Business Development Associate - Private Equity

Third Bridge; New York (NY); On-site; USD 67,500 - 82,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Basic salary of $75,000

Quarterly commission/bonus

15 vacation days

Learning development allowance

Health and wellness insurance options

401(k) matching

Work from anywhere for one month

Job summary

Third Bridge is seeking a Private Equity Business Development Associate in New York, responsible for driving growth by enhancing client engagement and onboarding new users.

You'll work directly with clients to understand their needs and stimulate adoption of Third Bridge's services, while collaborating with team members to optimize client relationships and retention.

This role offers an excellent foundation in business development with competitive compensation and benefits including a basic salary of $75,000 plus bonuses.

Qualifications

• Experience in a client-facing role.
• Self-starter mentality with the ability to work autonomously.
• Proven track record of exceeding targets and growing accounts.

Responsibilities

• Grow revenue and usage within your book of business.
• Introduce Third Bridge products and services to new clients.
• Identify growth opportunities within your book of business.

Skills

Client-facing experience

Client-first mindset

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Job description

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.

Private Equity Business Development Associates are responsible for driving growth by activating users across the Private Equity book of business on expert networks, content, surveys and advisory. They work directly with clients, seeking to understand their business priorities and identify the most effective ways to support them. They are responsible for onboarding new client users, demonstrating the value of Third Bridge, and stimulating client engagement with inactive users with our products and services. In partnership with the Client Services and Account Management team, they design and execute client engagement strategies in support of strategic account plans and evolving client needs.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to build a strong foundation in business development, develop commercial acumen, and deepen your understanding of Private Equity.

Responsibilities

• Grow revenue and usage within your book of business by monitoring client activity and proactively engaging with new or inactive users to drive adoption of our products and services.
• Introduce all Third Bridge products and services to new client users to ensure fast adoption and product stickiness from the outset of a client’s relationship with us.
• Partner with Client Services and Account Managers to align engagement strategy to renewal objectives.
• Identify growth opportunities within your book of business, for example identifying new teams who could access Third Bridge’s products and services, cross‑sell opportunities, etc.
• Support new client acquisition team with new stakeholder interactions and onboarding of new clients.
• Consistently communicate and demonstrate our value proposition to end users, key stakeholders and decision makers across and in accordance with the client lifecycle, ensuring a solid understanding of how our products and services specifically support Private Equity clients throughout their deal cycle.
• Build, develop and manage relationships with client users and key stakeholders with the goal of driving utilisation of their Third Bridge subscription, resulting in client satisfaction, retention, and growth.
• Identify approaches that address the client’s challenges leveraging qualitative and quantitative problem‑solving methodologies that serve to continuously improve client experience and client retention.
• Conduct regular retention and risk analysis of client book of business that provides insights into performance and key client engagement metrics.
• Originate opportunities to expand the user footprint within existing client teams, and for Account Managers to up‑sell and cross‑sell Third Bridge services.
• Collaborate with Client Services and Account Management to identify root causes of client issues, working with internal and external stakeholders to develop effective resolutions.
• Collect, analyse and share client feedback and market intel internally to all relevant stakeholders, including Client Services, Commercial, Product and Marketing.
• Advocate internally for your clients, particularly for feature improvements across our product offering.

Qualifications

• Experience in a client‑facing role.
• Client‑first mindset; superior client service ethic.
• Self‑starter mentality with the ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Demonstrable problem‑solving and client relationship building and management skills.
• Proven track record of exceeding targets and growing accounts, fueled by a passion for delivering value to clients.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, prioritisation, problem‑solving, critical thinking, and influencing skills.
• Demonstrable ability to multitask and prioritise on an ongoing basis to manage both proactive and reactive work.

How You Will Be Rewarded

• Salary: Basic of $75,000 pa, plus quarterly commission/bonus.
• Vacation: 15 days (increases to 20 days after 2 years of service) plus U.S. holidays.
• Learning: personal development allowance of $1,150 per year.
• Health and wellbeing: a variety of insurance plans, including health coverage by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield.
• Medical insurance, dental insurance and vision plan, plus a personal HSA and medical FSA. Additional health and wellbeing events focus on mental health.
• Future and family: 401(k) matching up to 5% of your base salary, life insurance, a long‑term disability policy, dependent care FSA and pet insurance.
• Flexibility: work from anywhere for one month per year, 2 annual volunteer days, 2 personal days when life throws you a curveball and ‘Summer Fridays’.
• Rewards: points through a colleague‑to‑colleague recognition programme to spend on hotels, gift cards, donations to charity and more.
• Social: weekly optional social gatherings, daily breakfast and snacks, social events – ESG: CSR, Environment and Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.
• Frontline Innovation: opportunity to share ideas for improvement through hackathons and other events.

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

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment and are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. If you are not 100% sure you fit the role, please apply anyway and we will consider your application.

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Third Bridge is committed to diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.