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.  

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here.  

Our Culture  

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else.

 About Your Role 

• You will operate the systematized investment logic we use to create ideal portfolios for our clients.  
• You will oversee a set of processes that ingests updated market data along with our view from our research department, applies portfolio construction logic, risk controls, and client specific constraints to determine those ideal portfolios. 
• You will oversee our logic for choosing which instruments we want to hold and then deliver the set of trades necessary to implement our portfolios to our trading department. 
• You will regularly communicate your understanding and assessment to a diverse group of people, including senior investment managers, traders, and developers.  
• You will partner with technologists and researchers to constantly improve our processes, focusing on increasing efficiency or the implementation of new logic or portfolios. 

You will drive the following responsibilities: 

• Executing and overseeing the systematized logic we use to generate client portfolios and trades every day 
• Understanding and effectively communicating the state of those portfolios to our senior investment teams and CIOs 
• Working with technologists and researchers to construct new investment implementation systems or overhaul old ones 
• Driving 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 analytical, highly logical, and structured 
• Are deeply interested in understanding financial markets 
• 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 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• 4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution 
• 1+ years of relevant work experience at an investment bank or asset management firm 
• Experience with portfolio construction and risk management techniques 

Physical Requirements 

The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our Singapore office. 

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. 

In this role, you will grow with us by: 

• Undergoing a training program of structured classes and on-the-job apprenticeship. 
• Taking ownership of increasingly complex systems and processes. 
• Taking on oversight and mentorship responsibilities to grow talent as you gain experience. 
• Opportunities to grow your career across Bridgewater depending on your strengths, weaknesses, and experience. 

Compensation Band: 

• The wage range for this role is 183,700 SGD - 288,600 SGD base salary with an additional discretionary target bonus.  

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, including vision and dental coverage, with 100% of premiums paid for by Bridgewater 
• Global telemedicine access (24/7 access to licensed doctors) 
• Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave  
• An engaged and active community that includes company events and extracurricular interest groups 

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

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. 

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here. 

Our Culture 

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else.

About the Implementation Department  

The Investment Implementation department is a community of diverse investment professionals whose mission is to implement our investment strategies and client portfolios excellently. Our Department is responsible for ensuring the excellent implementation of our systematic investment approach, from raw data to executed trades, with processes and logic that reflect the full richness of our investment insight, executed with a near-zero error rate, and engineered and orchestrated in a way that facilitates oversight and compounding of knowledge. This is an investment department, owning the investment outcomes, and the mandate includes both the ‘run’ responsibility and the ‘transform’ responsibility, meaning daily operations as well as over time renovation of our systems. 

We fulfill our mission by applying four operating principles: 

• Understand and deliver internal client needs. Partner with our internal clients to understand, offer implementation designs, and deliver solutions, while proactively educating and communicating outcomes to ACLs (Asset Class Leads) and CIOs. 
• Own our investment intent. Own our investment intent in full, in letter and spirit.   
• Continuously improve. Have and evolve an investment pipeline to meet current and future internal client needs.   
• Systematically and relentlessly deliver quality outcomes. Apply our best logic systematically, discipline, expertise, and controls to every signal, position, and trade in every market. 

About Your Role

As a Portfolio Engineer at Bridgewater, you’ll sit at the crossroads of investment strategies, analytics, and trade implementation - helping transform Bridgewater’s ideas into real portfolios that move markets.

Your mission is to solve the puzzle of managing money at material scale - from risk controls through trade generation. You’ll connect investment intent with real-world execution, ensuring every position reflects the full richness of our insights with precision and scale.

Portfolio Engineers must think like builders and portfolio managers. You’ll collaborate closely with investment teams and technologists - bridging the gap to engineer solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Architect portfolio systems that translate investment strategy into executable trades, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and efficient.
• Partner cross-functionally with investors, trading, data, and engineering teams to diagnose issues, streamline processes, and bring investment logic to life.
• Design and enforce standards for portfolio construction, risk control, and trade generation - balancing investment precision with operational excellence.
• Visualize and industrialize workflows, helping us scale our portfolio management processes.
• Own and evolve oversight tools to validate that portfolios are behaving as intended and capital is being deployed effectively.

