Strategic SDR

Zinc

Sales & Business Development

London, UK

Posted on Mar 11, 2026

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.

Department: Outbound (SDR)
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Zinc - London
Workplace type: Hybrid
Compensation: £40,000 - £50,000 / year

Key Responsibilities 🔑

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

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise 🤩⚡️💎

✔️ 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.

What we offer 🍉

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.).

About Zinc

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.

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