As a Real Estate Intern, you will join StepStone's Real Estate Team in Beijing and gain exposure to the dynamic world of private real estate investing. This internship is designed to provide a comprehensive learning experience, offering insight into market trends, investment strategies, and client advisory processes across the Asia Pacific region. You'll work alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative environment that emphasizes mentorship and professional development.
Responsibilities
As a Real Estate Intern, you will contribute to projects that impact our investment and advisory processes. You'll collaborate with team members, participate in due diligence, and develop insights that shape real estate strategies across global markets.
Assist in underwriting and assessing prospective fund managers for advisory mandates
Support evaluation of potential investments and asset management of the existing real estate portfolio
Perform market research using public sources and proprietary databases to identify and analyze macroeconomic trends
Prepare for and participate in meetings with fund managers and contribute to active investment and advisory due diligence
Create and present materials for internal discussions, including Investment Committee meetings
Communicate positions clearly in both written and verbal formats within a collaborative team environment
Requirements
Must be able to work legally in China without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future
Currently enrolled undergraduate (Junior or Senior) or Master's student in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field
Available to start in September 2026 and commit to a full-time internship for a minimum of three months (ideally 3-6 months)
Must maintain active student status throughout the internship period
Ability to work in-person at StepStone's Beijing office
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Demonstrated record of strong academic performance
Team-oriented, highly motivated, and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic
Demonstrated interest in the investment industry; Real Estate exposure or interest is a plus
Why join us?
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Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.
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Benefits
Equity / stock options
Additional Information
We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world's investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.
We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world's investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.
The team you'll join
StepStone Real Estate (SRE) boasts extensive knowledge and experience with $163B in AUA and $19B in AUM as of 2024. SRE leverages the strengths of our investment and advisory teams, drawing on our deep market research and investment analysis to create compelling opportunities and tailored portfolios of fund investments, secondaries, and co-investments for institutional investors worldwide.
The Investment Team invests discretionary capital through our flagship GP-led secondaries fund, SREP, and several separately managed accounts (SMAs). The advisory team offers a full suite of capabilities to serve institutional investors seeking access to the private real estate markets on scale through committing to funds.
Stepstone · Beijing, China