We’re hiring an SDR Manager to lead our mid-market outbound team at Zinc.
This team is a huge driver of our growth, generating 60% of our pipeline purely from outbound 📈 So this isn’t just a management role, it’s a mission-critical one.
You’ll take ownership of a team of 8 SDRs, helping them perform consistently at a high level, while building the systems, structure, and coaching culture needed to scale.
We’re also one of the most tech-enabled SDR teams in the UK 🤖 so you’ll have the tools, data, and freedom to do this properly.
- Department
- Outbound (SDR)
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Zinc – London
- Workplace type
- Hybrid
- Compensation
- £62,000 – £76,000 / year
Key Responsibilities 🗝️
- Own the day-to-day performance and running of the Mid-Market SDR team
- Coach, develop, and support SDRs to consistently hit and exceed targets 🎯
- Deliver structured onboarding for new hires and get them ramping quickly
- Run proactive training sessions to continuously raise the bar
- Build and refine process, structure, and workflows to improve efficiency and conversion rates
- Partner with the Head of Outbound on messaging, sequencing, and outbound strategy
- Report on performance metrics and insights to the Head of Outbound
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise 🚀
- Proven experience managing or leading SDR / outbound teams
- Strong coaching mindset. You enjoy developing people, not just hitting numbers
- Data-driven approach to performance and improvement
- Comfortable working in a high-output outbound environment
- Someone who can bring structure, consistency, and energy to the team
- Interest in tooling, automation, and building scalable outbound systems ⚙️
What we offer 🍉
Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring
- 50% OTE (Uncapped)
- 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 Interview
Stage 2:
Talent Discovery Call ✨
Stage 3:
Google Meets Interview 💻
Stage 4:
Final In-Person Interview 🧍♀️🧍♂️
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