Market Director - Sports Facilities
At Hudl, we build great teams. We hire the best of the best to ensure you’re working with people you can constantly learn from. You’re trusted to get your work done your way while testing the limits of what’s possible and what’s next. We work hard to provide a culture where everyone feels supported, and our employees feel it—their votes helped us become one of Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces.
We think of ourselves as the team behind the team, supporting the lifelong impact sports can have: the lessons in teamwork and dedication; the influence of inspiring coaches; and the opportunities to reach new heights. That’s why we help teams from all over the world see their game differently. Our products make it easier for coaches and athletes at any level to capture video, analyze data, share highlights and more.
Ready to join us?
Your Role
We’re hiring a Market Director to grow our sports facilities business and oversee its daily operations. In this role, you’ll define and execute a strategic roadmap to achieve goals across our Youth, Club & High School business unit. You’ll unlock value by expanding our facility camera coverage, creating content that powers Hudl’s fan and talent products globally.
As a Market Director, you’ll:
- Drive strategy and execution. You’ll develop a strategic roadmap for third-party-owned, club-owned and school-owned venues. You’ll rank facility targets based on game density, talent density and revenue potential to ensure we see the promised value of our investments.
- Boost revenue and profitability. You’ll manage the P&L for the facilities market segment to meet our financial goals. This means creating smart pricing strategies, setting sales targets and building revenue forecasts across streaming, ticketing, event payments and team subscriptions.
- Construct the pitch. Shape the offer, pricing, packaging, and value story for each type of facility—and turn it into a repeatable motion the broader sales org can run.
- Expand the market and engage customers. You’ll grow relationships with facility owners, operators, leagues and governing bodies. You’ll lead negotiations to secure exclusive streaming rights, ticketing agreements and camera installation contracts while building a repeatable pitch for our sales team.
- Make it real. Own implementation end to end so signed plans get delivered and facilities realize the value we promised—not just the strategy on paper.
- Lead and develop teams. You’ll mentor and train Hudlies, helping onboard and develop individuals across the broader team. You’ll also work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales and Finance teams to align everyone around our facilities roadmap.
This role is open to candidates based in Lincoln or Omaha, NE. If you are not already based in either of these locations, we’ll require you to relocate to one of these locations before starting.
Must-Haves
- Industry experience. You have five or more years of experience within the sports industry with a strong track record of high performance.
- Facilities market expertise. You have deep knowledge of the facilities market and can easily connect facility coverage to business value across multiple markets.
- A collaborative leader. You know how to manage internal alignment, guide teams toward critical goals and influence people to adopt new workflows.
- A strategic problem solver. You excel at cross-functional problem-solving and can build creative solutions when there are no clear precedents.
- An excellent communicator. You’ve comfortable translating complex data into practical, actionable recommendations for leadership.
- A skilled negotiator. You have hands-on experience negotiating content rights, camera installation agreements and long-term facility contracts.
Nice-to-Haves
- Deep industry background. You have 10 or more years of relevant experience in the sports technology or facilities industry.
- Strong professional network. You’ve already built strategic relationships with facility operators, leagues, governing bodies and anchor club tenants.
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 medical insurance. 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.
Compensation
The base salary range for this role is displayed below—starting salaries will typically fall near the middle of this range.
We make compensation decisions based on an individual's experience, skills and education in line with our internal pay equity practices.
This role will also be eligible for a long-term incentive (LTI) award. Any bonuses awarded are based on individual and company performance paid at Hudl's discretion.
Inclusion at Hudl
Hudl is an equal opportunity employer. Through our actions, behaviors and attitude, we’ll create an environment where everyone, no matter their differences, feels like they belong.
We offer resources to ensure our employees feel safe bringing their authentic selves to work, including employee resource groups and communities. But we recognize there’s ongoing work to be done, which is why we track our efforts and commitments in annual inclusion reports.
We also know imposter syndrome is real and the confidence gap can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply—we’d love to hear from you.