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Our Recruiting Associates are front-line client service professionals and the engine of GLG. They work closely with our clients in the financial services industries -- including public equity/ private equity/ private credit -- on the critical decisions they make every day. These custom learning solutions include phone consultations and one-on-one meetings, as well as surveys, reports, and site tours with leading experts and C-suite executives. 

Recruiting Associates work in teams across industries, connecting our clients to the insight they need from leading doctors, academics, scientists, policy specialists, strategists, executives and other experts with years of on-the-ground experience. Recruiting Associates themselves also develop into subject matter experts across industries and topics via their client service role. 

In this role, you will undergo comprehensive training of which some of the key initial responsibilities include: 

  • Expanding GLG Councils and learning to effectively and clearly explain GLG’s value proposition and business model to leading industry thought leaders; 
  • Engaging Council Members on a daily basis to understand their capabilities and knowledge on specific client requests; 
  • Supporting senior team members on all aspects of client engagements; and 
  • Learning our compliance policies and procedures to protect the integrity of client engagements. 
  • As you progress in this role you will gain more autonomy by: 
  • Executing custom projects across client firms – including consultations, surveys, and special projects; 
  • Continuing to expand GLG Councils; 
  • Engaging with clients daily to understand their needs and provide exceptional service; 
  • Maintaining accountability and responsibility for client projects and overall client experience; 
  • Collaborating with our Business Development team on revenue growth opportunities and ensure retention on existing accounts; 
  • Collaborating closely with senior team members to program live event content for Greater China as well as more broadly distributed virtual event content. 

Requirements: 

  • Bachelors degree, or higher 
  • Excellent communication skills and fluency in English  
  • Curiosity about the financial markets, including trends and white spaces 
  • Passion for problem -solving in a client service role 
  • Ability to write, speak and present succinctly to deliver investment theses/ideas 
  • Demonstrated commercial acumen and interest, in some or all the following areas: Sales, negotiation, or networking with high-end professionals; and/or  
  • Business development, corporate development, product development, Product and project management 
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritise activities effectively, while ensuring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail 
  • Up to 4 years of work experience in client-facing, account management or analyst roles in relevant industries such as banking, business services, consultancies and financial services or start up environment 

 

About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group

GLG is the world’s leading platform for trusted human expertise. We connect global decision-makers—from hedge fund managers and private equity partners to strategy leaders at Fortune 500s—with the specific, authoritative voices required to answer their most critical questions.

At GLG, you are an extension of our clients' core teams. You will work at the intersection of industries and global markets, navigating high-stakes challenges across the full spectrum of their strategic initiatives. Operating within the industry’s most trusted research environment, you’ll help our clients capture the nuanced perspectives that drive smarter, faster business outcomes.

We are a global team of pragmatic problem-solvers who mirror the intensity of the markets we serve. If you are driven by intellectual curiosity and a bias toward action, join us in reinventing the industry we invented.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Associates are the engine driving GLG's Insight Network – the world's largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise. The Associate role involves fast-paced communication, working directly as thought partners with leading professionals – think top financial services firms, consultancies, and corporations – to connect them to the insight they need to get ahead. 

Associates should have a natural curiosity, strong critical thinking skills, and a competitive spirit to win for clients. Armed with those qualities, you’ll go through our robust onboarding and training programs so that you can grow and hone the skills needed to succeed, including having agency over project delivery, client relationship-building, and expert engagement. In just a few months, you will be owning the project lifecycle, speaking frequently with leading clients and experts – all while receiving continued coaching and mentoring from your team to help you develop top-tier project management and communication skills.     

 

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

  • Engaging daily with clients to build relationships, deliver tailored support, and deploy custom solutions that enable our clients to win
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  • Collaborating with colleagues, your manager, and internal stakeholders to bring GLG’s full product suite to the table so that we can maximize commercial outcomes, grow revenue, and ensure retention of existing accounts
  • ​Upholding GLG’s compliance framework and embracing our company values

 

As an Associate, you will have the opportunity to:

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GLG is seeking Associates who are excited to learn and excel at best-in-class client service in a strong performance-driven, merit-based, and team-oriented environment. 

Associates are the engine driving GLG's Insight Network – the world's largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise. The Associate role involves fast-paced communication, working directly as thought partners with leading professionals – think top financial services firms, consultancies, and corporations – to connect them to the insight they need to get ahead. 

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  • Engaging daily with clients to build relationships, deliver tailored support, and deploy custom solutions that enable our clients to win
  • Owning client projects from start to finish – that includes scoping a project, searching for and/or recruiting the right expert(s), and delivering high-quality outcomes to both our clients and our experts
  • Collaborating with colleagues, your manager, and internal stakeholders to bring GLG’s full product suite to the table so that we can maximize commercial outcomes, grow revenue, and ensure retention of existing accounts
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GLG is the leading insights network, connecting our clients to the largest global network of subject-matter experts across every sector. We bring the power of insight to every great professional decision.

As an Associate, you will be the front-line client service professional, tapping into a diverse network of global experts, sourcing the most suitable professional expert for our clients' research endeavours. Your role entails staying updated on industry trends, cultivating relationships with high-level professionals in the field, managing client expectations and excelling in a dynamic environment by efficiently managing multiple projects simultaneously.

 

Key Associate Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to) 

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Job Title – Associate, Client Solutions  

Business Unit – Client Solutions  

Location – Mumbai  

 

Job Summary 

GLG is seeking Associates who are excited to learn and excel at best-in-class client service in a strong performance-driven, merit-based, and team-oriented environment.  

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About the Team

GLG’s Japan Financial Services segment is seeking an experienced Business Development professional to build new client relationships and grow existing ones within a defined territory of financial institutions. This hybrid role combines new business origination with account management responsibility for existing clients. The ideal candidate will have an intense hunger to win, an innate curiosity about market intelligence service markets, crisp communication skills, and the desire to be part of a performance-oriented, team-centric, and international environment.

For each new customer relationship, GLG aligns a range of solutions with the learning needs of senior- and mid-level professionals at client firms. This strategic, solutions-focused sale is highly consultative in nature and typically leverages internal product/technical specialists to underscore the value of GLG’s integrated products and services. When successfully implemented, we maximize the value of our relationship for clients.

 

EEO Policy Statement

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.