Associate, Client Service - Korean Speaker 2026

Third Bridge; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary

Vacation

Learning allowance

Private medical insurance

Work from Anywhere

Job summary

Third Bridge in Hong Kong is hiring an Associate, Client Service for a Korean-speaking candidate. You will engage industry experts by phone to deliver timely insights for private equity firms, hedge funds, and consultancies.

You’ll own projects end-to-end, overcome objections, and build fast rapport while learning markets, business models, and regulations. A growth-focused career with rapid progression and uncapped bonus opportunities awaits.

Qualifications

• Native Korean and business fluency in English.
• Intellectually strong, ambitious, leadership or extracurricular experience, and grit shown through internships or work experience.

Responsibilities

• Find, call, and engage industry experts to deliver client insights under tight deadlines.
• Own projects end-to-end and schedule high-caliber expert calls.
• Cold call and engage experts across industries, overcoming objections.
• Work quickly, manage multiple projects and clients concurrently.
• Learn rapidly to gain knowledge of markets, business models, and regulations.

Skills

Korean language

English fluency

Job description

Associate, Client Service - Korean Speaker 2026

Hong Kong

Third Bridge is a leading global research firm established in 2007, with a team of over 1,500 employees worldwide dedicated to fueling decisions with expert insights. We accelerate and enhance decision-making for investors and business leaders by unearthing unique expert insights across multiple sectors, geographies, and topics.

For nearly 20 years, we’ve helped clients access knowledge on demand from experts, in-person and through our Library covering over 65,000 companies.

Job Description

Why Join Us?

We’re offering more than a role — we’re offering acareer launchpad. As a Client Services Associate, you’ll develop thecommercial awarenessandbusiness acumenthat open doors to long-term careers insales, account management, leadership, research,and so much more. Wepromote from within, and our top performers move into management in as little as two years.

You’ll thrive if you:

Havethe confidence to pick up the phoneand start conversations with anyone

Are naturally curious, quick to learn, and love tosolve complex problems

Build rapport fast and think on your feet

Are resilient and motivated toexceed goals

What You’ll Do

You’ll be at the heart of our business — finding, calling, and engaging industry experts to deliver the insights our clients need, often under extremely tight deadlines. Expect to spend much of your day on the phone, persuading specialists to share their expertise and securing their time for client calls.

Day to day, you’ll:

Own projects end-to-end, truly understanding the specific client needs and scheduling high-calibre expert calls.

Cold calland engage experts across industries, overcoming objections and winning buy-in

Work at speed, managingmultiple projects and clientsat once

Learn fast,gaining a broad knowledge of markets, business models, and regulations

What You’ll Gain

Commercial edge: Sales, negotiation, relationship-building skills, and the opportunity to develop leadership skills very early in your career

Client exposure:Work with leading private equity firms, hedge funds, and consultancies

Clear progression:Every manager started in the Associate role; promotion possible within 2 years

Annual Personal Development Allowance to invest in your growth

Qualifications

What you’ll need

Native Korean andBusiness fluencyin English.

You’reintellectually strong, you’reambitious, haveleadership or extracurricular experience, and have shown grit through internships, work experience, or other achievements.

Additional Information

Thrive at Third Bridge!

The starting Associate pay places you in thetop 30% of graduate salariesacross industries, and it is complemented with an uncapped bonus commensurate with target achievement. You can expect clear performance goals and to be recognized for your contributions. After ~2 years of strong results you could transition from being an individual contributor to managing your own team and P&L - a huge career milestone. Depending on your aspirations, you could also progress to a role in Sales, Product, or opportunities across our organization.
We ensure every team member is able to bring their best self to work as well as in their lives outside - take a look at ourbenefits:

• Salary:AverageannualsalaryofHKD300,000-HKD500,000(including+20%uncappedbonus,whichincreasesuponperformance)
• Vacation:15 days(which increases to 20 days after 2 years of service)
• Learning: personal development allowance of HKD9,800 peryear, whichcan be used for any learning programs you feel would be beneficial for you
• Health and well-being: private medical insurance, Modern Health to focus on mental health.
• Flexibility: 2 annual volunteer days, 2 personal days, Work from Anywhere program, and flex days, offered at the company’s discretion and subject to annual review.

The successful candidate must, by the start of employment, have permission to work in the country they are applying.