2027 Accelerated Recruiting (DS Summer and Co-Op Internships)

Job Description

Birch Hill is recruiting summer and full-year interns to join Canadas premier Private Equity Data Science & Strategy team starting May 2027. We are highly analytical with diverse backgrounds in consulting engineering math and science. Our team is growing quickly and we are looking for motivated intelligent curious candidates who are interested in data business strategy and solving complex problems.

The internship offers students the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects. Successful candidates will utilize a variety of tools and skillsets to solve problems and to support the strategic objectives of Birch Hills portfolio companies. Students will work with the team to identify areas of improvement within processes and systems and use analytical skills to produce high-quality analyses. They will also support implementation of their analyses including working directly with investment professionals and senior executives.

About Birch Hill

Birch Hill is a Canadian mid-market private equity firm with a long history of driving growth in its portfolio companies and delivering returns to its investors. Based in Toronto Birch Hill currently has over $6 billion in capital under management. Since 1994 the firm has made 74 investments with 60 fully realized. Today Birch Hills 14 partner companies collectively represent one of Canadas largest corporate entities with over $9 billion in total revenue and more than 40000 employees.

About the Data Science & Strategy Team

The Data Science & Strategy Team focuses on creating value for our companies by enabling data-driven decision making through advanced analytics and AI. We lead a wide array of projects that support key components of the companys competitive strategy.

Informed by Birch Hills investment premise we partner with portfolio companies as not only technical leaders but also strategic leaders. Our data infrastructure playbook uses best-in-class methods in data engineering data modelling and dashboard design to provide our portfolio companies and investment teams with timely and accurate information for measuring success. Past strategy projects include but are not limited to market mapping customer lifetime value Five Forces analysis sales enablement digital marketing constructing supply and demand curves work- or process-flow studies and logistics optimization.

We also support Birch Hills sourcing and due diligence efforts regarding potential investments including assessing and screening companies using alternative data sources optimizing information flow around our deal pipeline and completing market mapping and customer analytics to inform the investment thesis.

Salary Range

Compensation is $6000 CAD per month plus a discretionary bonus.

Vacancy Disclosure

This job posting is for an existing position within our organization.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a program in business sciences math statistics and/or engineering.
• Ability to analytically approach and solve broad and challenging problems.
• Curiosity a desire to be challenged and the aspiration to continually learn.
• Strong communications skills to articulate complex analyses clearly to a variety of stakeholders.
• Proficiency in data manipulation languages like SQL or Python.
• Relevant work experience in data analytics consulting or finance is an asset.
• Previous experience with databases business intelligence tools ETL pipelines and/or machine learning systems is an asset.

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply via the link below by11:59pm on Sunday May 31st 2026 with cover letter addressed to Megan Conry Recruiting Coordinator and include aresume and unofficial transcript. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.