Business Development Associate
Levin
Manhattan, NY0–2 yrs2h agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 2 years
- Must know
- RecruitingCRMAccount managementMarket researchSalesMicrosoft Office
- Work
- On-site in Manhattan
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- CRM45%Recruiting10%Account management8%Market research1%of 146 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Oct 30, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
Levin's Associate Academy is designed for graduates and early-career professionals seeking structured training, hands-on coaching, and a clear career path. The role offers structured training, ongoing coaching and mentorship, a clear performance-based progression pathway, uncapped earning potential, and real responsibility from day one. No recruitment experience is required.
Key Responsibilities
As an Associate, you will learn the full 360 recruitment process. This involves:
- Building relationships with senior-level tech executives.
- Partnering with technology companies.
- Managing the journey from first conversation through to successful placement.
- Developing expertise within a specialist technology market, becoming a trusted consultant.
You’ll be trained to
- Find and engage top talent using LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, CRM tools, market mapping, and phone outreach.
- Build client relationships with hiring leaders at technology companies, understanding their talent needs and showcasing how Levin can help solve their hiring challenges.
- Manage the end-to-end recruitment process by acting as a trusted advisor, providing market insight, coordinating interviews, supporting candidate preparation, and delivering successful hiring outcomes.
- Develop commercial skills across business development, negotiation, account management, and market research, using those insights to build strong client partnerships and support successful hiring.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Ambitious, resilient, and motivated by clear goals.
- A confident communicator who enjoys 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. Experience in sales, customer service, leadership, athletics, hospitality, fundraising, or campus involvement can be relevant.
Qualifications
- Recent or upcoming graduates, ideally from the Classes of 2023–2026.