Sales Development Representative - Elite (American Football)

Hudl • Full-time • Hybrid in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States • 10h ago

Fast Facts

Join Hudl as a Sales Development Representative for the Elite American Football Sales Group, where you'll generate leads and work directly with teams to drive revenue growth in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities: You'll be responsible for generating and qualifying leads, maximizing deal value, demonstrating product features, and driving strategic efficiency while building relationships with prospective customers.

Skills: Essential sales skills like negotiation, prospecting, and closing; strong organizational and detail-oriented capabilities; and a willingness to learn about different markets.

Qualifications: Previous sales experience preferred, along with a degree and familiarity with collegiate football; certification willingness within the first six months is a plus.

Location: Position is based in Lincoln, NE, with three days required in the office per week.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $45,000 - $65,000.

Your Role

We're looking for a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to join our sales team and drive revenue growth by generating pipeline, qualifying leads, and selling Hudl products. This position will sit within Hudl's Elite American Football Sales Group and will exclusively work to open new doors and land new logos with FCS and FBS teams.You will partner directly with an Account Executive to determine the proper approach to negotiating deals within your market and territory. Having football experience is great, but tenacity and relentless willingness to establish new relationships is critical.

As a Sales Development Representative, you'll:

Generate and qualify leads. You will conduct outbound activities, including prospecting and cold calling a variety of buyer personas (coaches, agents, analysts, etc.) to establish a Hudl relationship. You'll also qualify inbound leads and route them to the appropriate Account Executive.
Maximize deal value. You will partner with the Account Executive to negotiate deals and maximize deal value, keeping in mind both total revenue and profitability. You will also connect the Account Executive with customers who could benefit from a larger or more complex package.
Be a product resource. You'll demonstrate product features to prospective customers. You'll also provide resources to customers to improve usage and knowledge (expert chats, tutorials, etc.) and set proper expectations of what Hudl products can and can't do.
Drive strategy and efficiency. You will build a Territory Success Plan to create the path to surpassing sales goals and analyze prospecting and nurturing processes to provide analysis for improvement. You will also coordinate the day-to-day activities of any Intern SDRs.

This role requires three days in our Lincoln, NE headquarters per week, so we're only considering candidates who live within commuting distance Lincoln, NE at this time

Must-Haves

Sales-skilled. You possess essential sales skills like negotiation, prospecting, closing, and objection handling.
Detail-oriented. You can data mine to generate target lists for campaigns and outbounding. You will also maintain an accurate Salesforce pipeline by properly moving opportunities.
A constant learner. You are willing to learn different markets and how to effectively sell to each one.
Organized and professional. You can maintain professional communications within email and Slack.

Nice-to-Haves

Sales-certified. You have, or are willing to obtain within the first six months, a Sales Challenger certification.
Tech savvy. You are familiar with a full sales stack, including software like Salesforce, Hudl Admin, and Outreach.
Experienced. Previous work experience is preferred, and a degree is also preferred.
Collegiate football background. Experience with or knowledge of elite football front and back offices. This also includes an understanding of college recruiting and professional draft scouting.
Sales oriented. Passion for building your own book of business and relationships in this space.

Our Role

Champion work-life harmony. We’ll give you the flexibility you need in your work life (e.g., flexible vacation time, company-wide holidays and timeout (meeting-free) days, remote work options and more) so you can enjoy your personal life too.
Guarantee autonomy. We have an open, honest culture and we trust our people from day one. Your team will support you, but you’ll own your work and have the agency to try new ideas.
Encourage career growth. We’re lifelong learners who encourage professional development. We’ll give you tons of resources and opportunities to keep growing.
Provide an environment to help you succeed. We've invested in our offices, designing incredible spaces with our employees in mind. But whether you’re at the office or working remotely, we’ll provide you the tech stack and hardware to do your best work.
Support your mental and physical health. We care about our employees’ wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups and fitness partner Peerfit have you covered.
Cover your medicalinsurance. We have multiple plans to pick from to ensure you’ll have the coverage you (and your dependents) want, including vision, dental, fertility healthcare and family forming benefits.
Contribute to your 401(K). Yep, that’s free money. We’ll match up to 4% of your own contribution.