Business Development Representative - French Speaking
Role Summary
Join Zip as a Business Development Representative in London, leveraging your sales skills and French fluency in a dynamic, growth-focused environment.
About the Organisation
Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement — built for humans and agents working together. By orchestrating procurement across teams, tools, and suppliers with the help of AI agents, companies can secure the resources they need to innovate faster than ever before.
The world’s most influential enterprises trust Zip, including T-Mobile, OpenAI, AMD, Mars, Dollar Tree, and more. Together they’ve saved over $8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend. Zip’s team includes product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta, as well as former procurement leaders from United Health, Sanofi, MGM Resorts, Discover, and NASA.
Backed by Adams Street, Alkeon, BOND, CRV, DST, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator, Zip has raised $371 million, most recently at a $2.2 billion valuation and has been recognized by Forbes Fintech 50, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Inc. Best in Business, and LinkedIn Top Startups.
Key Responsibilities
Zip is looking for a highly motivated, outgoing, and tech-savvy sales representative with strong business acumen to join our growing Business Development team. As a Business Development Representative, you will generate new business by prospecting outbound leads through cold outreach and work collaboratively across our sales organization to set high-value meetings. This is a highly strategic role that requires creativity, resilience, and the ability to partner effectively with an Account Executive to create new business opportunities. This is a fully in-office role supporting our EMEA team.
Joining the Business Development team is an opportunity to fast-track your career in sales. Applicants should have a growth mindset and be excited to work collaboratively across the Revenue organization. You will learn consultative selling and hone in on our best-in-class outbound motion to execute our sales strategy. High performers in the BDR role will open up new opportunities for career growth within our rapidly growing organization.
We’re looking for a customer-focused, highly motivated, and driven individual with a desire to grow and advance in a career in sales. If you have a proactive and customer-first mentality with the passion to demonstrate Zip’s commitment to our merchants, we’d love to talk to you!
Minimum Requirements
- 6-12+ months or equivalent sales experience
- French Fluency required
- A consistent track record of meeting and exceeding goals
- Be a highly strategic thinker and problem solver with a solutions first and adaptable mindset
- Ability to work from our office off of Kings Cross station, 4-5 days a week. Opportunity to move to a hybrid scheduled once hitting quota!
- Experience with Salesforce, Outreach, ZoomInfo, ScratchPad, Gong, and/or SalesNavigator
- Tech experience or proven success in a fast-paced environment
- A strong passion for fintech is a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a paramount focus on detail
- An ability to celebrate change and embrace accountability
Working Conditions
At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.
We're looking to hire Zipsters and that means hiring people who take ownership, communicate openly, have an underdog mindset, and are excited to increase the pace of innovation for every business in the world. We encourage all candidates to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match up to our job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workspace where everyone (regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more) feels like they belong. We look forward to hearing from you!
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- 📈 Start-up equity
- 🦷 Health, vision & dental coverage
- Commuter benefit
- 🌴 Flexible PTO
- 💻 Apple equipment plus home office stipend
- 5% Employer Pension Contribution
Eligibility Criteria
This position requires French fluency and prior sales experience. Visa sponsorship information is unclear.
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