Channel Account Executive Austria

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Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re 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, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back.

In return, we’ll 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, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

Workmates pride themselves on winning while having fun! That means supporting each other while driving accountability for amazing results and performance. This team is no different. Everything we do inspires a brighter work day for all.

The Enterprise Sales team at Workday helps the company to continue to grow by balancing integrity and innovation, ensuring Workmates have the environment to bring their best self, and get better by pushing and developing themselves and the Workmates around them.

This position is the first Channel Account Executive (CAE) in the region and therefore a critical, highly strategic sales role responsible for managing and growing the company's relationships with third-party partners—including Value Added Resellers (VARs)—to drive indirect revenue growth for our enterprise software solutions within the SMB segment in Switzerland and Austria.

This role functions as the primary link between Workday and the partner ecosystem, requiring a blend of strong sales and demand generation approach, strategic relationship management, and deep market knowledge.

• Opportunity Creation and Management: Identify and sell to customers through our partners, working to register, qualify, and sell complex enterprise opportunities through the entire sales cycle.

• Enablement and Training: Collaborate with VAR resources to deliver comprehensive sales, product, and technical training to customers, ensuring they are fully equipped to position and sell Workday.

• Forecasting and Pipeline: Maintain a consistent and accurate sales forecast for all VAR business in Austria and Switzerland.

• Market Insights: Identify and analyse growth industries and relevant trends in the target market, pin-point hidden champions in the SMB sector with a strong growth potential and fit to our product offerings.

• Nurture Executive Relationships: Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with executive leadership, sales management, and key stakeholders within the partner organizations.

• Solution Orientation: Proactively manage potential channel challenges by establishing clear rules of engagement and facilitating resolution between partners and the direct sales organization to create a smooth customer experience.

• Partner Advocacy: Serve as the "voice of the partner" internally, communicating partner needs and market feedback to internal teams such as Field Sales, Product Management, Marketing, and Customer Success.

• Recruitment and Onboarding: Actively identify, recruit, and onboard new partners who align with geographic, industry, and technical gaps in the existing channel network to expand market reach.

• Develop and Implement Joint Business Plans: Create, maintain, and follow through with annual and quarterly…