Associate/Senior Associate - Client Solutions (India- Remote) (US Hours)

The Straits Network; India; Remote; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Lynk is hiring for a client solutions role in India. The candidate will drive revenue by matching experts to client projects, recruit top professionals, and manage ongoing client relationships with proactive project updates.

The position is on-site in an India location, requiring a strong client-facing approach, excellent English communication, and a track record of delivering results in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's degree required with strong academic record.
• 2-6 years of relevant work experience in expert network, client servicing, project management, recruitment, sales, or revenue-driven roles.

Responsibilities

• Perform high quality research to understand client needs and vet expert qualifications.
• Identify and engage industry professionals to join the Lynk network and fulfill client projects.
• Manage relationships with experts, including payment queries and coordination.
• Build and strengthen client relationships with proactive updates and timely feedback.

Skills

Client servicing

Sales development

Lead generation

Project management

Negotiation

Communication

English proficiency

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree

Job description

Lynk is the best place to seek, build and share credible human expertise. We power the new knowledge economy. Our Knowledge-as-a-Service platform unlocks the insights, experience and expertise of experts from around the world, helping people and companies make informed decisions. Our customers include Fortune 500 companies, leading investment houses, global family offices, top professional services firms, governments and other organizations.

Client Solutions team members are directly responsible for revenue generation. Leveraging our proprietary platform and tools, you will build user relationships, promote usage, identify and invite experts to join Lynk network, and ultimately facilitate engagements between clients and experts which makes revenue for Lynk. This requires skills in industry and market research, leads identification, sourcing and conversion, negotiation and persuasion, and building trusted relationships with both clients and experts. We seek individuals who are self motivated; and have strong research capability, excellent client-facing skills, with a hacker mentality to get things done. We value commitment to client service, a curious mind, strong work ethic, a deep understanding of how businesses operate, and an all-round emphasis on excellence and quality.

What You will Do

• Project delivery: Based on the target topic or industry that our clients are evaluating, perform high quality research to understand the client's needs and vet relevance and qualifications of experts recommended by our expert recommendation system or external databases
• Expert recruitment: Independently identify industry professionals and experts of relevance to client requests/projects, pitch Lynk value proposition to engage with these experts who are often mid-senior level executives at top-tier firms, conduct informed conversations to assess their expertise and fit for given projects and convince them to join the Lynk network
• Expert relationship management: Manage relationship with experts, including communication on their payment cycles, and assisting them with any queries
• Client Servicing: Build & strengthen user relationships by providing high quality delivery and proactive updates on their projects, obtaining timely feedback and ensuring high engagement through regular touchpoints

What You will Achieve

• Directly drive revenue by matching the most relevant experts to client's projects, within their timelines
• Grow and retain the user base through excellent client servicing

What this role involves

• This is a high visibility and high stakes client facing role
• This is an on-site position
• You will be an Individual contributor
• This is a target-based role, measured on a monthly basis

What we are Looking for

• Bachelor's/ Master's degree with a strong academic track record
• 2-6 years of relevant work experience leading teams in expert network, client servicing, project management, recruitment, customer service, or sales development roles with past experience in managing revenue based quotas/targets.
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
• Excellent at cold-calling mid-to-senior level professionals
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, and adapt to changes with a tendency towards hustle to get things done
• Passion for client servicing
• Flexible and excited about working in a fast paced, results-oriented environment
• Strong people management skills
• Excellent communicator with a strong command of English
• Experience working in the Expert Network/ Consulting/ Market Research/Recruiting industry is preferred

What We Commit To You

• Competitive remuneration package, including attractive performance-based incentives. Team members exceeding their target can earn a high proportion of their monthly base salary in commissions, measured and paid quarterly
• Fast career progression with our merit based promotion policy
• An environment that respects diversity and inclusion
• Comprehensive medical insurance coverage

Notes:

- Lynk employees are prohibited from trading Restricted Securities (defined as any security whose performance is linked to a single company) on any Personal Trading Account.

- All new joiners, if they receive a conditional offer to join Lynk, will be required to undergo a background check.

- Lynk is an equal opportunities employer.