Associate, Expert Relations

Third Bridge Group; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Third Bridge Group is looking for an Expert Relations Associate in Mumbai to manage relationships with high-value experts. The role involves building trust, acting as a key point of contact, and ensuring a high-quality experience for experts.

Ideal candidates will have strong interpersonal skills, experience in relationship management, and a capacity to thrive in fast-paced settings. Join us to help shape expert engagement across industries.

Qualifications

• Experience in client/relationship management or financial services research preferred.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; able to build rapport quickly.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with high-value experts.
• Engage authentically with a range of stakeholders.
• Conduct feedback sessions to improve expert experience.
• Manage portfolio autonomously and effectively.
• Maintain compliance and high integrity.

Skills

Client/relationship management

Financial services research

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Strong communication and listening skills

Creative problem solving

Ability to manage multiple clients

Job description

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

What will you do?

As the Expert Relations Associate reporting into the Expert Relations Manager, you will take the lead on owning relationships with our highest value experts, identifying pain points and delivering innovative solutions to drive change. You will manage a large and dynamic portfolio of expert relationships, working to deepen each one over time and ensure every expert feels genuinely valued in their partnership with Third Bridge.

This is a role for someone who is naturally personable and thrives on human connection – you will be in constant communication with a wide range of experts and internal stakeholders, and your ability to build trust quickly and authentically will be central to your success. The team moves fast, evolves constantly, and embraces new ideas – you'll need to be self‑sufficient, comfortable with ambiguity, and energized rather than deterred by change.

Responsibilities

• Build deep relationships quickly across our highest value experts, acting as their key point person at Third Bridge.
• Engage confidently and authentically with a broad range of experts and stakeholders across industries, seniority levels, and backgrounds.
• Conduct in‑depth feedback sessions and intelligence gathering to continuously improve the expert experience.
• Suggest and drive innovative and creative solutions for problems faced by our experts.
• Manage your portfolio with a high degree of autonomy and self‑sufficiency, taking personal ownership and pride over the quality of every expert relationship.
• Handle compliance situations with professionalism and sound judgement, maintaining the highest standards of integrity in all expert interactions.
• Work effectively under pressure, maintaining strong responsiveness to client deadlines and time‑sensitive requests without compromising relationship quality.
• Evolve our best practices for onboarding experts.
• Gain industry‑based knowledge relevant to our highest value experts.
• Proactively research opportunities for expert engagement and identify trends that could enhance these engagements.
• Keep expert profiles updated and ensure information is accurate and current.
• Identify and recruit specialists for use across Third Bridge, while working with the Expert Relations Manager to develop and utilise proactive initiatives.

Qualifications

What will you bring?

We are seeking applicants who have

• Experience in client/relationship management or financial services research preferred
• Previous experience working with a high volume of clients or contacts simultaneously is preferable
• Exceptional interpersonal skills – naturally warm, personable, and able to build rapport quickly with senior industry executives and a wide variety of professionals
• Comfort working in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure environment with an acute awareness of client deadlines
• A self‑starter mentality – highly self‑sufficient, with a strong sense of ownership and personal pride over the quality of your work
• Adaptability and resilience in the face of frequent change; someone who is energised by a team that moves quickly and implements new ideas rapidly
• Comfort navigating compliance‑related matters with professionalism and sound judgement
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Curiosity, proactivity, and creative problem solving
• Entrepreneurial mindset, keen to be part of a growing part of the business
• An eye for innovation, thinking on a global scale across all Third Bridge business units

Equal Opportunity Employer

Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer.

If you are not 100% sure if you are right for the role, please apply anyway, and we will be happy to consider your application.