Job Title
Associate Intern, Japanese Speaker
Location
Shanghai
Shanghai is another of our larger offices, and you’ll find us in the centre of the city next to the Natural History Museum and Jing’an Sculpture Park. Our building is a Gensler-designed addition to the Jing’an skyline; a 60-story prime office building and retail pavilion with great transport links. Inside, you’ll discover everything from fine dining to relaxing spaces, all with spacious interiors and outdoor terraces overlooking the entire park.
Company Description
Third Bridge is a market-leading investment research firm. We provide integrated solutions for the world’s top investors and business leaders to help them make smarter and faster decisions. No other company in the world provides the same holistic investment offering: our superpower is the combination of human insights and unique investor-led content with a global expert network. We serve over 1,000 investment firms, offering clients 24/7 coverage through our team of 1,300+ employees located across elven offices.
Job Description
Third Bridge Connections provides access to industry specialists who can offer unique insights into companies and markets. To an investor who is looking for information to steer a deal-making decision, there is nothing more powerful than the knowledge that is locked up inside people’s heads. Connections is a fast-growing, performance driven environment. Our Associates target, source and screen relevant industry specialists, who our clients could speak with to help them make better informed business decisions. As a client focused company, our client’s needs drive our work and as an Associate, you can expect to work on multiple requests that span a wide range of industries and geographies on any given day.
Responsibilities
● Conduct a cursory review of industries in order to understand the gaps in our clients’ knowledge and identify the most relevant individuals (practitioners and often C-level executives working at the heart of their industries) to take part in a 1:1 consultations with our clients via phone
● Engage with these individuals to understand whether they are the right fit for our clients
● Persuade relevant individuals to take part in a consultation with our client and negotiate terms
● Set up consultations - scheduling, contracts, compliance requirements
● Develop and strengthen relationships with existing Third Bridge industry contacts and build new ones with experts you have identified
● The work is fast paced – you will be working on multiple requests on any given day, all with tight timelines, and spanning a wide variety of industries across multiple geographies, which you will need to understand at a high level. We look for individuals who are excited by a hands-on, high performing and resulted-oriented role
● You’ll need to think on your feet and adapt your communication style as you speak on the phone with people across industries and levels
● As part of a global team, teamwork is essential - you’ll be collaborating with others locally and internationally when executing on projects, across time zones
Qualifications
What we look for
● Individuals who will thrive in a hands-on, high performing role with a focus on results
● Strong academic credentials and/or experience in a customer focused role
● Maintain a high level of attention to detail, even under pressure in order to adhere to our compliance framework and high-quality standards
● The ability and drive to go above and beyond for our clients to exceed their expectations
● With a culture centred around feedback and open communication, we look for people who are open to continuous professional development
● Native Japanese speaker
● At least 4 days per week, continuously 3 months is required
Additional Information
About us
Third Bridge was founded on the belief that human insights drive intelligent investment decisions.
To make the right investment decisions, our clients require access to the most relevant experts and their insights – we enable this through private consultations and exclusive content drawn from expert interviews.
Our clients consist of some of the largest private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds, and management consulting firms, who are serviced by a team of over 1200 employees located across seven global offices.
Third Bridge operates in a global, multi-billion-dollar market, with double digit annual growth and has consistently received accolades for Great Places to Work and the top 100 fastest growing companies.
Ready to apply?
If you are not 100% sure that you’re right for the role, please apply anyway and we’ll be happy to consider your application.
If you’re successful you must have permission to work in the country you are applying before your employment with us starts.