Project Support Specialist:
Position Overview: GLG is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join Platform Operations team as a Project Support Specialist. Project Support Specialists (PSS) are responsible for arranging connections between GLG’s clients and selected Network Members, global key opinion leaders and senior industry executives acting in a consultative capacity.
To facilitate these engagements, the PSS will work closely with both client-facing GLG Research professionals and GLG’s Network Members base, which is a network of C-level executives, academicians, scientists, industry practitioners, and other professionals worldwide.
As a PSS, you will develop a deep understanding of GLG’s business model and end-client markets as well as acquire incredible stakeholder management experience in a dynamic, high-intensity environment.
Key Responsibilities:
• Facilitate interactions between GLG clients and Network Members (experts) via Client Solutions teams.
• Navigate requests with complex compliance requirements and client-specific preferences.
• Establish and build strong working relationships with Client Solutions partners.
• Successfully execute against project objectives in specified timeframes.
• Align with and develop deep understanding of a specific end-client market to manage expert conflicts.
• Appreciate the urgency of competing projects and prioritize accordingly.
• Demonstrate adaptability in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
Required Skills:
• Superior communication and interaction skills, including demonstrated oral, written and presentation abilities in a business-focused setting using a variety of communication channels (telephone, e-mail etc.)
• 0-2 years of work experience preferably working as executive assistant
• Bachelor's degree
• Business level proficiency in English
We seek bright, positive, and flexible people who also:
• Act with the highest integrity and professionalism in all their endeavours
• Think creatively and focus on opportunities for growth
• Express a strong desire to work in a team
• Demonstrate the ability and initiative to handle increasing responsibility over time
Comfortable to work in 12 pm to 9 pm or 3 pm to 12 am shifts
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.
To learn more, visit www.GLGinsights.com.
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.
