communication with internal teams is critical
- Ability to run short sales cycles but still having to navigate multiple stakeholders across IT, Finance, HR and divisional leaders
- Ability to manage and lead various threads all at once from pipe generation, maturation, closing across a number of clients and sectors in order to be successful
- Strong sales methodology with proven track record of successfully challenging clients
- Strong business acumen and financial understanding
- Able to leverage AI, having a positive impact on the white glove experience and unique insights we have on clients
- 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
- Able to quickly establish trust with key stakeholders
- Experience partnering with internal team members on account strategies for short and long term territory management
- Experienced working with the ecosystem; GSI, RSI, platforms and ISVs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
territory analysispipeline generationclient acquisitionsales methodologyfinancial understandingAI leveragingaccount strategiesstakeholder managementsales cycle management
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationtrust buildingbusiness acumenleadershiporganizational skills