Sports Performance Business Development Consultant

D1 Training•Indian Land, SC

58d•Remote

About The Position

D1 Training Indian Land is seeking an independent Sports Performance Business Development Consultant to drive new revenue by developing relationships with athletes, families, schools, teams, clubs, sports organizations, agents, coaches, and other referral partners. The consultant will focus on generating business across three primary revenue channels: Personal Training, Team & Organizational Partnerships, and Elite & Professional Athlete Development. This role is commission-only and project-based, with the potential for an extended engagement based on performance. The consultant will independently identify prospects, develop relationships, and create qualified business opportunities, while D1 Training will handle program pricing, contracts, scheduling, and service delivery. This opportunity is ideal for an established sales or business-development professional with existing relationships in the Indian Land and Greater Charlotte sports community who is comfortable with commission-only compensation.

Requirements

Demonstrated success in business development, consultative sales, partnership development, membership sales, or a related field
Established relationships within the Indian Land, Fort Mill, Rock Hill, or Greater Charlotte sports community preferred
Experience working with schools, teams, clubs, coaches, parents, or sports organizations strongly preferred
Ability to independently originate business rather than rely on assigned or inbound leads
Strong communication, relationship-building, presentation, and follow-through skills
Professional judgment when representing a performance-training brand
Organized approach to prospect and opportunity documentation
Comfortable operating independently without a fixed schedule or daily supervision
Comfortable with a commission-only engagement and no guaranteed compensation

Nice To Haves

Established relationships within the Indian Land, Fort Mill, Rock Hill, or Greater Charlotte sports community
Experience working with schools, teams, clubs, coaches, parents, or sports organizations

Responsibilities

Independently identify and pursue prospective personal-training clients
Develop relationships with coaches, athletic directors, schools, youth sports organizations, AAU and travel programs, club owners, and community partners
Develop relationships with professional and collegiate athletes, agents, player representatives, coaches, physical therapists, sports medicine providers, and other referral partners
Identify each prospect’s goals, training needs, budget process, timing, decision-makers, and overall fit
Generate opportunities for team strength and conditioning, speed development, sports-performance training, and other approved D1 programs
Establish relationships with physical therapists, sports-medicine providers, private coaches, and other athlete referral sources
Learn the prospect’s needs and connect them with the appropriate D1 training solution
Arrange qualified introductions, facility tours, and decision-maker meetings
Advance opportunities from initial conversation through proposal and signed agreement
Maintain documentation of prospect origination and material involvement for commission attribution
Provide periodic pipeline and opportunity updates as established in the statement of work
Protect confidential athlete, client, pricing, and business information
Represent D1 Training Indian Land professionally and accurately in the community