Senior Director, Commercial Sales

• You have successfully led

, not only individual sellers.

• You know that your job as an L2 is not to run every deal yourself. You make your managers better at running their teams while knowing when your involvement can materially improve an outcome.

• You are rigorous about

. You think several quarters ahead rather than discovering a pipeline problem once the quarter has begun.

• You run a predictable business and have a strong track record of

.

• You are comfortable getting into the details. You can move from a regional strategy discussion to inspecting a deal, a territory, a rep's pipeline, or a manager's operating cadence without losing altitude.

• You have built or expanded sales teams across

and understand that what works in the UK does not automatically translate into Germany, France, Benelux, Nordics, or Southern Europe.

• You have a track record of hiring and developing strong sales leaders and creating a bench of future leadership talent.

• You are equally comfortable with

. You give clear, actionable feedback and address problems early.

• You operate well in a fast-growth environment where the organization, product, market, and playbook are all evolving quickly.

• You have a strong executive presence and can build credibility with senior customer stakeholders while keeping the Account Executive and frontline manager at the center of the relationship.

or equivalent second-line leadership responsibility.

• Proven track record of consistently achieving or exceeding revenue targets through teams.

• Demonstrated experience scaling sales organizations across territories, countries, or customer segments.

• Strong experience with pipeline management, forecasting, sales process, territory design, productivity metrics, and performance management.

• Experience hiring and developing both sales managers and Account Executives.

• Experience operating in a high-growth SaaS or enterprise technology company.

• Experience selling through value-based, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.

• Based in the UK and able to work from Zip's central London office three days per week.

• Experience building sales teams outside the UK and entering new European markets.

• Experience leading a high-velocity Commercial or mid-market SaaS organization.

• Experience selling to Procurement, Finance, IT, Legal, or other cross-functional enterprise buyers.

• Experience at a company scaling from an early EMEA presence into a substantial pan-European business.

At Zip, we're committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.

• 📈 Start-up equity

• 🦷 Full health, vision & dental coverage

• 🚍 Commuter benefit

• 🚠 Team building events & happy hours

• 🌴 Flexible PTO

• 💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget

• Employer pension contribution

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!