Business Development Associate (Private Equity) London 2023

The Business Development Associate – Private Equity is a key client-facing role on GLG's Financial Services Sales team that plays a vital part in GLG's relationships with financial services institutions in EMEA. The Business Development Associate will work alongside senior sales managers to develop both large and mid-sized partnerships by engaging client users within the investment management segment, helping them fully realise the value of GLG's platform. At GLG you will have both the opportunity to progress quickly and to also work in a collaborative environment.

Specific responsibilities 

• Help identify target prospects in priority markets and map underlying firms in detail to help facilitate outreach
• Communicate with prospective clients via email, phone & in-person at the direction of the New Business Development Managers within the team
• Work alongside senior sales managers to drive commercial success, develop account plans and engage with clients regularly to articulate the firm's value proposition and uncover new growth
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• Build relationships across all seniority levels (Analysts, Portfolio Managers, CIOs)
• Help support senior sales managers on developing new sales pipeline and collaborating across teams to develop supporting pitch materials
• Building on the successful franchise the firm has established in the private equity space, the candidate will continually enhance customer targeting and outreach while refining the firm's value proposition in the segment
• Further develop the GLG's service offering and explore opportunities for new product and channel development
• Engage regularly with work with colleagues in; sales, marketing, legal, client solutions, finance, technology, to solve complex business issues and successfully bring these capabilities to market
• Direct client related support requests to relevant account manager
• Organise key internal and external client meetings
• Prepare and send key reports to clients and internal stakeholders

An ideal candidate will have the following

• 1-3 years of work experience within a professional environment, ideally in a client facing or sales support role.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Executive presence, the ability to interact with senior executives and professionals
• The highest level of integrity and professionalism
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability and initiative to handle increasing responsibility over time
• Bachelors degree or above or equivalent work experience
• Full business proficiency in English; the ability to speak any modern European languages would be a benefit.

GLG can offer a hybrid way or working with time split between our London office and working form home.

About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group

GLG is the world’s insight network. Our clients rely on GLG’s global team to connect with powerful insight across fields from our network of approximately 1 million experts (and the hundreds of new experts we recruit every day).

We serve thousands of the world’s best businesses, from Fortune 500 corporations to leading technology companies to professional services firms and financial institutions. We connect our clients to the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise, including executives, scientists, academics, former public-sector leaders, and the foremost subject matter specialists.

GLG’s industry-leading compliance framework allows clients to learn in a structured, auditable, and transparent way, consistent with their own internal compliance obligations and the highest professional ethical standards. Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of the company’s culture.

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.