Go-To-Market Intern

IMPORTANT: This posting is for current undergrad or graduate students who are available to work for 2-4 stints.

Sagard ($25B AUM investment firm) is seeking an enthusiastic individual with a passion for research, marketing, and sales, and a curiosity about business to join our team as a Go-To-Market Analyst Intern in Toronto or New York. In this role, you will play a key part in supporting our Value Creation Team, which delivers marketing and sales support to our portfolio companies through long-term engagements, workshops, and playbooks.

Sagard invests across four asset classes: private equity, credit, real estate, and venture capital. Sagard was founded by Power Corporation of Canada as a complement to its global investment holdings and serves as one of its key strategic priorities with strong, long-term growth objectives. 

Sagard’s entrepreneurial DNA is palpable across our entire team and is a platform built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. Sagard looks to generate attractive returns by matching investment opportunities with flexible capital solutions and pairing entrepreneurs with teams that have deep industry knowledge. Sagard develops long-term partnerships and empowers the growth of its investments through a unique global network of portfolio companies, limited partners, advisors, and other valued relationships. 

Sagard is a UN PRI signatory and strives to measure and assess the social and economic impact it has on the people and businesses within our network, as well as on our society as a whole. 

More at https://www.sagard.com/ 

Responsibilities:

• Lead and support the creation of original research, thought leadership, and playbooks focused on key marketing and sales topics (e.g., Sales Compensation, Media Measurement & Attribution) for Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) and Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) across our venture (~65%) and private equity (~35%) portfolio companies.
• Drive the expansion of our ecosystem by identifying and vetting vendors and partners with specialized expertise to support the growth of our portfolio companies.
• Act as a thought partner to the Value Creation Team, assisting in workshops and longer-term consulting engagements with CMOs and CROs where appropriate.
• Contribute to event planning efforts, including hosting roundtables and organizing our annual conference (e.g., program development, speaker sourcing, guiding discussions, and post-event follow-up) to facilitate the sharing of best practices among executive leadership.
• Analyze and visualize data, and create compelling decks to communicate insights and recommendations.

Qualifications:

• Strong interest in Venture Capital, Growth Equity, or Private Equity
• Hustle, Entrepreneurial spirit—This is an operating role, not an investing role, and with a heavy emphasis on Seed through Series D portfolio companies and lower middle market software given the makeup of our portfolio
• Strong academic record
• Authorized to work in Canada or the United States.

Sagard is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.