TITLE: Senior Associate / Manager
DEPARTMENT: ESG
LOCATION: Boston, MA
BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW
With approximately $185 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. We create lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Over four decades we have strategically grown our platform to focus on Private Equity, Growth & Venture, Capital Solutions, Credit & Capital Markets, and Real Assets. Today, our team includes 1,880+ employees in 24 offices on four continents.
We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential. Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach enables us to pursue strategic growth, build enduring relationships with a robust external network, and collaborate across our integrated platform to connect the deep and diverse expertise that unlocks breakthrough insights.
Our people are the heart of our advantage. Colleagues at all levels have a seat at the table as they tackle business challenges with a principal investor mindset. By asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and remaining intellectually agile, we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes.
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with a small team and play an active role in driving sustainability projects for the firm. The candidate will develop stakeholder communications for Bain Capital and contribute to ESG research and special projects.
Communications / Reporting:
- Support on the Firm’s communications on ESG and sustainability, including management of annual ESG Report and UN PRI submission
- Collaborate with Investor Relations to prepare investor communications (primarily Global Private Equity)
- Lead additional firmwide ESG reporting and framework collaboration efforts
- Build the reporting vehicles to update key audiences on Bain Capital’s approach to ESG
Strategy / Projects:
- Work closely with a wide variety of internal stakeholders spanning the firm’s business units and geographies, including with deal teams, portfolio teams and investor relations team
- Contribute to ESG integration across private markets investment strategies, identifying innovations and tools that help drive impact
- Research select ESG topics that are priorities for the Firm and business units
Portfolio Management / Impact:
- Work with Global Private Equity and individual portfolio companies as needed to drive ESG performance
- Contribute to ESG measurement and tracking approach, including data collection process and improvement initiatives
- Support development of events and forums on sustainability for internal and external stakeholders, including investors and portfolio companies
This person will be based in Boston. Individual will collaborate daily with the investment team, portfolio group and portfolio companies, external partners and other members of the Bain Capital platform.
We expect this team member to be a mission-driven individual with experience in project management, familiarity with impact and ESG frameworks, and a passion for driving change in companies.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Excellent research, analytical, written and core communications abilities, the strongest of which is writing;
- Detail-oriented professional with ability to distill independently and quickly key questions and next steps;
- Can-do attitude; ability to own relevant tasks, big or small;
- Curious with aptitude for learning; able to excel in a fast-paced and dynamic environment;
- Strong team player with an entrepreneurial predisposition and strong interpersonal skills necessary to interact at senior levels of the Firm;
- Self-starter with strong project management and follow-through skills;
- Outstanding quantitative and qualitative skills, including via Excel and PowerPoint.
DESIRED BACKGROUND/EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s Degree; strong academic credentials (Masters Degree is a plus)
- 4-7 years post undergraduate experience; management consulting, financial services, or sustainability background is a plus
- Demonstrated track record of strong impact in organization
- Superior written, project and oral communication skills
- Ability to interface successfully and collaboratively with numerous internal stakeholders
- Experience working with senior management
Bain Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
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What We Do
Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading alternative investment firms. More than 1,200 Bain Capital employees work together at locations in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Palo Alto, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Sydney, Madrid, Luxembourg, Munich, Mumbai, Seoul, and Tokyo to manage approximately $155 billion in assets.
Founded in 1984, Bain Capital has advanced a consulting-based approach to investment. We develop close partnerships with management teams around the world, uncovering valuable insights that drive long-term value to businesses and markets. We have expanded this approach beyond private equity to several asset classes, including credit, fixed income, public equity, venture capital, and real estate. We’re dedicated to responsible business practices, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are critical considerations in our investment approach.
We strive to create lasting impact for all stakeholders: our investors, our teams, our businesses, and the communities we’re a part of. We believe our shared values form the core of our competitive advantage:
- We develop exceptional partnerships. We know great outcomes come from great teams.
- We challenge conventional thinking. We think differently. We nurture a culture of deep objective inquiry and seek the full potential in every opportunity.
- We work with tenacity. We roll up our sleeves, dig in, and come to work every day searching for better outcomes.
- We believe character matters. We prize personal integrity and humility.
Our team also supports a variety of charitable and nonprofit organizations by donating time, expertise and resources through the Bain Capital Community Partnership. Bain Capital Children's Charity, founded in 1996, has proven this by providing more than $55 million to 350 youth-related causes thanks to contributions from the firm’s employees and partners.
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