Business Development Associate

Location: Manhattan, New York, NY 10017 (full-time, in-office). Start date: January 19th, 2027.

About the Role

Founded in 2019, Levin has grown from a three-person start-up into a specialist technology recruitment business operating across FinTech, HealthTech, and Energy & Infrastructure through our brands Storm2, Storm3, and Storm4. We connect some of the world's fastest-growing technology companies with exceptional talent, while building exceptional careers for our people. Our mission is to connect high-growth technology companies with the talent they need to scale. To do that, we invest heavily in our Associates through structured training, hands-on coaching, recruitment technology, and clear progression pathways. Every one of our top performers started their career at Levin as an Associate and progressed through the business.

Responsibilities

• 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

• Recent or upcoming graduates, ideally from the Classes of 2023–2026.
• Ambitious, resilient, and motivated by clear goals.
• 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 required; sales, customer service, leadership, athletics, hospitality, fundraising, or campus involvement can all be relevant experience.

Pay

• $55,000 base salary, non-exempt, plus uncapped commission.
• Expected first-year OTE: $70,000+; top performers: $100,000+.
• Performance-based promotions, with first promotion typically around 10–12 months; top 3 performers promoted to Management (3rd promotion) in 18 months.
• Potential equity for top performers.
• Performance-based relocation opportunities.

Benefits

• 401K, Health and Dental Insurance, FSA & Commuter Benefits.
• 20 vacation days, 9 national holidays, company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year, Corporate Social Responsibility day, and birthday off.
• Gym discounts through WellHub from day 1.
• Employee Resource Groups: Parity and Nexus.
• Levin Ambassadors Initiative (early mentorship opportunity).
• Target-based incentives: international vacations, amazing restaurants, group activities, & more.

Schedule

• Working hours: 9am–6pm Monday–Thursday, 9am–3pm Friday.
• Wednesday work-from-home after your first four weeks.