2026 Summer Vice President, Real Estate

BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW

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BAIN CAPITAL REAL ESTATE

Since 2010, senior members of the Bain Capital Real Estate (“BCRE”) team have refined a thematic and nimble business model, focused on thesis-driven and resilient portfolio construction, designed to capture long-term demand growth and changing customer needs and preferences for real estate. Our team, which is led by Ryan Cotton, Partner, and comprises over 100 dedicated professionals, has been thoughtfully constructed to capture market opportunities at scale. To date, our strategy has been utilized for the acquisition of over 675 assets with total equity commitments of $10.4 billion. This includes, but is not limited to, acquisitions across BCRE Fund I ($1.5 billion, 2018 vintage), BCRE Fund II ($3.0 billion, 2020 vintage), the BCRE Life Science Fund (~$800 million, 2021 vintage), and BCRE Fund III (Raising, 2023 vintage) value add-plus real estate funds focused predominantly on thematic investments in North America. We believe that while our business model is built to succeed in a broad range of environments, it is particularly well suited for the current period of volatility, with distress likely to create attractive deal flow over the near to medium term.

Averaging over 20 years of applicable experience, Bain Capital Real Estate’s 12 Partners and Managing Directors have long and varied careers creating and managing innovative real estate and private equity investment platforms across an array of investment environments. Our senior team approaches decision-making with their expertise in acquisitions, asset management, portfolio management, financing, investment sales, investment banking, financial reporting, legal, engineering, and development management, in mind. They also have direct lines into long-time industry leaders as well as up-and-coming real estate players across a variety of asset classes and specialties. The team draws upon this foundation of complementary expertise and experience to source opportunities, drive value, and mitigate risk. As part of Bain Capital, the real estate team leverages the collective scale, experience, and network of the firm’s global platform to augment sourcing efforts as well as to deepen insights and understanding of underlying secular themes driving demand and changing customer needs and desires across sectors germane to its current portfolio as well as future investment themes.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Summer VP role is a 10-week Boston-based opportunity. The Real Estate Summer VP is uniquely positioned to join a small and passionate investment team and play an active role in every aspect of the business. This role includes partnering with experienced private equity and real estate investment professionals to drive financial value throughout our investment processes and ownership periods. The Summer Vice President experience will be characterized by significant deal responsibilities, broad exposure to all aspects of the real estate transaction process, and substantial direct interaction with senior investment partners and Joint Venture executives. He/she will play a key role in evaluating investment opportunities, helping to drive our investment decision process, and working with our assets to drive value creation. The Summer VP will learn how to evaluate investment opportunities through the application of fundamental strategic analysis. Bain Capital professionals are exposed to a broad set of real estate sectors and strategies, and systematically develop skills as a value-added investor—not just a financial engineer.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Candidates must be in their first year of an MBA program with targeted completion in spring 2027 and have an excellent academic track record. A very strong preference will be given to candidates with a minimum of 3-4 years of pre-MBA work experience in real estate investing and/or related private equity or investment banking experience.
• Exceptional business analytical and quantitative skills – strong investment modelling skills are highly desired.
• Strong investor mindset with ability to drive insights and develop clear conviction.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills including a demonstrated ability to develop external and internal networks.
• Dedicated team player with a strong sense of ownership.

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