This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-growing team driving Zinc’s mission to revolutionise background checking. With three years of consistent 2x year-on-year growth —and plans to do it again—you’ll play a key role in our continued success.
We’re looking for a high-impact Strategic SDR to fuel our revenue growth by generating and qualifying pipeline with mid-market and enterprise clients.
You’ll go beyond basic outreach—this is a role for someone who thrives on unlocking real business value, speaks the language of senior stakeholders, and knows how to deliver commercial impact.
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What You’ll Do:
Own outbound strategy: cold calls, cold emails, and smart LinkedIn engagement
Deep dive into accounts, map buying groups, and tailor outreach
Qualify leads and support deal progression with AEs
Work closely with Marketing & Partnerships on campaigns and events
Use Hubspot, Outreach, and data to optimise your pipeline
✔️ 3+ years in outbound SDR roles (B2B SaaS or similar)
✔️ Proven success targeting senior stakeholders in complex orgs
✔️ Experience with MEDPIC, Outreach, Hubspot, and Sales Navigator
✔️ Sharp writing, confident calling, and strong commercial instincts
✔️ Motivated, coachable, and always looking for a smarter way to work
You'll likely have around 2+ years experience in sales or tech, but we’re more interested in your potential and attitude than your resume. We hire across multiple SDR levels and determine final levelling through a structured interview and scoring process.
Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring.
Uncapped Commission
24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off
- £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
- Early finish Fridays (16:00)
- Yearly company retreat: this year we're going to Italy
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
- Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
- Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
- Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
- Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
- Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
- Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
- Celebrated Zinc anniversaries
- ️ Career growth opportunities into leadership or AE roles.
- ️ Weekly sales training to refine your craft.
- ️ Access to top-tier sales tools and resources (Outreach, Hubspot, etc.).
Who we are
Zinc builds automated reference and background checking tools designed to improve candidate experience and set new industry standards. Founded in 2017 by a team with extensive HRTech experience, Zinc is an early-stage startup rapidly growing as it redefines efficiency, transparency, and fairness in background checks.
Read more about our story here: https://zincwork.com/mission
We're a culture first company, by this we don't just mean an active calendar of both company and team organised events (which we do have ),Zinc's culture is defined by a respectful and autonomous approach to all employees, fostering support for new ideas, promoting a flexible work environment, and operating within a flat structure. While socials, lunches, and events enhance the experience, the core of Zinc's culture drives employees to embrace innovation, share successes, and feel motivated about the company's future.
We recently redefined our company values:
The pieces that make Zinc: Pragmatic, Integrity, Empathy, Collaborate, Empowered, Speed.
