Fidelity - Senior Associate - Venture Capital/Private Equity Research - Healthcare Sector

Eight Roads Ventures, backed by Fidelity International, focuses on venture and growth equity investments in technology, consumer & FS (covering enterprise tech, consumer & consumer tech and financial services & fintech in India) and healthcare (covering life sciences, healthcare, pharma, healthcare services and health-tech in India) sectors. This role will specifically involve comprehensive research support to the technology, consumer and FS teams. The role is highly integrated with the investment team in Mumbai/Bangalore with exposure to working on research activities related to new investment opportunities and existing portfolio companies.

Key Responsibilities

- Make preliminary assessments about the investment potential of specific sectors and companies, thereby supporting the Mumbai/Bangalore investment team in building a new investment thesis

- Do secondary and primary research (surveys, channel checks, etc.) to gather information about market size, key players, their management teams, suppliers, customers, products, etc.

- Prepare detailed sector studies and keep abreast of important trends and developments as well as emerging startups in the relevant sectors

- Analyse key operating and financial metrics of target companies to understand historical trends and create forecasts

- Map the competitive landscape in terms of key players, differentiation, scale, growth, transaction multiples and trading comparable

- Assist with the preparation of internal discussion slides/decks on potential investment opportunities

- Take up ad-hoc custom requests as needed

Experience and Qualifications Required

- 2-3 years work experience in Investment/Business Research

- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills, with a logical thought process

- Strong attention to detail, verbal and written business English communication and presentation skills

- Database skills - Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Reuters Eikon, VCC Edge and other financial databases

- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

- Sound understanding of financial concepts and financial markets

- In-depth knowledge of one or more sectors in Healthcare (Life sciences, Pharma, Healthcare services and Health-tech) - key drivers, dynamics, trends and indicators - would be an advantage.

Education

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Economics/Commerce and other related fields or Chartered Accountants