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SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

granthanson — Thu, 23 May 2019 15:42:49 GMT

Looking for some advice with our SDR to AE handoff process. Anyone willing to share their process and how they have it set up in Hubspot?

Specific Question: Any way to copy the original contact owner (SDR in our case) on each contact/company so that as a contact moves from Lead to SQL to Opportunity we can still report on initial contact owner (who initiate the contact or lead), Hand off date etc.?

Our process right now is this:

SDR gets round robin assigned contacts/leads.
After initial qualification, those contacts are marked as SQL and a deal is automatically created.
AE's are automatically round robin assigned to that deal instructing the SDR which AE to set up demo with. This however, also updates the contact owner to the new deal owner (AE) and removes the SDR.
We have a hidden field that is set with the initial contact owner (SDR), but that field seems to only populate the Hubspot ID. It'd be nice have the actual name.

This process seems to work OK...but leaves me thinking - what are we missing? Is there a better way?

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

Phil_Vallender — Thu, 23 May 2019 18:42:56 GMT

Hi @granthanson

My first thought was that in the HubSpot user ID is static, then you could use another workflow based on in/then branches to replace the ID with the actual name.

But then I noticed that you can now create customer HubSpot User type properties which should let you map the SDR name directly into them.

Hope this helps.

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

granthanson — Thu, 23 May 2019 17:51:51 GMT

Shoot. A touch over my head. 🙂 Maybe support could help me do this though. Thanks for the tip.

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

Carly_Farlow — Thu, 23 May 2019 19:00:33 GMT

Hey @granthanson!

I have a custom property named SDR that is a "contact owner''/"company owner"/"deal owner" type property in HubSpot. See knowledge for multiple contact owners here.

That way I never lose who the SDR was for that contact/company/deal. You can round robin using a custom owner in workflows - even though currently I don't do that.

Hope that was helpful!

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

granthanson — Thu, 23 May 2019 20:35:34 GMT

@Carly_Farlow @Phil_Vallender So great. I didn't even see that Hubspot added that as a field option. Love it.

Thank you Carly and Phil for your response!

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

Carly_Farlow — Thu, 23 May 2019 20:48:04 GMT

Happy to help!

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

maggiebutler — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:35:44 GMT

@cary this was really helpful advice. How do you document the SDR --> AE Process? Do you have any templates or models that you use?

I'm starting a new community board this week for operations folks (I'm from MOps at HubSpot) and this would be a really great topic to discuss or thing to share; I'm looking for thought leaders with ideas like yours. Please, let me know if this interests you! I'd love to tell you more.

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

Carly_Farlow — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 19:35:36 GMT

Ohhh that sounds fun! I'm definitely interested. I do have workflows built in my portal that I could share. I don't have the process documented anywhere at the moment but could whip something up.

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

PTaghizadeh — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:15:58 GMT

Hey @Carly_Farlow , did you by any chance manage to whip up the process for SDR > AE? If so, could you please share it? 😄

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

Carly_Farlow — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:18:26 GMT

Sorry, @PTaghizadeh, I never got the chance to whip that up. We recently added more BDRs to our crew and split into territories. So I've been spinning my wheels figuring out how to assign based on company type (which is being restructured) and state, which I do believe is possible.

So instead of round robinning owners, we want to assign based on territory.

Currently, our handoff process looks like BDR books meeting using activities in HubSpot. I made an activity type of Sales - Meeting Booked (I have a workflow built that sends to Slack so everyone in the company gets to celebrate) and Sales - Meeting Delivered. BDR creates both activities and assigns to AE based on territory. BDR also sets up a meeting for AE on their calendar with the prospect. We also use Notes in HubSpot and Slack to update AE on anything the BDR captured during their conversations.

Hope that helps a little!

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Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

polle — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:35:56 GMT

A newer and more suitable solution to this would be using the "Collaborators " feature which can be toggled on in Settings.

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

Phil_Vallender — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 15:04:42 GMT

This should win an award for weirdest response to a post ever!

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

RBărboiu — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:51:12 GMT

Hi @Carly_Farlow

Very good idea with the creation of a new property to track the hand-off process! However, I'|m wondering how are you reporting this further? Any input is of great help!

thanks in advance!

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

KerrinBarker — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:11:48 GMT

Hi all - wondering if there has been any updates to this? I was also thinking of creating a new fields called SDR owner to track the original person responsible for outreach and qualification - but wondering if this will still show up in the new Propsecting Workspace as I believe that relies on the 'Contact Onwer' field. Obviously I want the SDR to use the Propsecting Workspace to manage their outreach.

Re: SDR -> AE Handoff Process ?

Shweta95 — Mon, 26 May 2025 11:14:48 GMT

Hi, one simple way to improve this in HubSpot is to use custom properties more effectively. Instead of just storing the SDR's HubSpot ID, create a custom text field like “Original Contact Owner Name” and use a workflow to set it when the lead is first assigned. This way, it remains visible and reportable even after the ownership changes to the AE.

You might also consider tagging the handoff date using a workflow triggered when the lifecycle stage moves to SQL or when the deal is created. That gives you clean visibility into SDR performance and handoff timing.

Suppose you're looking to take this to the next level. In that case, tools like LeadAngel or LeanData can automate this handoff process with more control, preserving ownership history, managing complex routing logic, and supporting custom handoff criteria across teams.

Your current setup isn't bad, but adding these layers gives you more flexibility and better reporting in the long run.