Bain & Company, Inc.

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*This is for a September 2025 start date.*

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

Tech Insights Practice Overview

Technology Insights Group (TIG) (TIG) at Bain & Company is a rapidly growing global team of world-class technologists. We work with leading Private Equity (PE) investors and their tech-enabled portfolio companies to act as technical advisors in investment processes. We conduct product and technology due diligence engagements and value creation assignments, leveraging our extensive expertise in software and understanding of commercial environments specific to tech-enabled businesses. The Global Technology Insights Group team consists of technology savvy consultants and former CTOs and CPOs of leading global technology and software companies with decades of both advising and operating experience. The team has completed 400+ product and technology diligences and value creation engagements worldwide. 

Over the past 3 years, we supported our clients on some of the most visible technology investments in the US and Europe, including several of the Top 2022 and Top 2023 software deals. We conduct engagements spanning enterprise applications, vertical applications (HCIT, FinTech, EdTech), infrastructure software, cloud software, and tech enabled services (IT services, e-Commerce, AdTech).  Bain’s Tech Insights practice is a place where agile minds work powerfully and nimbly together, thriving on spirited discussion.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Joining Technology Insights Group (TIG) is an exciting opportunity to build a new and critical capability at Bain. You will work closely with the global Tech leadership and the regional private equity (PE) teams. 

At Bain, you will leverage your technology and consulting experience in actively contributing to projects, assessing key aspects of leading software companies for PE investors. 

You will help our clients strategically approach how technology will shape their businesses and solve some of the most challenging issues they face. Working alongside an outstanding group of individuals, you will develop and enhance your own technology expertise, commercial acumen, and analytical capabilities. Additionally, you will gain direct exposure to CEOs, Executives, and Private Equity professionals. 

Whether your long-term goal is to grow with us, join a PE/VC firm, or to start the next great technology company, you will build a fantastic foundation by joining our multi-talented and highly motivated team.

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

You will get deep exposure and access to the leading software and tech enabled companies globally, typically 10-20 companies each year. These companies span enterprise applications, vertical applications (HealthTech, FinTech, EdTech), infrastructure software, cloud software, and tech enabled services (IT services, e-Commerce, AdTech). On assignments, you will work closely with our global experts comprising former CTOs and CPOs of leading global technology and software companies, leading private equity investor clients, and our commercial diligence teams. 

This is a particularly exciting time to join the team – we have ambitious growth plans and you will be contributing to building and scaling a new global capability within Bain & Company.

• Perform primary and secondary research: collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data across a variety of sources to test or further our understanding of the business or market.
• Product strategy and roadmap assessments: contribute to the assessment of product positioning and roadmap completeness and viability. 
• Technology strategy and roadmap assessments: contribute to the assessment of architectures (current and future), technical debt, and related areas such as hosting and security.
• Develop and communicate insights and recommendations to the project team, technology leaders, and PE investors.

ABOUT YOU

The following are highly valued:

• Undergraduate/Master’s degree from a top tier university in a relevant field (i.e., computer science, data science, statistics, information systems, engineering, business management). 
• Passion for software as well as the tech industry more broadly
• Experience in technical due diligence is preferred and/or a technical background in a PE firm
• Client service orientation and EQ
• Ability to deliver high-impact client results in a fast-paced and evolving deal situation environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional agility
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Analytical and data-driven mindset
• Inquisitive mindset and eager to learn
• Aptitude for creative, quantitative, and qualitative problem solving.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and teamwork 
• Entrepreneurial, curious, creative, and innovative thinking
• Strong belief in agile continuous improvement principles
• Passion to bring Bain principles and values to life