About Bridgewater

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors.

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture.

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Our Culture

Bridgewater’s unique success is the direct result of our unique way of being. We want an idea meritocracy in which meaningful work and meaningful relationships are pursued through radical truth and radical transparency. We require people to be extremely open, air disagreements, test each other’s logic, and view discovering mistakes and weaknesses as a good thing that leads to improvement and innovation. It is by continually striving together for the highest levels of truth and excellence that we create meaningful work and meaningful relationships. Within this culture, Diversity and Inclusion is a top priority because it is essential to finding the best talent in the world, enabling our idea meritocracy, and creating an environment where all types of people can thrive. We have a full-time team as well as affinity networks that work on these issues - If you would like to learn more, please let your Bridgewater recruiter know.

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About Your Role

In this role you will assist in the operation of our Native Data function inside our Investment Implementation group at the front edge and ongoing management of our Investment Data practice (research, analytics, intelligence, and data). You will assist, learn, and help evolve our Relationship Management, Service Management and Vendor Management Administration disciplines engaging with Investors, Associates, Engineers, External Vendors and Providers; driving a great outside inside and inside outside knowledge, quality management and matching business process. You will have the opportunity to be a central part of our Data Strategy function and be right in the middle of our flows, investment questions, supplier challenges, commercial compliance and entitlements, and contractual negotiations and sourcing strategy. You will regularly communicate your understanding and assessment to a diverse group of people, including investment professionals, vendors and service providers, and various stakeholders (Compliance, Legal, Finance). You will partner across the firm and our vendors working with hundreds of different people and potentially thousand plus during the course of a year.

You will drive the following responsibilities:

• Executing and assisting in the systems, sourcing, supply chains and internal demand we use to provide and maintain the inbound fuel and internal investment asks of the practice.
• Understanding and effectively communicating the state of very specific pieces and slices of the portfolio.
• Assisting in the building and maintenance and rapid sorting of inbound and run state assets in the portfolio.
• Creating and assisting in initiatives to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of the systems you own.
• Evolving the methods and best practices used by the broader investment community.

You will be a click for the role if you:

• Are curious, practical, analytical, and willing to broadly engage with a highly diverse set of people both inside and outside of Bridgewater.
• Are deeply interested in understanding our Investment Data practice and the life-cycle management of it.
• Think in terms of systems and naturally look for ways to solve problems through the evolution of those systems.
• Hold a high degree of personal responsibility and ownership in everything you do.

In this role, you will grow with us by:

• Undergoing a rigorous training program of structured engagement with the external world, on-the-job apprenticeship, working with highly experienced colleagues.
• Contributing to the growth and evolution of the broad overall design.
• Having your voice and perspective heard, and over time representing the firm in important vendor and provider management discussions.
• Opportunities to grow your career across Bridgewater depending on your strengths, weaknesses, and experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience at an investment bank, vendor/service provider or asset management firm
• Experience with any two of Relationship Management, Service Management, Vendor Management Administration
• Experience with Capital Markets “Market Data” – instrument types, liquidity and pricing sources, terms and conditions, curve structures, would be a significant plus.

Physical Requirements

For most of our roles, Bridgewater offers remote work flexibility, with this successful candidate required to work on campus as their principal work location, a minimum of two days (and in some cases three days) per week with the option to work offsite on other days.

Compensation Band:

• The wage range for this role is $130,000 - $220,000 base salary with discretionary target bonus.

Why Choose Bridgewater?

It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to provide you opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits including:

• Health insurance with 100% premium covered and access to additional concierge medical services
• 401(k) plan with generous employer match
• Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave and a competitive PTO package
• Workplace flexibility and access to back up childcare
• Financial assistance for family building support, including adoption and egg freezing
• Workplace wellness, including on-site gyms, free meals and healthy snacks, and meditation rooms
• An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups § For a full list of Bridgewater benefits, click here.

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer