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.
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.
Skills Required
- 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
- Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial, results-driven mindset
What We Do
We are a Nearshore digital solutions company powered by our LATAM based tech talent. Our specialties include Digital Transformation, Web and Mobile Development, Cloud Computing, AI, and Machine Learning, among others. We are committed to delivering high-quality software solutions that not only are scalable and dependable but also future proof. We accelerate our customers digital roadmap by leveraging our 10 years of experience building custom digital solutions, augmenting our clients' teams, and reducing time-to-market. Our Vision: Code that changes lives; has made us believe that the power of innovation can change the world. Contact us to see how we can help you achieve your business goals. www.applaudo.com We are hiring! We are looking for diverse and talented professionals around the world, who share our commitment to making a positive impact on those surrounding us. Working hand in hand to develop our skills, we will continue daring each other to reach new horizons and overcoming barriers. Visit our Jobs tab to see the multiple open positions waiting for you. Apply now and discover why Applaudo is the Best Place to Code.
