Senior Account Executive

2 Hours ago • 5-8 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Account Executive will join Workato's growing team in Japan, reporting to the Japan General Manager. The role involves building and executing a territory plan focused on mid-market customers in Japan, with an emphasis on new business sales. Responsibilities include acting as a strategic advisor to C-level executives, helping them leverage automation and integration. The candidate will collaborate with various teams, including SDR, partner sales, and marketing, all based locally. The role requires a strong ability to communicate with senior executives, present client issues, and advocate for the customer within Workato. The candidate should possess strong critical thinking, analytical skills, excellent communication in both English and Japanese and an entrepreneurial mindset, adaptable to dynamic environments.
Must have:
  • 5-8 years of Enterprise Software Sales experience, ideally with SaaS/PaaS.
  • Proven ability to generate new business sales.
  • Ability to communicate with senior executives in mid-size business.

Job Details

About Workato

Workato transforms technology complexity into business opportunity. As the leader in enterprise orchestration, Workato helps businesses globally streamline operations by connecting data, processes, applications, and experiences. Its AI-powered platform enables teams to navigate complex workflows in real-time, driving efficiency and agility.

Trusted by a community of 400,000 global customers, Workato empowers organizations of every size to unlock new value and lead in today’s fast-changing world. Learn how Workato helps businesses of all sizes achieve more at workato.com.

Why join us?

Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company. 

But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives. 

If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!

Also, feel free to check out why:

  • Business Insider named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on”

  • Forbes’ Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world

  • Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America

  • Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers

Responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Account Executive to join our growing team in Japan

In this role, you will also be responsible to:

  • Join our growing Japan team, in one of our most high potential regions globally.

  • Report directly to our Japan General Manager.

  • Build and execute a territory plan targeting mid-market customers across Japan.

  • Focus on new business sales. Selling both directly and with/through channel partners.

  • Partner with our SDR, partner sales and marketing teams who are all based locally.

  • Act as a strategic advisor to C-Level executives (both technical and non-technical) in your accounts. Helping them to maximise the potential of automation and integration.

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills

  • At least 5-8 years of Enterprise Software Sales experience with the technology space. Ideally with a SaaS or PaaS vendor

  • A proven ability to generate new business sales.

  • An ability to communicate with senior executives in mid-size business, up to C-level.

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

  • High level of comfort presenting key client issues, be the customer advocate within Workato

  • Strong critical thinking, analytical skills with an entrepreneurial and proactive mindset

  • Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and manage time, even under high-pressure situations

  • Strong collaboration skills, ability to adapt to a dynamic environment with a passion for making an impact

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Japanese. In order to communicate with multi-lingual stakeholders externally and internally.

(REQ ID: 2011)

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Workato empowers enterprises to transform their business operations by orchestrating business processes end-to-end and operationalizing AI across the entire organization. Designed with best-in-class security and governance, scalability, performance, and availability, Workato’s low-code, no-code platform makes it easy for IT and business teams to orchestrate their applications, data, and experiences.


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