🚀 Aura Group is hiring: Junior Business Development Associate (Singapore)

Supporting the BD Manager across Private Markets | Investor Relations | Capital Raising

Aura Group is a $1B+ private-markets asset manager with strategies in Private Credit, Private Equity and Venture Capital. We’re expanding our Singapore office and seeking a Junior BD Associate to support our BD Manager in driving capital-raising and investor engagement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the BD Manager to execute a client-centric, solutions-based sales approach across Aura’s full suite of strategies.
• Assist with managing and strengthening relationships across institutions, EAMs, IFAs, private banks, family offices, HNWIs, and corporates.
• Support fundraising activities by preparing materials, managing CRM entries, tracking pipeline, and coordinating follow-ups.
• Help identify product opportunities and execute targeted BD strategies across both direct and intermediated channels.
• Support investor events (launches, roundtables, roadshows) by assisting with logistics, presentations, comms, and content distribution.
• Assist with content creation and thought leadership on social and digital platforms.
• Uphold positive team culture and support the BD Manager in delivering on strategic objectives.

Ideal Candidate

• 0–2 years in sales/BD in a finance industry.
• Strong communicator with excellent organisational skills.
• Hungry to learn, detail-oriented, and proactive with follow-through.
• Comfortable supporting senior stakeholders while managing multiple workflows.
• A team player with high discipline, initiative and a client-first mindset.
• Exposure to outbound prospecting and client origination, including identifying and qualifying leads across institutional, intermediary, and private wealth channels, and conducting targeted outreach via various channels.
• Familiarity with CRM systems (e.g. Affinity, HubSpot) with an understanding of pipeline tracking, lead segmentation, and data hygiene to support fundraising efforts.
• Comfortable leveraging AI and digital tools to enhance research, personalise outreach at scale, streamline workflows, and improve overall BD efficiency.