Expert Associate Consultant, Tech Insights Group

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Who You'll Work With

The Technology Insights Group (TIG) at Bain & Company is a rapidly growing global team of world-class technologists. We serve as technical advisors to leading Private Equity (PE) investors and their tech-enabled portfolio companies during investment processes. Our work includes product and technology due diligence engagements and value creation assignments, leveraging deep expertise in software and a keen understanding of commercial environments specific to tech-enabled businesses.

The global TIG team comprises technology-savvy consultants and former CTOs and CPOs from leading global technology and software companies, bringing decades of advising and operating experience. We have successfully completed over 400 product and technology diligences and value creation engagements worldwide, supporting high-profile technology investments in the US and Europe, including major software deals. Our engagements span 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 dynamic environment where agile minds collaborate, thriving on spirited discussion.

What You'll Do

Joining the Technology Insights Group (TIG) offers an exciting opportunity to build a new and critical capability at Bain. You will collaborate closely with global Tech leadership and regional private equity (PE) teams. Leveraging your technology and consulting experience, you will actively contribute to projects, assessing key aspects of leading software companies for PE investors. You will help clients strategically approach how technology shapes their businesses and solve their most challenging issues. Working alongside an outstanding group, you will develop your technology expertise, commercial acumen, and analytical capabilities, gaining direct exposure to CEOs, Executives, and Private Equity professionals.

Where You'll Fit Within the Team

As an Expert Associate Consultant, Tech Insights Group, you will gain deep exposure to leading software and tech-enabled companies globally, typically 10-20 companies each year. These companies operate across diverse sectors including 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, including former CTOs and CPOs of leading technology companies, top private equity investor clients, and our commercial diligence teams. This is a particularly exciting time to join, as the team has ambitious growth plans, and you will directly contribute 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

This role requires a minimum of three days per week working together in person, either at a client location or at your Bain home office. Travel is required; frequency and destinations will vary based on project needs.

Highly valued qualifications include:

• Undergraduate/Master’s degree from a top-tier university in a relevant field (e.g., computer science, data science, statistics, information systems, engineering, business management).
• Passion for software and the broader tech industry.
• Experience in technical due diligence is preferred and/or a technical background in a PE firm.
• Strong client service orientation and emotional intelligence (EQ).
• Ability to deliver high-impact client results in fast-paced, evolving deal situations.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional agility.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Analytical and data-driven mindset.
• Inquisitive mindset and eagerness 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.

U.S. Compensation Information

Compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, a 401(k) plan with an annual employer contribution based on years of service, and Bain’s best-in-class benefits package.

For New York City, NY, and Boston, Massachusetts, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time base salary range for this role is between $100,000-$105,000. Placement within this range will vary based on factors including experience, education, certifications, training, and skill level. For all other locations, the salary is commensurate with competitive geographic market rates.

• Annual discretionary performance bonus.
• Potential eligibility for other discretionary compensation elements.
• 4.5% 401(k) company contribution, increasing after 3 years, 100% vested upon start date.
• Bain & Company's comprehensive benefits include 100% individual employee premiums for medical, dental, and vision programs.
• Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave, and paid holidays.
• Fully vested 401(k) company contribution.
• Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance.

Key skills/competency

• Technical Due Diligence
• Product Strategy
• Technology Strategy
• Market Research
• Data Analysis
• Client Advisory
• Value Creation
• Problem Solving
• Communication Skills
• Software Architecture