Senior Account Executive - Government

The Senior Account Executive is responsible for obtaining new business and customer expansion sales opportunities from Executive-level buyers and influencers at government customers. Senior Account Executives are focused on selling Workiva ’s core platform and collaborate with other Workiva Solution Sales teams to deliver multi-solution sales. 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. What You’ll Do Actively seek sales opportunities in collaboration with Inside Sales, Solution Sales, and Partnerships to generate qualified opportunities Utilize information gathered during the needs analysis phase to deliver a compelling demonstration of the Workiva platform, Skillfully address objections, removing obstacles and finding solutions to various customer 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 execute a sales strategy with purposeful action to secure the sale Rally internal support to pursue an account and optimize internal resources Prioritize selling act