Overview of the role:
GLG’s Internship is an exciting opportunity for university students looking to pursue a career in research, consulting, B2B client servicing & business development, or the financial services sector.
This internship is structured to develop your communication and teamwork skills, and broaden your industry knowledge while working in a fast-growing global firm. You will support the GLG Southeast Asia Corporate team on projects by conducting industry research, reaching out to opinion leaders and key executives across various verticals, and take a significant part in providing best solutions to enhance client’s decision making. You will have the opportunity to take ownership of strategic initiatives aiming to streamline business processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting the client facing team. The Intern will provide project support to the client facing team who manage multiple projects on a day-to-day basis.
- Facilitating educational interactions (this is the scheduling part) between GLG Network Members and our clients, enable our clients to make more informed and confident decisions.
- The Intern is tasked with fulfilling time sensitive research requests by analysing client requests and building, qualifying primary populations of topic experts. Most GLG client/expert interactions consist of telephone/ virtual call consultations but also may consist of surveys, written reports, and in-depth consulting engagements.
- Identifying and screening experts. Work with client facing team in identifying the most suitable experts for each project, through thorough examination of experts’ knowledge and eligibility.
- Enhancing the GLG Networks. Developing relationships with GLG’s most respected thought leaders across sectors, as well as potentially recruiting new senior executives and leading consultants into the GLG Networks through research, networking, and direct outreach
- Team-wide collaboration
- Ad-hoc duties assigned by team
Candidate profile:
GLG attracts employees from the most distinctive professional and academic backgrounds. Across all of our positions, we insist upon excellence, integrity, creativity, and professionalism.
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s degree
- Experience in relevant research industry, marketing research, or consulting will be a plus
- Able to write, speak and present succinctly to deliver investment theses/ideas
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise activities effectively, while ensuring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Able to work independently on tasks to deliver expected outcomes
- Able to work through ambiguity and proactive seek for alternative solutions when there is roadblock
- Able to commit to a minimum 3 months internship starting from July/August 2025. Candidates who can commit to full-time internship will be preferred
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.
