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Hugh Mac Donnell

Dublin

Summary

A SaaS Account Executive and Events Business Development Manager with a proven ability to work with a portfolio of clients to drive business and increase revenue whilst exceeding targets in fast paced environments. I am now looking for and opportunity to continue to learn and develop my sales competencies as part of a high performing SaaS sales team.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Go-To-Market (Sales) Lead

Amondo
Dublin
10.2023 - Current
  • As first sales hire in the company, I have been responsible for leading the transition from founder-led sales to building a scalable sales function
  • My responsibilities include managing all new business sales end-to-end from prospecting/identifying opportunities, discovery, vision-matching, negotiation and closing
  • I have also been responsible for implementing a new qualification framework, sales process and commercial rigor for Amondo (leveraging MEDDPICC)
  • Outside of sales, recent projects have included procuring and implementing a new CRM for Amondo. This involved managing a sales process with multiple CRM providers and our subsequent migration from Pipedrive to HubSpot
  • I have closed €180k of new business to date, including a contract with a world-leading multi-national betting company

Account Executive

Personio
London
02.2023 - 08.2024
  • As an Account Executive in Personio I was responsible for new logo acquisition in the UKI mid-market business
  • My daily role included prospecting, qualification (meddic), internal collaboration (with SD, Solution Engineering, Legal, Marketing, Partnerships), project management, forecasting and maintaining data hygiene in Personio's CRM
  • I successfully hit ramp target 4 of my first 6 months in this role

Account Executive

Spendesk
London
04.2021 - 12.2022
  • As an Account Executive in Spendesk I was responsible for new logo acquisition in the UKI SMB & mid-market business
  • This included managing end-to-end sales from discovery, demo, pricing, negotiation, closing and handover
  • Our sales were often complex and required multi-threading, selling to value and demonstrating potential ROI to our prospects
  • I adopted a multi-channel and inventive approach of prospecting to peak interest of C-Level, decision makers and economic buyers on a more modern way of managing spending within their companies
  • Key Achievements inlcuded; driving a volume of meetings and demos in my first year that increased market revenue 3x for UK/I - 2nd top performing BDR in the team

● Coached and trained new team members to what is now 30+ SDR/BDRs growing out Spendesk

● Year 2 > Account Executive Q1(130%) Q2 (97%) Q3(113%)

● From Senior BDR - AE, working on specifics projects on reasons certain verticals or industries become customers and ‘double-downing’ on them ● With Events experience, I became the ‘in-person’ demo expert post COVID ● Continually working with Marketing, Sales Enablement and Sales Ops to drive new logo acquisition

  • Key Achievements inlcuded; driving a volume of meetings and demos in my first year that increased market revenue 3x for UK/I - 2nd top performing BDR in the team

● Coached and trained new team members to what is now 30+ SDR/BDRs growing out Spendesk

Senior Business Development Representative

Spendesk
London
12.2020 - 04.2021
  • As a Senior Business Development Representative, I was responsible for sourcing new leads and opportunities for the Spendesk Sales teams
  • This included identifying ideal customer profiles for the business and focusing on these verticals to drive success
  • Collaboration was a key competency of this role and I worked closely with a team of account executives, sales leaders, Marketing, Sales Enablement and Sales Ops to drive new logo acquisition
  • Key Achievements included; being the 2nd top performing BDR in the team in my first 6-months which led to a promotion into sales

Group Business Development Manager

Press Up Entertainment Group
Dublin
11.2018 - 10.2020

● My role in Press Up was to develop long lasting and meaningful client relationships that enabled our venues across the group portfolio to engage with a wide audience

● The involved identifying, prospecting into and qualifying new business opportunities that would generate sustainable revenue and growth whilst delivering great customer experiences

● Key achievements included; Reaching 310% of my annual quota 2019

Education

Master of Science - International Business

Griffith College
Dublin, Ireland
10-2016

Bachelor of Science - Business Studies

Griffith College
Dublin, Ireland
10-2015

St. Mary's College
Dublin, Ireland
06-2010

Skills

  • Lead Identification & Generation
  • Pipeline Management
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Account planning
  • Territory Planning
  • Revenue Generation
  • Collaboration
  • Presentation & Public Speaking

Affiliations

  • Avid Crossfit member (I train 5 + times per week)
  • Ex-International Cricket Player: Member of Leinster C.C Senior Men's 1sts (2009 – 2021) & played for Ireland from U13’s through to Senior ‘A’ Team
  • Rugby: St. Mary's RFC. A member of J1 Cup and League winning teams (2012-2017)
  • A keen music fan: Listening to and attending live music are one of my greatest passions
  • I am the proud owner of a 4-year old Cavachon called Ted!

Timeline

Go-To-Market (Sales) Lead

Amondo
10.2023 - Current

Account Executive

Personio
02.2023 - 08.2024

Account Executive

Spendesk
04.2021 - 12.2022

Senior Business Development Representative

Spendesk
12.2020 - 04.2021

Group Business Development Manager

Press Up Entertainment Group
11.2018 - 10.2020

Master of Science - International Business

Griffith College

Bachelor of Science - Business Studies

Griffith College

St. Mary's College
Hugh Mac Donnell