Expert Associate Consultant, Technology Insight Group

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future.

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work with our “One Bain” culture, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked #1 on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 13 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally.  We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry. 

WHERE YOU'LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

You will join our Tech Insights Group (TIG) at Bain & Company, which is a rapidly growing global team of world-class consultants and 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.

We deliver our projects by combining a team of consultants with CPOs and CTOs 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.

The Tech Insights Group operates within the Expert Client Delivery (ECD) team, a global capability area designed to provide support to clients across Europe and beyond through a single, globally organized team. TIG enhances our Private Equity Group (PEG) and General Consulting (GC) capabilities by offering specialized technical expertise to support our clients at every stage of the investment lifecycle from deal generation and due diligence to portfolio value creation and exit planning.

WHAT YOU'LL DO 

You will get deep exposure and access to the leading software and tech enabled companies globally, typically 10-20 companies each year. 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 general consulting and commercial diligence teams. 

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

Essential Functions

• 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 capabilities, 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 case team members, technology leaders, and PE investors

ABOUT YOU

Education

• 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

• Demonstrate a passion for software as well as the tech industry more broadly (e.g., digital transformation, disruptive business models)
• Ability to absorb and interpret technical information 

Client service orientation and EQ

• Passion for delivering high-impact client results
• 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
• Strong alignment with Bain operating principles
• Strong teamwork ethos and ability to work with team members with diverse skills and backgrounds in an inclusive fashion

Your career

Throughout your career at Bain you will participate in world class formal and informal training programmes in order to ensure you continuously develop your skills. In addition, you will be assigned a mentor to help guide you through your career and will develop a network of your peers across teams and offices.

Working alongside an outstanding group of individuals, you will develop and enhance your own technology expertise, commercial acumen, and analytical capabilities. Whether your long-term goal is to grow with us, join a PE/VC firm, work in the tech/software industry, or to start the next great technology company, you will build a fantastic foundation by joining our multi-talented and highly motivated team.