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About the Team
The Services Executive team includes a diverse range of skills and experience from across professional services, functional subject matter expertise and sales fields. The team plays a critical role in connecting Workday’s services and sales organisations; ensuring that we are supporting subscription sales by differentiating Workday’s services approach and methodology, as well as ensuring that our customers are set up to be successful in their deployment projects and meet their business objectives.About the Role
This is a career-defining opportunity to be the first Services Executive for Workday in Dubai, where we've opened a new office. Workday is the leader in enterprise-class, software-as-a-service (SaaS) Human Capital Management and Financial Management solutions for managing global businesses. As a Workday Services Executive for our Professional Services organisation, you will be responsible for planning, management, and execution of all Professional Services business development activities in your area. You will be a key team member of the Workday Services team, working alongside the Workday Account Executives, driving Subscription sales across Workday’s market segments.
You’ll use your experience with consulting sales and project delivery to help our customers put together a plan for a successful project, including resources, timeline, and costs. You’ll employ effective selling strategies to optimally position Workday’s SaaS Solutions and Platform technologies as the efficient, modern alternative, and you will be a professional in Workday’s innovative deployment methodology. You will work closely with Workday Service Partners to help them plan successful projects and grow their business. If you have a stellar consulting delivery and sales track record, are a self-starter, and love working in a multifaceted environment, then Workday EMEA Services is the place for you.
What you’ll do:
Understand the competitive landscape and prospect needs so you can effectively position the value of Workday’s innovative deployment methodology and Professional Services.
Present Workday Customer Services overview and conduct services discovery sessions.
Build and validate Professional Services Proposals and high-level Project Plans.
Cultivate mutually beneficial relationships with Workday Service Partners.
Assess project team training needs for prospects and customers.
Maintain accurate and timely prospect, pipeline, and service forecast data.
Lead, negotiate, and close Professional Services Agreements, Statements of Work and other contractual documentation.
Provide support for services activities and events.
About You
Basic Qualifications
5+ year experience leading Financial or ERP implementation projects – Financial systems, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, or comparable
5+ years experience in Professional Services sales
Other Qualifications
Proven track record in running sophisticated services sales cycles from start to finish with successful service revenue and profitability attainment preferred.
Understand and can optimally explain the benefits of cloud architecture.
Qualification in Finance & Accounting desired
Solid understanding of vendors, products, and services in the Financials Enterprise Application space.
Great presentation skills while participating in a fast-paced, sophisticated product and services sales cycle.
Strong attention to detail and experience with commercial processes and tools, including RFP responses, project estimation tools, scope description and contract documentation.
Ability to travel up to 35%.
Strong preference for candidates with significant experience in the Middle East, particularly the UAE/GCC region.
Fluency in English is crucial and proficiency in Arabic is a strong asset.
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
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