Industry Expert Partner – Sports Sector

Applaudo; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 250,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Commission on closed deals

Dedicated sales liaison

Fully remote work

Job summary

Applaudo is seeking a Sports Industry Expert to leverage a deep network across professional sports, leagues, venues, and tech companies to open doors for digital transformation services. This is a fully remote, independent contractor role with commissions earned on every deal closed from your introductions.

Work with Applaudo's sales team on target profiles, share industry context, and engage decision-makers at VP level and above.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership, advisory, or consulting experience in sports.
• C-level, VP, Director, or senior consultant profile.
• Active network of decision-makers across professional sports, collegiate athletics, media, or tech.
• Strong reputation and credibility within the sports ecosystem.
• Excellent verbal and written English

Responsibilities

• Identify and introduce qualified contacts from your sports network for Applaudo's services.
• Provide warm introductions to VP+ decision-makers at franchises, leagues, venues, media rights holders, and tech companies.
• Collaborate with Applaudo's sales team on target profiles and strategy.
• Participate in periodic check-ins and activation campaigns.
• Share industry context and trends to tailor approaches.

Skills

Sports industry network

Executive introductions

Trust and credibility

English communication

Job description

About the Role

Our Industry Experts Program connects Applaudo with decision-makers through warm, trusted introductions. As a Sports Industry Expert, you leverage your relationships across professional sports organizations, leagues, venues, and sports technology companies to open doors for Applaudo . You earn a commission on every deal closed from your introductions. This is a fully remote, independent contractor partnership, not a salaried position.

Responsibilities

• Identify and introduce qualified contacts from your sports industry network who could benefit from Applaudo 's digital transformation services.
• Provide warm introductions to key decision-makers (VP level and above) at sports franchises, leagues, venues, media rights holders, and sports tech companies.
• Collaborate with Applaudo 's sales team on target profiles and introduction strategy.
• Participate in periodic check-ins and activation campaigns.
• Share sports industry context and trends that help our team tailor their approach.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in leadership, advisory, or consulting roles within the sports industry.
• C-level, VP, Director, or senior consultant profile.
• Active network of decision-makers across professional sports organizations, collegiate athletics, sports media, or sports technology.
• Strong reputation and credibility within the sports ecosystem.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (mandatory).
• Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial, results-driven mindset.

What You’ll Receive

• Commission paid on every closed deal from your introduced contacts.
• Dedicated point of contact on Applaudo 's sales team.
• Onboarding and enablement materials to get you up to speed quickly.
• Fully remote with no minimum hours or geographic restrictions.
• Flexibility to maintain your current role or business alongside this partnership.

About Us

We Are Engineered Different. At Applaudo , talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow. We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication . These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable. Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.

About Applaudo

Applaudo is a nearshore digital transformation company. We help organizations innovate and scale through staff augmentation, managed services, and end-to-end digital solutions, from strategy to delivery.