Who You Are

• 2+ years of experience in engineering, data science, or a quantitative investment environment.
• Strong problem-solving instincts and a desire to use technology to solve high-stakes, real-world problems.
• Fluent in programming (Python, Scala, or SQL) and comfortable reasoning through complex systems.
• Excellent communicator who can translate technical concepts for both engineers and investors.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and energized by working across disciplines to get to the best answer.

Career Growth at Bridgewater

From day one, you’ll be on a deliberate growth path:

• Structured onboarding and apprenticeship: Build a deep understanding of how Bridgewater manages portfolios at institutional scale.
• Progressive ownership: Start by owning individual subsystems and evolve toward managing full portfolio processes end-to-end.
• Cross-functional exposure: Work directly with investors, system architects, and trading teams — gaining a 360° view of how capital is deployed.
• Leadership development: As you gain experience, mentor junior engineers and help shape our systems, culture, and investment platform.
• Career mobility: Bridgewater encourages growth across teams — Portfolio Engineers often transition into broader investment system ownership or leadership roles.

Physical Requirements 

The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our Westport CT campus. 

Compensation Band 

The wage range for this role is $225,000–$450,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 60% - 75% of this wage range. 

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. Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website 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.  

The Portfolio Engineer full time position requires the candidate to be eligible to work in the United States for a minimum of 3 years from the candidate’s start date. If visa sponsorship is required for any part of the three years, the successful candidate must demonstrate continuous, or eligibility to renew, work authorization in the United States for at least three years after the date of hire, without being subject to selection through a lottery process.  

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer  

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 to 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.  

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here.  

Our Culture  

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else. 

About the Investment Implementation Department  

The Investment Implementation department is a community of diverse investment professionals whose mission is to implement our investment strategies and client portfolios excellently. Our Department is responsible for ensuring the excellent implementation of our systematic investment approach, from raw data to executed trades, with processes and logic that reflect the full richness of our investment insight, executed with a near-zero error rate, and engineered and orchestrated in a way that facilitates oversight and compounding. This is an investment department, owning the investment outcomes, and the mandate includes both the ‘run’ responsibility and the ‘transform’ responsibility, meaning daily operations as well as over time renovation of our systems.  

We fulfill our mission by applying four operating principles:  

• Understand and deliver internal client needs. Partner with our internal clients to understand, offer implementation designs, and deliver solutions, while proactively educating and communicating outcomes to ACLs (Asset Class Leads) and CIOs.  
• Own our investment intent. Own our investment intent in full, in letter and spirit.    
• Continuously improve. Have and evolve an investment pipeline to meet current and future internal client needs.    
• Systematically and relentlessly deliver quality outcomes. Apply our best logic systematically, discipline, expertise, and controls to every signal, position, and trade in every market 

About the Team 

As part of the research team, the Signal Implementation group is responsible for owning and deeply understanding both the data that flows from the outside world and the logic applied to it within Bridgewater’s systematic trading systems. 

 About Your Role 

As a Data Associate, you will help us achieve our mission by owning and deeply understanding the data and logic used to build Bridgewater’s systematic trading systems. This means understanding the content itself, the process by which the content is updated, validated, and evolved and how this content fits into Bridgewater’s understanding of the world. 

In this role, you will be expected to understand both the current data ecosystem and the needs of investment professionals, with a long-term vision for how our investment data ecosystem should scale and adapt over time. You will take ownership of key data workflows, ensuring high standards for investment data quality and consistency across the firm. This is a fast paced, critical function that directly impacts portfolio construction and research alpha. 

