Industry Research Team – Vice President / Director – Software (Boston)

Industry Research Team – Vice President / Director – Software

Established in 1984, Bain Capital is one of the world's leading private investment firms with approximately $185 billion in assets under management. Bain Capital manages a range of strategies including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital, real estate, life sciences, and impact investments. Our competitive advantage is grounded in a diligence-intensive, value-added investment approach that enables the firm to deliver industry-leading returns for its investors. Headquartered in Boston, Bain Capital has offices in Chicago, Dublin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mauritius, Melbourne, Mumbai, Munich, New York, Osaka, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.
Bain Capital Credit Overview
Bain Capital Credit is a leading global credit specialist with approximately $53 billion in assets under management. We invest across the full spectrum of credit strategies, including asset-based finance, direct lending, leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, non-performing loans, real estate and other hard assets and equities. Through a wide diversity of mandates, we have the ability to invest in every level of a company or asset’s capital structure from secured debt to equity and can provide holistic solutions to growing companies with unique financing needs.
Bain Capital Credit has a world-class team of over 100 investment professionals with extensive experience analyzing and managing credit investments.

We are seeking a Sector Head at the Vice President or Director level to join our Credit team in Boston. This individual will be responsible for leading coverage of the software sector.

Responsibilities Include:

• Lead a team that analyzes, evaluates, and monitors investments across our strategies.

• Conceive and execute in-depth industry, competitive, and financial analyses in order to formulate and test differential investment hypotheses 

• Perform company and industry research: visit company management, do field research (with customers, suppliers, and others likely to have unique insight into a company’s or industry’s fundamentals), and attend appropriate industry/Wall Street conferences

• Make proactive buy/sell recommendations and communicate investment views effectively with appropriate team members

• Identify and evaluate attractive investment ideas, primarily in the public markets, but also selective private market investments

• Manage the workload, responsibilities and development of analysts/associates.

Qualifications:

• Strong academic credentials and a demonstrated track record of successful work experience

• 6+ plus years of professional experience ideally in an investment management firm, investment banking, sell-side research, public or private investing, and/or management consulting role

• A fundamentals-driven, “bottom up” investing style with strong analytical/modeling capability

• Experience interacting with and assessing senior management teams; demonstrated relationship-building and networking skills 

• Ability to anticipate and identify company, industry, and market developments and support insights with research and analysis

• Excellent communication skills; able to synthesize complicated analyses concisely and to articulate insightful conclusions compellingly.  Open to spirited debate over ideas.

• A passion for investing

• Proven ability to work collaboratively in team environments

Compensation:
Expected Annual Base Salary $200,000 – $275,000
Actual base salary will be determined by a wide range of factors including but not limited to role, function, level, experience, qualifications, and geographic location. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based upon factors such as individual impact, team and firm performance. Bain Capital offers a competitive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial security, family needs, and overall well-being.