private equity associate - client service
Aug 8, 2026 · Dialectica
What you'll do
- Understand investment hypotheses of Investment professionals to identify validation methods
- Support deal sourcing, screening, and due diligence activities
- Monitor portfolios and support value creation projects
- Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams including strategy consultants
- Conduct high-level industry and company research
- Identify solutions that address clients’ needs effectively
- Manage multiple client projects simultaneously
- Develop skills in business development, time management, prioritization, negotiation, and professional communication
- Assess client knowledge gaps through research
- Generate leads via email, phone, and professional networks
- Manage relationships with C-level and Board-level executives
- Build strong internal relationships with service offering leads
- Screen experts critically for suitability and quality
Key requirements
- 0+ years' experience
- Research and screening skills
- Client relationship management with executives
- Sales and lead generation
- Negotiation abilities
- Professional communication skills
- Business development capabilities
- Time management and prioritization skills
- Fluency in English
- Any Undergraduate Fieldpreferred
Benefits
- Initial salary of €21,700 gross per annum plus performance bonus and tickets;
- Structured career path in Private Equity team with transferable skill development;
- Private medical insurance and competitive savings plan;
- Sponsored health and wellbeing and team bonding activities;
- Opportunity for global mobility and working in different office locations.
About the job
As a Private Equity Associate you will be key in understanding investment hypotheses of Investment professionals and using that knowledge to identify ways in which they can be validated. You will get the chance to partner with some of the most reputable private equity firms in the world and support them in deal sourcing, screening & due diligence activities - as well as portfolio monitoring & value creation projects.
At the same time, you are expected to collaborate internally with a diverse and experienced team, ranging from people with a background in strategy consulting to team members of various service offerings around the world.
You will need to think critically and fast, conduct high-level research into industries and companies, and identify the best solution ensuring the most relevant experience and knowledge to address our clients’ needs.
Working on multiple client projects at once, you will quickly develop core skills in business development, time management & prioritization, negotiation, and professional communication skills.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Assessing the client’s knowledge gaps and conduct high level industry research
Lead generation through email/phone/professional networking platforms
Manage relationships with C-level & Board-level executives
Establish strong internal relationships with our service offering leads
Critically screening experts for their suitability and relevance to address a client’s needs with an emphasis on quality
About the Private Equity Team
The Private Equity team is the most rapidly growing part of our business. A career in the PE team at Dialectica is more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to build an accelerated career, unlock competitive performance compensation, and develop key core skills across an array of competencies in sales, professional communications, client relationship management, project management, account management, and people management. Hard work, drive, and commitment to delivering value will put you on track to an accelerated career path.
At the PE team, you won't just be working on projects - you'll be building relationships. You'll team up with a diverse and experienced cohort of colleagues, including strategy consultants and professionals from a variety of service offerings worldwide. Together, you'll leverage your collective expertise to provide innovative and tailored solutions for our clients.
If you are interested in Private Equity career opportunities in Greece, this team is one of the very few places that can offer this unique experience!
What We Look For
At Dialectica, we don’t believe in a “one size fits all” approach to hiring. Our Associates come from extremely diverse backgrounds and typically display the following qualities:
Academic achievement gained in any undergraduate field
A natural negotiator and salesperson
Participation in extracurricular activities with proven records of leadership
Strong interest and passion for the business world evident through your studies, internship, or extra-curricular activity
A development mentality to view setbacks and short term challenges as learning opportunities for growth
A client service mentality, which means you are committed to go beyond your clients’ needs to deliver true value
Inquisitive and committed to self-development and lifelong learning
Requirements
0-3 years of work experience
Undergraduate degree preferable, with a track record of strong academic performance
Fluency in English is a must
Fluency in another language is a huge plus!
Benefits
For the Private Equity Associate position based in Athens/Τhessaloniki, the initial salary for this role is 21.700 gross per annum (which equates tο €1,550 gross per month, distributed across 14 monthly salaries) plus €1,452 tickets per annum (which equates tο €132 per month)s including a monthly performance bonus
Structured career path through our Private Equity team
The opportunity to gain transferable skills including research, sales, negotiation, commercial awareness, professional communication, time and project management
A dedicated learning programme as well as the opportunity to build valuable and transferable skills on-the-job
Be part of a creative, entrepreneurial and fast-paced, workplace guided by the values of respect, teamwork, ownership and growth mindset
Private medical insurance and competitive savings plan
Sponsored health and wellbeing and team bonding activities
The opportunity to work and live in different office locations through our global mobility program
An organisation with a truly global outlook and entrepreneurial core