We are looking for someone who combines a rigorous analytical mindset with a passion for data, content integrity, and system improvement. The ideal candidate has several years of experience working with data systems. 

Interested in learning more about working at Bridgewater? Hear about the experiences of our employees here. 

You will drive the following responsibilities: 

• Understanding sets of investment “data concepts” - how outside data is used at Bridgewater from both a conceptual investment and technical construction perspective (e.g., pricing, macroeconomic, fundamentals, alternative data). 
• Validating the accuracy of those data concepts - providing domain expertise in content understanding, especially around market, security master, and time-series data. 
• Accepting and engaging with new data as our systematic investment engine incorporates it - refining and maintaining high standards for data engineering and investment data integrity. 
• Continuously evolving these data concepts over time by improving the logic or technical definitions, contributing directly to improving Bridgewater’s investment logic. 
• Working with Bridgewater’s partners in the content supply chain (analytics, engineering, and technology) to address data quality, architectural or logic issues. 
• Collaborating with vendors, engineers, and data consumers to streamline workflows and improve data time-to-insight.
• Operate workflows that enrich and augment unstructured data assets.
• Execute and evaluate data creation for benchmarking of LLM assets and AI tools.

You will be a click for the role if you: 

• Are analytical, highly logical, and structured in your thinking 
• Are deeply interested in understanding financial markets 
• Are passionate about data 
• 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 
• Enjoy learning about new data tools and programming languages 

Interested in learning more about working at Bridgewater? Hear about the experiences of our employees here. 

Position Requirements  

To succeed within our unique culture and work environment, individuals must demonstrate humility, innate curiosity, and openness to new ideas and approaches. Candidates must be driven, confident, and goal-oriented. All Bridgewater employees are expected to be honest, exceptionally direct, and eager to provide and receive objective feedback. Our employees constantly strive for self-improvement through feedback and self-reflection and are committed to the pursuit of excellence. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• 4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution. 
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in data. 
• Strong working knowledge of financial data (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv, alternative data vendors). 
• Experience working with time-series data and security master data. 
• Familiarity with data modeling, data pipelines, and cloud-based data solutions (e.g., Snowflake, AWS). 
• Proficient in at least one programming language. 
• Strong analytical skills, a systems-oriented mindset, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment. 

Physical Requirements  

The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is three days per week at our Westport, CT campus and one day per week at our NYC campus. 

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 with opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.  

Compensation Band  

The expected annual base salary for this position is $120,000-$150,000. The total compensation package includes variable compensation in the form of a discretionary target bonus.   

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. Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website 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  

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 to 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.   

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here.

Our Culture   

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else.

About the Implementation Department 

The Investment Implementation department is a community of diverse investment professionals whose mission is to implement our investment strategies and client portfolios excellently. Our department is responsible for ensuring the excellent implementation of our systematic investment approach, from raw data to executed trades, with processes and logic that reflect the full richness of our investment insight, executed with a near-zero error rate, and engineered and orchestrated in a way that facilitates oversight and compounding. This is an investment department, owning the investment outcomes, and the mandate includes both the ‘run’ responsibility and the ‘transform’ responsibility, meaning daily operations as well as over time renovation of our systems. 

We fulfill our mission by applying four operating principles: 

• Understand and deliver internal client needs. Partner with our internal clients to understand, offer implementation designs, and deliver solutions, while proactively educating and communicating outcomes to ACLs (Asset Class Leads) and CIOs. 
• Own our investment intent. Own our investment intent in full, in letter and spirit.   
• Continuously improve. Have and evolve an investment pipeline to meet current and future internal client needs.   
• Systematically and relentlessly deliver quality outcomes. Apply our best logic systematically, discipline, expertise, and controls to every signal, position, and trade in every market.  

