MBA Summer 2027 Internship (June - Aug.) - Investment or Portfolio Ops.

The Brydon Group; Vermont; On-site; USD 154,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PE exposure experience

Portfolio operations exposure

Paid fellowship: 40/hr week

Job summary

The Brydon Group, a private equity firm in Washington DC, offers an MBA fellowship to high-potential students. You will work with our investment or portfolio operations teams to support pre-diligence, diligence, and post-acquisition activities, gaining exposure to lower middle-market PE value creation.

Ideal candidates are current MBA students with at least 2 years in strategy consulting, strong communication skills, and a passion for private equity.

Qualifications

• Current MBA student (1st year) in a full-time program.
• Minimum of 2+ consecutive years in strategy consulting (hard requirement).
• Strong interest in private equity and value creation.

Responsibilities

• Support investment and portfolio operations during pre-diligence, diligence, and post-acquisition phases.
• Assist with week-to-week workflows for the investment and operations teams.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Communication skills

PowerPoint

Excel

Education

MBA student

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

The Brydon Group is a private equity firm based in Washington DC that partners with outstanding mid-career executives to acquire business-to-business (B2B), business-to-government (B2G), and healthcare software and services businesses.

Our Partners have 20+ years of experience in large cap private equity (Blackstone, Carlyle), multiple successful exits in software, and extensive public service backgrounds. We are passionate about helping our MBA fellows learn more about private equity and develop their abilities as both investors and operators.

This unique fellowship is perfect for an MBA student with prior consulting experience who is interested in gaining exposure to Private Equity operations and value creation.

You'll work closely with our investment team or our portfolio operations team to support pieces of their week-to-week workflows during pre-diligence, diligence and/or post-acquisition operations and have the opportunity to learn about our approach to lower middle-market investing and value creation.

• Current MBA student (1st year students enrolled in full time programs)

• Prior strategy consulting experience is a hard requirement (minimum of 2+ consecutive years) - ideal for MBB (or equivalent) alumni who are curious about PE
• Passion for / interest in private equity and small business
• Strong communication skills with ability to quicky synthesize information and visualize strategy (e.g. highly proficient with using PowerPoint, Excel, narrative long-form in Word, etc.)
• Experience or interest in one of our core Brydon industry areas: B2B, B2Gov, & healthcare software and services

What You Get:

• Exciting opportunity to put your consulting skills to work in a PE context
• Experience Private Equity while gaining exposure to the operations and value creation strategy of a small business
• Chance to explore and understand the best practices of private equity, portfolio operations, value creation in B2B, B2Gov, healthcare SaaS and services (to prepare for a future career in PE investing or PE operations)
• Our founders have built deep expertise, informed by career journeys in large cap PE, investment banking and management consulting (across a combination of exceptional companies) and are always happy to share their experiences
• Paid opportunity, 40/hr week - $3800/week for an 8 week period
• Dates: June to August 2027 (with flexibility on dates based on semester / school schedule)
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with decisions made in January 2027