Account Manager, Zen Educate
£35-44k
OTE
+ Ownership in the company
4-5 days a week in office
Education recruitment platform
Be an early applicant
Education recruitment platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
£35-44k
OTE
+ Ownership in the company
4-5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make a positive impact and bring about meaningful change within the education recruitment sector.
Role
Who you are
- Looking for Account Managers who want to tackle a very real, very important problem: helping schools get the teachers they need, when they need them, without wasting millions on old-school recruitment agencies
- If you’re someone who loves building relationships, solving meaningful problems, and being part of a mission-driven team… this might be your thing
- You don’t have to tick every single box
- Naturally enthusiastic and curious (we’ll train you on everything else!)
- Confident picking up the phone, handling objections, and building trust fast
- Someone with a proven track record of hitting sales targets (or smashing similar KPIs)
- A team player who loves being part of a close-knit group
- Passionate about having a positive social impact (bonus points if you care deeply about education)
- Someone with a growth mindset is always looking to learn and improve
- You want a role where your work has a tangible social impact
- You like fast-paced environments where things are always evolving
- You’re excited about the idea of working in a mission-driven startup that’s scaling rapidly
- You might find it tricky if:
- You prefer highly structured corporate environments with fixed processes
- You don’t like ambiguity. Sometimes we’re building the plane while flying it
- Picking up the phone and having conversations with decision-makers feels uncomfortable
What the job involves
- This isn’t your standard “manage a few accounts and send a few emails” kind of job. As an Account Manager at Zen
- Owning relationships with key schools helping them hire smarter and faster
- Leading school leaders through recruitment processes with a consultative approach
- Picking up the phone and building genuine relationships (yes, there’s outbound calling, but it’s about helping, not just selling)
- Collaborating closely with Sales, Ops, and our Tech team to make sure schools get the best possible experience
- Rolling up your sleeves and diving into whatever’s needed, this is a startup, so no two weeks look the same
- Here’s a typical snapshot of what you might do in a week:
- Chat to a Headteacher about how they can save £10k this term by switching to Zen
- Source a teacher who is a perfect match for your school
- Follow up with a school that’s already using Zen and find ways to expand their usage
- Share feedback with our product team about what schools really need in the platform
- Work with our Ops team to make sure a tricky booking gets sorted
- Jump into a quick brainstorm with the team to improve how we build pipeline
Application process
- Quick chat with our recruiter – to get to know you and cover the basics
- Role-focused conversation – we’ll talk about how you approach account management, building relationships, and hitting targets
- Practical Task and role play – to see how you’d think on your feet with a realistic school conversation
- Culture chat with the team – making sure it’s a good fit both ways
- We’re direct and transparent. If it’s a yes, great! If it’s a no, we’ll let you know quickly
Our take
With UK schools under immense financial pressure, Zen Educate is providing a smarter approach to education staffing. Recruitment in schools often relies on inefficient and expensive practices. Zen Educate is focused on tackling the pain points in the industry and providing a way to ensure schools get the best teachers possible.
It provides an online platform as an alternative to recruitment agencies, which is the only online platform accredited by the UK's Department of Education, helping schools fill staffing needs quickly and cost-effectively. Schools using the platform have reportedly saved 20-30% on supply cover costs.
On top of this, the company has also raised significant funding to support acquisitions in the UK and the US, plus the expansion of its operations and offering.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2025
$17.7m
SERIES B
May 2024
$37m
SERIES B
Total funding: $104.7m
Company benefits
- Macbook and tech equipment provided
- Regular "lunch 'n' learns" every month on a range of topics
- Investment in your professional development
- Regular socials
- Ownership in the company
- Pension scheme
- 25 days of holidays + all UK public holidays off
- Central London dog-friendly office with perks like fresh fruit, bike parking, showers, and an on-site gym and café
- Life insurance
- Vitality health insurance and benefits
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
Company values
- Commit to the mission- We commit to our mission, our customers, and our teams. We work hard because we care more
- Choose greatness over comfort- Greatness and comfort rarely coexist. We seek greatness. We understand success takes grit & determination so we seek colleagues that possess it
- Act like an owner- We all take responsibility for driving the company forward and making it a success. If we see something that could be better, we fix it. We offer stock options to all employees
- Help each other be better- Every person at Zen is someone we can respect and learn from
- A culture of trust- We hire people who are great at their jobs and we let them get on with it while being there to lend a hand when needed
- Challenge the status quo- We take action when we can see opportunities for improvement. We are in it to make our customers' lives better and to fix a broken system
- Embrace learning over perfection- We make decisions quickly and we don't hesitate. We may disagree with a decision, but we support the team and the mission by committing to it. We embrace making unknowable mistakes and learning from them
Company HQ
HQ, London
Articles
Leadership
Slava Kremerman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a member of the Leadership Team at Nutmeg a FS startup, they also worked at Barclays and Aon.
Oren Cohen
(Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer)Ran the UK office of Optimizely, a Silicon Valley tech company. Prior to this, they worked at G-STAT and Intel.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Zen Educate
- At Zen, we strive to build a culture of equity and inclusion, where everyone is respected, valued and appreciated for their unique traits, experiences and perspectives. We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and equitable environment where our team can thrive, regardless of age, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, disability, religion or beliefs. We value our differences and believe that practices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion help us create a fairer, more compassionate environment for all
- We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and different experiences and perspectives — just like the staff who teach through Zen and the children at the schools we work with. We believe in hiring the best people from the widest pool and creating an inclusive culture where people’s voices are heard and all our team can look forward to coming to work
- We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and promoting an equitable and inclusive environment for all. We seek out diverse opinions, beliefs, and experiences because they collectively make us stronger; we’ve had former teachers, pilots, fundraisers, engineers, lawyers, marketers, social media experts and more join our team
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