Commercial Associate at VC backed startup (£60-80k)

Join Jumpstart to apply for the Commercial Associate role at a VC‑backed startup. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

At Jumpstart, we help ambitious ex‑consultants, bankers, and founders land roles at the UK’s most exciting VC‑backed startups as a Commercial Associate or Commercial Generalist. This isn’t a standard sales role. Startups don’t have a playbook or set way of selling to customers – you will come in and start owning deals from day one, as well as setting up and defining HOW the startup makes revenue, WHO they sell to, and working with the product team to refine WHAT they sell.

Why Jumpstart?

• Work with high‑growth, VC‑backed startups – connect directly with the UK’s most exciting startups.
• Chat directly with founders & Commercial leads – get fast responses and direct outreach from founders who are actively hiring.
• 1:1 interview training & support – tailored prep with startup sales leaders so you can go into every interview with confidence.
• Community & mentorship – join a network of Jumpstart alumni and mentors to help you smash targets and accelerate your career once in role.

What you’ll do

While the exact role varies by startup, typical Commercial Associate responsibilities include:

• Owning accounts and closing deals: running outbound, demos, and closing deals with often very senior and high‑powered customers.
• Being entrepreneurial with outreach: using thought leadership, events, precisely targeted messaging and marketing as well as traditional sales tactics to get clients interested on behalf of the startup.
• Using data and analysis to refine decision making: digging into the data, working out who is the ideal customer, and A/B testing different tactics and initiatives to see what works.
• Working with product and tech leaders: liaising between customers and tech teams to evolve the product in a way that suits customers.
• Building new channels & growth initiatives: coming up with new methods and strategies to build revenue and pipeline for your startup.

Is this you?

We are NOT actively looking for people with sales experience. Apply if you have one or more of the following:

• 1–3 years of banking/Finance experience – high‑pressure environments where you are dealing with demanding clients; sales/trading also fits here.
• 1–3 years of consulting experience – working directly with clients and structuring/solving complex problems.
• Founded your own venture – experience of the 0‑1 journey first hand.

MOST importantly, we want people who:

• Are motivated by exceeding targets & can demonstrate how you’ve done this before.
• Are confident speaking with decision‑makers and can build rapport quickly.
• Are highly ambitious & looking for a career that gives you real ownership.

The important stuff

Average base salaries: £60–80K OTE (depending on startup & role seniority). Startups: Seed to Series A, with ~50% of roles not advertised elsewhere.

How it works

• Apply in under a minute on our website: https://www.jumpstart-uk.com/commercialstream/.
• Short virtual interview with the Jumpstart team.
• Create your profile & get exclusive access to high‑growth startup sales roles.

On average, it takes ~4 weeks to land an offer and you can do the process alongside your current role. Want to be a Commercial Associate at one of the UK’s most exciting startups? Apply today and we’ll get you in front of the right founders, fast.