Commercial Associate Stream

Land a high-growth Commercial/GTM role at a top startup & accelerate your career.

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Apply to Jumpstart.

Choose the stream & apply in 2 mins. If your experience looks right, we'll invite you to a virtual interview to join your chosen stream.

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Complete Your Profile.

Onboard onto Jumpstart and upload your video intro. Complete your profile so startups can assess you quickly.

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Founders pitch to you.

Uncover what a role is *actually* like with video pitches & get noticed by startups fast with our two-way application process.

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Land your dream job.

Hear back in a few days after you apply on the platform. Get training, and receive 1-on-1 feedback so you land your dream role.

Is Jumpstart right for me?

Relevant backgrounds include:

Corporate experience (~1-5 years) – gained experience in a fast paced and high pressure environment with exposure to senior clients.

Ex Founders – individuals who have gone from 0-1 and set up a business from scratch, and are looking for their next opportunity.

Startup or scale-up experience (~1-5 years) – startup or scale-up experience and looking for the next step. Working a tech startup environment across various functions and departments.

Exceptional recent grads i.e. founded a side-hustle, president of a uni society, have a bunch of internship experience etc.

More importantly, we care about your suitability to startups. Tell us your side-hustles (failed or successful), your proactivity & all your impressive achievements!

Average salaries: £50 - £80k + equity

Find Your Fit

Commercial Associate Roles

A commercial associate is a broad, cross-functional role with a focused drive a company’s commercial growth.

While it includes core sales activities like outbound and pipeline building, it goes beyond pure sales.

Commercial associates help develop the commercial playbook.

They define the ideal customer profile, and work closely with founders, product, and marketing to shape how the product is positioned, sold, and evolved.

Commercial Associate
For Commercial Associates

As a Commercial Associate, you will be focused not only on getting outbound leads and prospects, but for figuring out the playbook for getting customers to sign up yourself.
Often this requires a very consultative approach, working closely with the product team to work out how this can be tailored to a prospect's needs. Requires a combination of commercial acumen with analytical & problem solving skills.

Common progression opportunities

Gaining more seniority in a Commercial role.

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Commercial Founder Associate
For Commercial Founder Associates

Like a more standard FA, you will still do a variety of cross functional projects (e.g. product, marketing, operations) to drive the startup forward, but the emphasis will be on bringing in and converting sales leads.

If you're keen to use both creativity and analytical skills to support a company's growth, our Marketing Stream is for you.

Common progression opportunities

Gaining more seniority in a Commercial role.
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Don’t just take our word for it, hear from our candidates

Common Questions

Your questions, answered simply.

Anyone looking to grow their career in a startup environment can apply, especially early to mid-career professionals eager for new challenges.

Our application process is straightforward. Start by filling out our online form, then submit your CV. After that, we’ll reach out to discuss the opportunities that fit you best.

Tailor your CV to highlight and quantify relevant skills, and be yourself in interviews.

Authentic passion for startups can set you apart.

Jumpstart’s platform features a broad range of vetted, high-growth startups, primarily in the UK tech ecosystem, rather than being limited to one niche.

The companies tend to be early-stage, venture-backed startups (seed to Series A) across sectors such as consumer tech, FinTech, climate tech, health tech, AI-driven companies, blockchain/crypto, and tech-for-good, with some marketplaces and digitally enabled consumer brands as well.

While not every startup is “deep tech,” they are generally technology-led, scalable businesses that are actively hiring and have passed Jumpstart’s screening, making the platform suitable for people looking to engage with credible, fast-growing UK tech startups across multiple verticals.

Candidates tend to land a role in 4-6 weeks.

80% of Jumpstart candidates who are onboarded receive at least 1 match request from a startup.

On average Jumpstart candidates gets their first interview set up 4 days after they complete their profile.

The average Jumpstart candidate also receives at least 3 match requests from startups, with 20% receiving more than 10.

We provide personalised guidance throughout the process, including interview prep and resources tailored to your goals.

After submitting your application, our team reviews it, and if there’s a match, we’ll connect with you to discuss your options further.

Yes! You can email to receive an email update on your application status.

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