As our first AI & Automation Deployment Lead, you’ll be key to driving how we use AI and automations internally at Zinc. You’ll lead the charge in embedding automation, copilots, and AI-enabled processes across Ops, Legal, People, GTM, and Finance — making us faster, more consistent, and less error-prone.
You’ll partner with leaders across the business, and with our Tech and InfoSec teams, to deliver AI tools that are compliant, usable, and deliver real measurable value. You’ll be hands-on, both as a builder and as an enabler, helping teams adopt new ways of working and improving what we already have.
What success looks like:
- We’ve embedded AI‐enabled tools into multiple core functions and have seen meaningful reductions in manual work, errors, and time-to-task.
- Our teams feel confident using AI-enabled tools, and adoption is high.
- InfoSec & compliance are fully satisfied for all deployed tools.
- The solutions you deliver are scalable and maintainable, balancing speed with quality and governance.
- Clear metrics are tracked & reported: e.g. hours saved/week, cost avoided, adoption rates, error reduction.
- Department
- Core Operations
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Zinc – London
- Workplace type
- Hybrid
- Compensation
- £70,000 – £80,000 / year
Key Responsibilities 🗝️
- Diagnosing workflows across Ops, Legal, People, GTM, Finance to identify high-impact opportunities for AI/automation.
- Designing, testing, and deploying AI-powered tools (agents, copilots, workflow automations) that improve efficiency and quality.
- Taking ownership of InfoSec and compliance requirements for any AI tools or agents adopted.
- Collaborating with the Tech team to integrate, extend, or build bespoke AI/automation where off-the-shelf solutions don’t cut it.
- Leading the uptake across teams: training, documentation, evangelism, and helping people become fluent with AI tooling.
- Defining, tracking, and reporting on KPIs related to adoption, time saved, error reduction, and business impact.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise 🚀
Essential Skills and Experience
- ~4+ years in roles centred on AI, automation, operations, or strategy — especially where you identified problems, built solutions, and delivered measurable outcomes.
- Direct experience implementing LLM-based solutions or AI/automation tools across multiple business functions.
- Strong familiarity with tools like Notion AI, Zapier, Copilot, HR/Legal AI platforms, automations (or equivalents).
- Strong analytical and metrics mindset: able to define what success looks like and measure it.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management: you’ll often be working with non-technical stakeholders in Legal, Finance, People, etc.
- Proven ownership, self-drive, ability to work independently and get things done.
Desirable Skills
- Programming or prototyping ability (Python, R, scripting) to help with proof-of-concepts.
- Experience in prompt engineering or fine-tuning LLMs.
- Experience with BI or analytics tools (SQL, dashboards) to build visibility into workflows.
- Prior experience at a high-growth startup or scaleup with rapid adoption of new tools/processes.
What we offer 🍉
Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring
- 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off 🎉
- £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
- Early finish Fridays (16:00)
- Yearly company retreat abroad ✈️
- 30 days to Work from anywhere 🌍
- 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 🥳
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.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Video Exchange 📽️
Stage 2:
Talent Discovery Call ✨
Stage 3:
Google Meets Interview 💻
Stage 4:
Final In-Person Interview 🧍♀️🧍♂️
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