Business Development Associate
Business Development Associate
at Correlation One
New York
Artificial Intelligence is poised to become the biggest economic force in history. Across the world, companies in every industry are restructuring their operations to become more data-driven.
At Correlation One, we build technology solutions to help organizations develop world-class data science and AI organizations. Our solutions include an industry-leading AI training platform, a novel games-based assessment platform, data science diversity & inclusion programs, and the world's most prestigious live data science competition. Our clients include many of the most successful hedge funds, technology companies, and venture capital firms in the world!
This Business Development Associate role focuses on marketing and executing Correlation One's world-class data science programs, including The Data Open and Data Science for All. This person will design and run digital marketing campaigns, develop partnerships in academia and industry, and manage live and online event operations.
About the Team:
We are a small group of business people, engineers and data scientists who are accomplished thinkers and doers. Our team includes traders & portfolio managers at multibillion-dollar hedge funds, a Forbes 30 Under 30 winner, a top-20 competitor at the Putnam Math Competition, a tenured Harvard professor, and published authors in computer science & math.
Our team values a healthy mix of high-level thinking + get-it-done attitude. Everyone checks their ego at the door, and no task is too big or too small.
Our Successes:
- Over 300,000 end-users on our technology products.
- Created and hosted over 100 data science competitions at the world’s best universities.
- Partnerships with over 500 university departments and professional data science organizations
- World-class enterprise clients like Citadel, Lyft, EY,, TwoSigma, SoftBank and more.
What Sets Us Apart:
- High standard of engineering and product quality.
- Solve unique challenges on the frontier of data science, technology, and talent markets.
- Work directly with industry-leading enterprise clients in finance and technology.
- Impact role at an early-stage, high-growth technology startup.
As a Business Development Associate you will:
- Coordinate all aspects of our Campus & Event marketing initiatives to drive new applicant acquisition
- Be the point person for contact mapping to help us connect with the right people on campuses
- Research & source additional opportunities - speaking events with academic departments, clubs, university conferences, case competitions, and other innovative ideas you believe will drive awareness for Correlation One’s event portfolio, focusing on our Terminal Live Global Competition and differentiate the brand
- Play a supporting role in managing day-to-day marketing initiatives
- Analyze marketing activities to determine effectiveness, creating ongoing reporting dashboards and continually recommending optimizations to our activations in order to achieve our goals
- Help run exciting events including Competitions and training programs at top universities all over the world including the United States, China, United Kingdom, France and more!
- Conduct research, raise brand awareness, and assist with both online and offline marketing campaigns.
- Support and work on a wide range of day-to-day activities related to building and growing the business.
Some skills we consider critical to being a Business Development Associate
- 1-3 years experience (including internships) in a business development role at a technology company; minimum 4-year college degree, or equivalent experience.
- Action-oriented problem solver and driven by an entrepreneurial mindset.
- Team player who thrives in an energetic and intelligent working environment.
- Competitive, hardworking, highly-focused, and results-oriented.
- Strong presentation, verbal and written communication, organization, multitasking, and time management skills.
- A passion for data science and the data science community is essential.
- The ability to perform research to identify new companies and people for prospecting.
- Loves dealing with people.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Apps.
- Consistently meet or exceed individual performance targets.
The Hiring Process:
Our goal is to move very quickly in hiring this role. The entire process will require four stages: a resume submission, a phone interview, a skills assessment, and a final group interview. After each phase, we will inform you within a few days if you proceed to the next round.
Thank you!