Investor

About the role

MIT Investment Management Company (MITIMCo) is a department within MIT responsible for managing over $25 billion in financial assets. Our mission is to deliver outstanding long-term investment returns for MIT, supporting the institute's transformative research and educational efforts.

Responsibilities

• Source potential investment opportunities for MIT by utilizing and building networks, independent research, and collaboration with teammates.
• Serve on internal investment committee to make major investment decisions.
• Conduct due diligence on potential investment opportunities as part of underwriting teams.
• Evaluate risk and reward by using available tools to assess best actions for the portfolio.
• Maintain relationships with current and potential investment managers.
• Partner with Investment Accounting & Operations (IAO), GIS Legal, and Data Teams end-to-end in the investment process.
• Travel frequently (domestically and internationally) to in-person meetings with investment managers and companies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of basic financial concepts and tools.
• Demonstrated interest in investing.
• Ability to elicit, value, and weigh conflicting opinions.
• Love of learning and demonstrated growth mindset driven by intellectual curiosity and humility.
• Demonstrated ability to be a persistent self-starter and bring things to fruition with an entrepreneurial mindset, balanced by patience and apprenticeship.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Exceptional time management to meet responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Exceptional time management to meet responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environment.
• Excellent organization capabilities, including demonstrated ability to initiate tasks independently and see them through to completion.

Skills

• Knowledge of basic financial concepts and tools.
• Ability to elicit, value, and weigh conflicting opinions.
• Love of learning and demonstrated growth mindset driven by intellectual curiosity and humility.
• Demonstrated ability to be a persistent self-starter and bring things to fruition with an entrepreneurial mindset, balanced by patience and apprenticeship.

Benefits

• Opportunity to make a tangible link between the dollars generated by investment performance and MIT's ability to fund research, educate students, and provide financial aid.
• Access to the world's best investors and valuable learning resources.
• No predefined career paths; each person contributes according to their ability.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.