Fundamental Research Fellowship, Canvas

Point72 • New York, NY

2d • $100,000 • Onsite

About The Position

On our proprietary research team—Market Intelligence—you’ll partner with our Investment Professionals and Compliance team to uncover insights about companies, industries, and the broader economy through deep fundamental research.
Canvas is the supply chain research group within Market Intelligence. Canvas conducts compliant supply chain research by developing deep industry expertise, talking with private company executives, and synthesizing information for portfolio managers and analysts. Our team produces impactful research that will change the way you look at the world.
This 6-month intensive fellowship offers hands-on experience in research, business analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and the investment process within a fast-paced, compliance-focused environment. Canvas Fellows will be considered for permanent placement on the team following completion of the program.
When you join the Canvas team, you’re signing up for the learning experience of a lifetime. You will never look at anything the same way—from grocery stores to tires to semiconductors. Every day, Canvas team members speak with private company executives and learn about the businesses they’ve spent their lives building. The team synthesizes findings in comprehensive reports that are consumed by Point72 investment professionals.
Other Market Intelligence divisions do quantitative research to explain what is going on in an industry. As a Fundamental Researcher, your qualitative research will explain the why. During the 6-month program based in our New York office, you will:
Become a subject matter expert on an assigned industry
Engage with small, medium, and large private company executives about their businesses and the industries in which they operate, gathering qualitative data on key development—including structural shifts, real-time changes in supply/demand dynamics, and emerging competitors, markets, and technologies—with a focus on understanding why they are happening
Synthesize your findings in comprehensive reports that present a view of the industry
Gain unparalleled exposure to, and learn from, business leaders across industries, including private company executives and your colleagues
Interact directly with our investment professionals and learn the discretionary investment process to help drive more informed investment decisions
Partner on the above with dedicated Compliance professionals

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree conferred in 2025 or 2026
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• An eagerness to find out if your conclusions are right or wrong
• An understanding of how companies work (their processes and outcomes) or an interest in learning
• Intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, maturity
• Highest standards of ethical decision making

Nice To Haves

• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and project management skills
• Superb business intuition and a solution orientated, methodical approach to problem-solving
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across multiple business units within the firm
• People who “elevate the room” through their work ethic, curiosity, and solution-orientated attitude
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert on an assigned industry
• Engage with small, medium, and large private company executives about their businesses and the industries in which they operate, gathering qualitative data on key development—including structural shifts, real-time changes in supply/demand dynamics, and emerging competitors, markets, and technologies—with a focus on understanding why they are happening
• Synthesize your findings in comprehensive reports that present a view of the industry
• Gain unparalleled exposure to, and learn from, business leaders across industries, including private company executives and your colleagues
• Interact directly with our investment professionals and learn the discretionary investment process to help drive more informed investment decisions
• Partner on the above with dedicated Compliance professionals

Benefits

• Fully paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Non-profit matching gift program
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBTQ+ community
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern