Sport Tech & Data
Account Executive I - French Speaker
Entry Level
London, United Kingdom
hybrid
Full time
Job description
About the Role
Hudl is looking for an Account Executive to join its Sales team and work directly with sports organisations across France and BeNeLux. The role primarily focuses on the semi-professional, amateur and grassroots football market. The Sales team aims to understand clients' pain points and help them make the most of Hudl's solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Work directly with sports organisations across France and BeNeLux.
- Focus primarily on the semi-professional, amateur and grassroots football market.
- Understand clients' pain points and help them make the most of Hudl's solutions.
- Source and sign new customers.
- Own territory by mapping out days with prospects to contact.
- Build relationships and network naturally with decision-makers.
- Call decision-makers and close sales.
- Proactively plan and reimagine how to help customers.
- Visit customers on a consistent basis, as often as a few times a month.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Experience in a customer-facing sales role.
- Demonstrated commitment to sales education by enrolling in a development programme.
- Hands-on experience working within a football club as an analyst, coach, or scout.
- Direct experience using Hudl products in day-to-day workflow.
- Motivation to beat own records, expect the best, and keep improving.
- Organisational skills to own territory by mapping out days with prospects to contact.
- Passion for sport and technology.
- Communication skills to build relationships and network naturally.
- Confidence to call decision-makers and close a sale.
- Ability to communicate in person, on the phone, and over video calls.
- Innovation: proactively plan and reimagine how to help customers.
- Teamwork: adept at working independently and thriving in a team environment, with understanding of leveraging collective strengths and supporting colleagues to achieve shared goals.
- Willingness to travel and visit customers on a consistent basis, as often as a few times a month.
- Multilingual: able to communicate in both French and English.
Preferred Skills
- Additional sales experience, including understanding SaaS sales methodologies and consulting methodologies.
- Understanding why to always put the customer first.
- Ability to generate revenue by excelling at technical pre-sales and solution consulting.
- Experience using Hudl products such as Sportscode and Statsbomb.
- Fluency or working proficiency in Dutch to help support the BeNeLux territory.
Workplace
- Candidates must live within commuting distance of the London office.
- Requires attending the office a minimum of 3 days per week.
Salary
- Base salary range: £24,750—£41,250 GBP.
- On-target earnings (OTE): £41,250—£68,750 GBP.
- Total compensation typically falls within the middle of the OTE band.
- Compensation decisions are based on individual experience, skills and education in line with internal pay equity practices.
- Final compensation depends on performance against quotas outlined in the Individual Sales Plan (ISP) upon hire.
Benefits & Perks
- Flexible vacation time above any required statutory leave.
- Company-wide holidays and timeout (meeting-free) days.
- Remote work options.
- Open, honest culture and trust from day one.
- Team support and autonomy to own work and try new ideas.
- Resources and opportunities for professional development and career growth.
- Offices designed with employees in mind.
- Technology provided to do best work whether in the office or working remotely.
- Depending on location, medical and retirement benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program and employee resource groups to support mental health.
About the Company
Hudl describes itself as the team behind the team, supporting the lifelong impact sports can have, and helps teams worldwide see their game differently through products that make it easier for coaches and athletes at any level to capture video, analyse data, share highlights and more.
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