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About the Team
About the TeamAbout the Role
The VP, Korea will be accountable for increasing focus and investment across the market to elevate it over time to become a tier 1 market for Workday. The VP will drive strategy and execution to accelerate Workday’s position in Korea and will be a key member of the APAC Regional Leadership Team.
The ideal candidate will have built and led high performing teams in Korea with a mix of large enterprise and more entrepreneurial experience with a strong track record of driving innovation, scalability and disruptive thinking. This person needs to be an expert at positioning business value, selling enterprise technology solutions, managing complex sales cycles and building relationships with key stakeholders.
About the Role
The VP, Korea is a newly created role, predicated on the country’s growth ability and the importance this market has on the overall success of the Asia-Pacific region. This individual will have the responsibility;
Advise, lead and strategise cross-functional GTM alignment for Korea, including, partners, marketing, presales, vendor management (VM) and demand generation
Driving Net New (NN); Large Enterprise (LE), Majors, Medium Enterprise (ME), Education & Government (E&G) and Customer Base (CB) organization across the region
Managing Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) market strategy and its impact
Leading key decisions and communications across all functions in relation and not limited to, Real estate, Back-to-work, Townhall, Gender Pay Gap, D&I Strategies, Press & External facing responsibilities
Regionally establishes and implements strategies that have significant impact on organizational results, as well as significant operational and/or financial impacts on Workday.
Key Responsibilities
Guide and manage the activities of the their assigned region to ensure that company revenue goals and objectives are exceeded
Develop and execute on a business plan to expand the Workday footprint in the region; Korea is a strong partner co-sell market for Asia-Pacific
Managing daily and weekly activities, pipelines, forecasts and closed deals to ensure above quota results based on successful pipeline management
Attracting, hiring, on-boarding and retaining top sales talent
Display a thorough understanding of business needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned region
Work with team members individually as needed while always promoting a healthy team environment
Supporting the sales team in their sales meetings with prospects
Leveraging metrics to measure results
Demonstrating the value placed on continued training and education through the enforcement of the Workday Way
Function as a change agent, demonstrating his/her ability to uphold the standards consistent with a strong pipeline management system that leverages its own relevant performance data
Function in a strategic capacity while enforcing tactical team performance issues
Building a results-driven culture of accountability and transparency
Maintaining an external focus, championing shareholder interests and focusing on customers in decision-making
Serving as a visionary, articulating a compelling, long-term vision for the future, inspiring others to action
Demonstrating strategic thought leadership, engaging in reengineering to redeploy invested capital to higher value opportunities
Exemplifying logic in making decisions based on relevant facts and data, not assumptions and hope
About You
The VP, Korea will be a seasoned executive with tremendous drive, intelligence and capability. They will be highly motivated and have the ability and desire to have an impact on the future of the business. The successful candidate will be a multi-dimensional thinker who operates not only on the basis of important past experiences, but in light of new approaches and developments that occur in the market. Additional personal and professional attributes include:
Minimum of 15+ years enterprise software sales experience successfully selling solutions at the C-level with 10+ years of sales management experience.
Experience managing and building a team of successful SaaS and/or Cloud sales professionals and ability to train RSDs and AEs
Proven leadership ability to influence, develop and empower employees to achieve objectives with a team approach
Strong track record of exceeding company sales quotas and forecasts in a complex sales environment
Experience in territory management and planning, at the regional and account levels
Proven expertise with teaching, coaching and training sales methodologies
Strong written, verbal, presentation and organizational skills required
Willing to travel as needed throughout the region.
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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