About the role
JOB TITLE: Associate
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Business Unit: Project Support Specialist Location: Seoul (Hybrid/Full time) Work Timings: 9am to 6pm About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group GLG is the world’s insight network. We bring decision makers the insight it takes to get ahead. When leaders need to make informed decisions, GLG provides meaningful connections through our network of 1 million experts, the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise, with hundreds more recruited daily to tackle tomorrow’s questions. Our clients include thousands of the world’s best businesses, from Fortune 500 corporations to leading tech, professional services, and financial institutions. GLG provides an unparalleled trusted environment, with an industry-leading compliance framework built on integrity and trust that fuels our clients’ confidence to move forward. Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of our company’s culture.
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About the Team
GLG is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our office in Seoul as a Project Support Specialist. Project Support Specialists (PSS) are responsible for arranging connections between GLG’s clients and selected experts in our Network, global key opinion leaders and senior industry executives acting in a consultative capacity.
To facilitate these engagements, the PSS will work closely with both client-facing GLG Research professionals and GLG’s sophisticated client base, which ranges from hedge fund managers to partners at private equity firms and project managers at top-tier consulting firms and Fortune 1000 companies.
As a PSS, you will develop a deep understanding of GLG’s business model and end-client markets as well as acquire incredible client service experience in a dynamic, high-intensity environment.
Position Responsibilities:
- Facilitate interactions between GLG clients and requested experts in GLG Network
- Navigate requests with complex compliance requirements and client-specific preferences
- Establish and build strong working relationships with Client Solutions partners
- Successfully execute against project objectives, seeing each project through to completion
- Align with and develop deep understanding of a specific end-client market
- Appreciate the urgency of competing projects and prioritize accordingly
- Demonstrate adaptability in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
Position Requirements:
- Excellent in communication and interaction skills, including demonstrated oral, written and presentation abilities in a business-focused setting using a variety of communication channels (telephone, e-mail etc.)
- 0-2 years of work experience preferably working as executive assistant
- Bachelor's degree
- Fluency in Korean and Business level proficiency in English and other languages are plus.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
We seek bright, positive and flexible people who also:
- Act with the highest integrity and professionalism in all their endeavours
- Think creatively and focus on opportunities for growth
- Express a strong desire to work in a team
- Demonstrate the ability and initiative to handle increasing responsibility over time
GLG is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation is based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position includes benefits and may include eligibility for incentive compensation.
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.
