Council Manager-Legal, Economic & Regulatory Affairs

Gerson Lehrman Group Overview

 

Gerson Lehrman Group (www.glgroup.com) is an investment research firm that provides a global platform for independent primary research.  Headquartered in New York, we also have offices in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, London, Delhi, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Sydney. 

 

Through a combination of custom technology and extensive relationships, we provide our clients (primarily hedge funds, private equity firms, and mutual funds) with timely access to expert insights in order to facilitate superior decision-making.  Our research platform is based on direct access to a knowledge network known as the GLG Councils, composed of more than 170,000 individuals.  Council Members include physicians, scientists, engineers, attorneys, business managers, operations directors, sales executives, economists and other subject-matter experts who are compensated to collaborate with our firm and our clients.

 

GLG?s Legal, Economic, and Regulatory Affairs (LERA) practice manages GLG?s Law and Policy & Economics Councils.  These elite Councils include more than 7,000 expert lawyers, lobbyists, former government officials, economists and political scientists from the world?s leading professional-service firms, corporations, consultancies, academic institutions, think tanks, and organizations.  Among them are members of every U.S. presidential cabinet since President Nixon?s; former Members of Congress and other elected officials; partners from 20 of America?s 25 most profitable law firms; and professors from each of the top 10 U.S. law schools.  By facilitating consultations between our clients and these experts, we enable our clients to better understand legal, economic, regulatory and political issues and, in turn, to make more informed investment decisions.

 Council Manager role

 

LERA?s global Council Management team is responsible for the overall development, service, and internal marketing of the GLG Law and Policy & Economics Council.  The Council Manager (Austin) will be a central member of the team.  He or she will recruit, manage and deploy experts in the GLG Law and Policy & Economics Councils.  He or she will work closely with LERA?s Council Managers in Washington and our Analysts in Delhi and Shanghai, and will interact with client-facing Research Managers in New York, Boston, London and Hong Kong. 

 

Specific responsibilities:

? Facilitate the development of our expert network.

o  Utilize proprietary and web-based research resources, as well as referrals, to identify expert lawyers, lobbyists, economists, former government officials, and political scientists who can offer pertinent insights to fulfill such needs.Interact with Research Managers to gauge clients? expertise needs.

o  Reach out to identified experts through telephone and email.

o  Review current client activity to identify strategic population needs for recruiting.

o  Manage large-scale recruiting campaigns through partnerships with international and domestic associations and professional-service firms.

o  Collaborate with Council Management teammates to achieve strategic objectives.

 

? Develop personal relationships with key thought leaders while engaging them in GLG?s evolving product portfolio, which today includes telephone consultations; small-group meetings; education seminars; domestic and international research trips; and news analysis products.

 Maintain Council Members? profiles in our proprietary Knowledge Logistics Platform.

 Educate internal team about trends and expertise that resides within the GLG Legal and Policy & Economics Councils. 

 Serve as team?s internal specialist on designated issues by tracking relevant publications and attending industry conferences.

 Collaborate with other Council Managers and with Research Managers to ensure utilization of best practices when dealing with prospective and current Council Members.

 

Candidate profile:

 

Preliminary criteria for the position include:

 Undergraduate degree from top-tier school plus one to four years of professional work experience.Demonstrated interest in and exposure to legal, policy, and/or economic issues.Outstanding writing, communication, and presentation abilities.Superior organizational and people skills.Ability to work in a rigorous, fast-moving work environment.

 

Favored applicants will have:Knowledge of a second language (Spanish is especially relevant).Familiarity and relationships in the legal, policy and/or economics realms.Experience with or knowledge of the financial services and/or financial research industry.

 

We seek bright, positive and flexible people who also:Act with the highest integrity and professionalism in all their endeavors;Utilize and constantly develop superior analytical and problem-solving skills;Think creatively and focus on opportunities for growth, while leading others to do the same;Express a strong desire and ability to work in a team;Respond effectively to management direction and clients? needs; and Demonstrate the ability and initiative to handle increasing responsibility over time.