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Sales Development Representative

Chicago, IL
Full-Time

Job Description

Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Join the Workday Sales Development team and play a key role in transforming how businesses worldwide manage their operations. We're on the lookout for individuals with a passion for strategic prospecting, who possess a curiosity about creative thinking, and are motivated to advance Workday's mission.

As an integral part of our team, you'll dive into the task of connecting with decision-makers via phone and email, forging meaningful relationships with potential clients. Your efforts will be instrumental in introducing Workday's innovative solutions to businesses, offering them new avenues for operational efficiency and growth.

At Workday, you're not just another employee—you're part of a vibrant community built on excellence, teamwork, and forward thinking. Surrounded by industry experts and innovators, you'll have opportunities to expand your skill set and drive your career forward in an environment that prioritizes personal and professional growth.

About the Role

The role of a Sales Development Representative at Workday is to deploy various prospecting approaches across target accounts, with the goal of partnering with the Account Executive to build quality opportunities for Workday field sales. The key role of a Sales Development Representative is to contact potential customers and share the Workday value messaging while also discovering the needs of the prospect and their organization.

Through a combination of email, phone calls, marketing qualified leads, social selling, and even face-to-face events, our sales development team generates a quality pipeline by identifying qualified potential buyers and helping champion the relationship between the account and the Workday team.

About You

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of one (1) year of professional or industry-specific experience, which can include full-time employment, part-time roles, or internships

  • OR Two (2) or more years of equivalent, work experience where a degree is not present

  • Shown industry experience preferred in prospecting, inside sales, business development, high technology exposure, marketing, direct sales, or IT consulting

Other Qualifications

  • Highly motivated, tenacious, self-starter

  • Ability to hold a resourceful and significant, executive-level conversations

  • Detail oriented and strong organizational skills

  • Knowledge of Salesforce.com, Clari Groove, ZoomInfo

*If you are a new university graduate with a degree completion between December 2024 - June 2026, take a look at our Early Career Associate opportunities! Check back periodically, as postings are available on an ongoing basis.


Workday Pay Transparency Statement

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.IL.Chicago

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $46,400 USD - $69,600 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $42,000 USD - $74,600 USD



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.

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!

At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.

Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.

In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.

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Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Join the Workday Sales Development team and play a key role in transforming how businesses worldwide manage their operations. We're on the lookout for individuals with a passion for strategic prospecting, who possess a curiosity about creative thinking, and are motivated to advance Workday's mission.

As an integral part of our team, you'll dive into the task of connecting with decision-makers via phone and email, forging meaningful relationships with potential clients. Your efforts will be instrumental in introducing Workday's innovative solutions to businesses, offering them new avenues for operational efficiency and growth.

At Workday, you're not just another employee—you're part of a vibrant community built on excellence, teamwork, and forward thinking. Surrounded by industry experts and innovators, you'll have opportunities to expand your skill set and drive your career forward in an environment that prioritizes personal and professional growth.

About the Role

The role of a Sales Development Representative at Workday is to deploy various prospecting approaches across target accounts, with the goal of partnering with the Account Executive to build quality opportunities for Workday field sales. The key role of a Sales Development Representative is to contact potential customers and share the Workday value messaging while also discovering the needs of the prospect and their organization.

Through a combination of email, phone calls, marketing qualified leads, social selling, and even face-to-face events, our sales development team generates a quality pipeline by identifying qualified potential buyers and helping champion the relationship between the account and the Workday team.

About You

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of one (1) year of professional or industry-specific experience, which can include full-time employment, part-time roles, or internships

  • OR Two (2) or more years of equivalent, work experience where a degree is not present

  • Shown industry experience preferred in prospecting, inside sales, business development, high technology exposure, marketing, direct sales, or IT consulting

Other Qualifications

  • Highly motivated, tenacious, self-starter

  • Ability to hold a resourceful and significant, executive-level conversations

  • Detail oriented and strong organizational skills

  • Knowledge of Salesforce.com, Clari Groove, ZoomInfo

*If you are a new university graduate with a degree completion between December 2024 - June 2026, take a look at our Early Career Associate opportunities! Check back periodically, as postings are available on an ongoing basis.


Workday Pay Transparency Statement

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.IL.Chicago

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $46,400 USD - $69,600 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $42,000 USD - $74,600 USD



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.

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!

At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.

Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.

In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.

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About Workday


“We believe a supportive and inclusive workplace, where everyone feels valued and included, is the key to great products, happy customers, and an enduring.”
Carin Taylor
Workday Chief Diversity Officer

Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, HR, and planning. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for the world’s largest companies, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Value inclusion, belonging, and equity.™

Our approach to diversity is simple: it’s about embracing everyone. From cultivating a culture where all employees can bring their best selves to work to deploying diversity initiatives that support all, we’re doing what it takes to build a more equitable workplace and world.

Diversity isn’t just a business imperative. It’s core to everything we do.

Our commitment to building a more equitable world shines through in our everyday practices. We hire and develop a diverse workforce, cultivate our employee-first culture, shape corporate policies, and invest in underrepresented communities around the world. And we’re just getting started.


How we’re creating a workplace for all:

  • We’ve signed the White House Equal Pay Pledge.
  • We’ve put our name on the Business Statement for Transgender Equality.
  • We signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Pledge.

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