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Workday is extending from HR and finance software into identity governance, with the explicit goal of managing access rights for AI agents alongside human employees, signaling that enterprises will need agent identity as a new security and compliance layer.
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About the Team
Workday is strategically expanding into the identity management space to govern access for both employees and AI agents across the enterprise. As enterprise adoption of autonomous agents accelerates, CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs are facing a critical governance challenge: how to manage identity, access, provisioning, lifecycle automation, and least-privilege controls across a combined workforce of people and AI agents.About the Role
You are an experienced enterprise sales leader who combines identity and security fluency, executive presence, and disciplined sales execution. You have led teams through complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles and are comfortable engaging directly with CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, senior technology leaders, security executives, and ecosystem partners.
You know how to coach sellers, orchestrate internal resources, shape executive-level value propositions, and create accountability around pipeline generation, forecast accuracy, and revenue performance. You bring credibility in conversations about identity governance, access management, provisioning, access reviews, least-privilege enforcement, lifecycle automation, compliance, AI governance, cloud architecture, and enterprise transformation.
This is a leadership role. You will lead a team of specialized Account Executives who partner closely with Core Account Executives and cross-functional teams to develop opportunities, advance executive engagement, and position Workday’s identity governance capabilities as a strategic part of Workday’s broader platform, AI, and agent governance vision.
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M5 Regional Sales Director, Identity:
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The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton
Additional Considerations:
If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $174,000 USD - $261,000 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:
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