GLG Events provides unique, market-moving insights and perspectives on current events and market trends by leveraging the voices of the world’s leading professionals. The Events team identifies, researches, and curates additive content across a variety of subject areas, and creates events featuring top experts.
We are seeking a Senior Associate to create and moderate roundtables, teleconference transcripts, and visits designed to engage private equity investors on topics of thematic interest. This is a highly visible role serving as an internal thought leader and supporting and driving the continued growth of our Private Equity Events business. This role entails being able to identify and research compelling market trends and deal flow, and developing relationships with clients, C-level executives, subject matter experts/outside consultants, and internal partners. An integral element of the role includes hosting and moderating sophisticated conversations involving GLG Network Members and financial services clients.
Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Develop understanding of private equity investment strategies and learn how to research deal flow and market trends that are driving thematic research of our clients
- “Connect the dots” between deal flow, client priorities, and market trends to build events based on these topics
- Search for, vet, and maintain relationships with former executive speakers, regulators, and subject matter experts/consultants across sectors of interest to our clients to interview on pertinent topics in event formats
- Recruit Network Members for visits, events, deal advisors
- Draft compelling marketing materials to highlight the interviewee and subject matter to be utilized both internally to business development/client service teams and directly to GLG clients
- Moderate and host virtual and in person events between former executives, experts, and GLG’s clients
- Support team efforts to collaborate with Client Solutions, Business Development, and other internal teams to drive value for private equity clients
- Helps team efforts to add value as subject matter experts across GLG
An ideal candidate will have the following attributes:
- At least 1 year of related experience in private equity investing, research, or content
- Software or Technology industry experience a plus
- Strong interpersonal skills, professionalism, and competence in front of clients
- A strong work ethic and desire to manage many highly complex tasks while maintaining attention to detail, and work in an autonomous and fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Interest in joining a dynamic, growing events business
- Natural curiosity and interest in continuous learning and growth
- Must be able to collaborate across teams, exert influence, and work within an organization
- Possess an entrepreneurial spirit
- Must be adaptable
What We Offer:
Benefits: All U.S. GLGers also have access to benefits such as:
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your first day of employment
- Flexible paid time off. No pre-determined limits on vacation time, plus 10 company holidays
- 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans with an employer match (subject to annual limits & vesting)
- Tuition reimbursement program for eligible courses including language skills courses
- Paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
- Free wellbeing support with the Calm app, Maven and EAP, and free long-term therapy & counselling assistance through Pathways
- Other work perks and benefits available based on final job location
Compensation: 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. Certain roles may also be eligible for incentive compensation.
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.
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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.
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.