About the role
Bain Capital Real Estate is hiring Analysts! We are seeking full-time Analysts for summer 2027 start, based in Boston. This role is a minimum two-year commitment with eligibility for promotion to Associate after two years. The ideal candidates will have a strong academic record with prior internship experience in investing and/or real estate (investment banking, RE development, research, etc.). Candidates should exhibit the following skills and/or experiences: Self-motivated, creative thinker with strong commercial instincts Strong communication, interpersonal and selling skills Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills Demonstrated ability to think creatively Bain Capital professionals are exposed to a broad set of situations and companies and systematically develop skills as a value-added investor. Analysts will learn how to evaluate investment opportunities through the application of fundamental strategic analysis in addition to the more traditional financial modeling. Throughout the Analyst program, you will: Receive significant exposure to a wide breadth of asset classes, multiple types of investments and deal experiences Become a value-added investor by strategically assessing and evaluating new investment opportunities and on-going opportunities for value-creation in our existing portfolio Work collaboratively with senior leaders across our teams Accelerate your professional growth through comprehensive training, a small class size, individualized guidance and mentorship Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with interviews starting in early August. Bain Capital Overview With approximately $205 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. We create lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Over four decades we have strategically grown our platform to focus on Private Equity, Growth & Venture, Capital Solutions, Credit & Capital Markets, and Real Assets. Today, our team includes 1,960+ employees in 24 offices on four continents. We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential. Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach enables us to pursue strategic growth, build enduring relationships with a robust external network, and collaborate across our integrated platform to connect the deep and diverse expertise that unlocks breakthrough insights. Our people are the heart of our advantage. Colleagues at all levels have a seat at the table as they tackle business challenges with a principal investor mindset. By asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and remaining intellectually agile, we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes. Real Estate Overview 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 ~700 assets with total equity commitments of $10.7 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 (Raise completed in 2025, 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.