Business Development Associate

About the Role

Levin is seeking Associates for its Associate Academy, designed for graduates and early-career professionals. The program offers structured training, hands-on coaching, and a clear career path in specialist technology recruitment.

Key Responsibilities

As an Associate, you will learn the full 360 recruitment process, including:

• Building relationships with senior-level tech executives and partnering with technology companies.
• Managing the recruitment journey from initial contact to successful placement.
• Developing expertise within a specialist technology market to become a trusted consultant.
• Finding and engaging top talent using LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, CRM tools, market mapping, and phone outreach.
• Building client relationships with hiring leaders, understanding their talent needs, and presenting Levin's solutions.
• Managing the end-to-end recruitment process by providing market insight, coordinating interviews, supporting candidate preparation, and ensuring successful hiring outcomes.
• Developing commercial skills in business development, negotiation, account management, and market research to build client partnerships.

Requirements & Tech Stack

We are looking for recent or upcoming graduates (Classes of 2023–2026) who are:

• Ambitious, resilient, and motivated by clear goals.
• Confident communicators who enjoy building relationships.
• Curious about business, technology, sales, or people.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, target-driven, high-energy office environment.
• Excited by performance-based progression and earning potential.
• Coachable, self-motivated, and open to feedback.
• Comfortable learning new technologies and proactively using tools such as Outlook, Teams, and other workplace platforms.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities.

No prior recruitment experience is required. Relevant experience can include sales, customer service, leadership, athletics, hospitality, fundraising, or campus involvement.

Qualifications

• Graduates or upcoming graduates from the Classes of 2023–2026.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
• Adaptability and eagerness to learn new technologies.

Compensation & Benefits

• $55,000 base salary, plus uncapped commission (expected first year OTE: $70,000+; top performers: $100,000+).
• Performance-based promotions.
• 401K, Health and Dental Insurance, FSA & Commuter Benefits.
• 20 vacation days, 9 national holidays, company shutdown between Christmas and New Year, CSR day, and birthday off.
• Wednesday WFH after the first four weeks.
• Gym discounts through WellHub from day 1.
• Performance-based relocation opportunities and potential equity for top performers.
• Employee Resource Groups: Parity and Nexus.
• Target-based incentives (international vacations, dining, group activities, etc.).
• Levin Ambassadors Initiative (early mentorship opportunity).