Account Executive - Workforce Software

ADP is hiring an Enterprise Account Executive, based in France, to specialise in our Workforce Software Suite.

• Do you have a background in complex Enterprise solution / service sales?
• Are looking for a truly global organisation, with a leading offering, to help you unlock large enterprise potential within clients?
• Do you enjoy working with other sales team members and being their go-to expert in a set field?
• Are you a strategic thinker who can spot how to structure resource and support teams to drive a valuable sales process for clients?
• Do you want a to be part of a high-growth area with an industry leader?
  
  

YES? You might be just the person we're looking for.

 

 

About the Role

 

Drive enterprise growth by selling a leading workforce management application within the ADP Workforce Suite, helping large organizations optimize time, attendance, scheduling, and labor compliance at scale.

 

You will own a regional enterprise quota and lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles with Fortune 1000 and upper mid-market accounts. You’ll partner with solutions consultants, product, marketing, and customer success to land new logos and expand strategic accounts. Success looks like consistent over-quota performance, high win rates against top competitors, and repeatable, executive-trusted sales motion.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Pipeline generation and territory planning:
• Build and execute a territory plan targeting enterprise HR, Operations, and Finance buyers.
• Prospect into C‑level and VP stakeholders (CHRO, COO, CFO, VP Operations, HRIS) using multi-threaded outreach and partner channels.
• Consultative, value-led selling:
• Lead discovery to quantify business pain around labor cost control, forecasting, scheduling, time capture accuracy, union/CBAs, compliance, and workforce insights.
• Map ADP Workforce Management capabilities (time & attendance, advanced scheduling, absence management, labor forecasting, mobile, analytics) to measurable business outcomes.
• Deal orchestration:
• Run complex sales cycles (6–12 months typical) from qualification through negotiation and signature.
• Coordinate solution demos, pilots/POCs, and value assessments with Solutions Consulting.
• Executive influence and governance:
• Develop executive sponsors; lead QBRs and steering meetings.
• Navigate procurement, InfoSec, legal, and data privacy to close enterprise agreements.
• Forecasting and reporting:
• Maintain accurate CRM hygiene, stage definitions, and forecast cadence.
• Track KPIs: coverage, conversion, cycle length, ASP, and win/loss insights.
• Partner and ecosystem:
• Leverage alliances and referral partners; coordinate with implementation and customer success for seamless handoff.
• Market intelligence:
• Monitor competitor landscape (e.g., UKG, Workday, Oracle, SAP, Ceridian/Dayforce, Infor), vertical requirements, and regulatory trends impacting labor compliance.
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of enterprise SaaS new-business sales experience; 3+ years selling into HR, Operations, or Workforce Management domains.
• Proven track record of meeting/exceeding $1M+ annual new ARR quotas with complex, multi-threaded sales.
• Experience selling to CHRO, COO, CFO, and Operations leaders; comfortable leading executive-level conversations and board-ready business cases.
• Familiarity with workforce management concepts: demand forecasting, advanced scheduling, union rules/CBAs, premiums/differentials, leave/absence, labor compliance, mobile workforce, and analytics.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integrations and security: SSO/SAML, data privacy, HRIS/payroll connectors, APIs, and implementation considerations.
• Excellent negotiation, objection handling, and closing skills; disciplined CRM usage (Salesforce or similar).
• Fluent in French and English

 

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Vertical experience in complex labor environments (retail, hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, public sector).
• History of displacing incumbent WFM providers or expanding within large installed bases.
• Financial acumen to build ROI/TCO and quantify productivity, compliance risk reduction, and labor cost savings.

 

Key Competencies

• Executive presence and storytelling
• Strategic account planning and multi-threading
• Discovery and problem mapping
• Deal strategy