About the Role 

The Program Manager will partner with the Department Head of Investment Implementation, Director of Investment System Programs, and Head of Data and Signals to shape and operationalize multi-year initiatives, identify and engage key stakeholders, and build clear paths of influence. The person in this role will collaborate with subject matter experts who require development in strategy and execution, as well as play a key role in translating the strategy into action. This includes guiding department level priorities, partnering with Senior Investors to manage teams, delivering critical programs, metrics, engaging with senior internal and external stakeholders, and directly managing one or more strategic initiatives or projects. This role offers high visibility with senior leadership and is expected to influence departmental direction and companywide priorities. 

The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic, results-oriented environment, demonstrate proactive ownership, and possess the courage to challenge the status quo in service of the best outcome. The candidate should be excited by grabbing ambiguity and shaping strategy, as well as rolling up their sleeves and getting the work done. Performance in this role will be evaluated based on strategic impact, execution quality, and ability to elevate the thinking and performance of the broader team.   

You will drive the following responsibilities:

• Partner with the Director of Investment System Programs and Senior Department Leaders to design the structure, cadence, and operating model for multi-year strategic plans and roadmaps. The scope of this work will begin with a focus on Data Strategy and evolve over time and extend beyond any single functional area.   
• Lead the annual planning synthesis for the Data and Signals pillar, working across stakeholders to translate strategy into clear priorities, timelines, and accountability.   
• Partner with Senior Investors to lead team oversight and management, driving team governance, operating model development, organizational design, and long-term strategic planning. 
• Facilitate regular engagement with department leadership and stakeholders, ensuring alignment, transparency, and timely updates across project portfolios.   
• Develop and refine processes, tools and metrics to drive effective program and project management across the department.  
• Establish and enforce accountability frameworks, including clear metrics, ownership, and mechanisms for diagnosing and resolving challenges.   
• Proactively manage execution risks, identifying and addressing roadblocks, and adjusting direction based on new data and evolving priorities.   
• Drive cross-functional execution, providing structure, coordination, and project leadership in close partnership with the Department Head and senior team.   
• Operate with independence and sound judgment, resolving problems quickly and effectively while escalating when needed.   
• Collaborate with adjacent teams across the firm to support cross-functional initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.   

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of experience in Project/Program Management, preferably with financial services or strategy consulting.  
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited undergraduate institution. 
• Proven track record of delivering measurable outcomes and long-term impact across complex programs – experience should span both strategic thinking and proven delivery / implementation of ideas.  
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and convey complex ideas clearly and effectively both in writing and in high-stakes meetings with senior leadership.  
• Experience leading large, multi-phased initiatives, with strong planning, prioritization, and executions skills in dynamic environments. 
• Ability to operate autonomously, make decisions under pressure, and pivot quickly when priorities shift or new data emerges.  
• Strong critical thinking and analytical capabilities, with the confidence to challenge assumptions and the discipline to drive toward clarity and resolution.   
• Collaborative leadership skills, with the ability to drive execution across multiple initiatives while managing organizational impact and a wide array of stakeholders.
• Fluency with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with project management tools or data visualization platforms is a plus.   
• While not required, experience in investment operations or familiarity with Bridgewater’s investment principles (e.g., alpha, beta, portfolio construction) is advantageous.    

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 with opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.  

In this role, you will grow with us by:

• Acting as a primary partner to our department leaders. 
• Sharpening your ability to solve tough problems and becoming more effective as you learn about your own strengths and weaknesses. 
• Taking on larger and more complex projects as you learn and master the day-to-day responsibilities of your job, having more impact through time. 
• Gaining insight into the full scope of Implementation and the critical role the department plays in the Investment Pipeline 
• Receiving exposure to the investment strategy and relationships that are at the heart of what we do. 

Physical Requirements   

• The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our Westport, CT campus.   

Compensation Band 

• The expected annual base salary for this position is $150,000-$200,000. The total compensation package includes variable compensation in the form of a discretionary target bonus. 

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. Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website 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  

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 to 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.    

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here. 

Our Culture   

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else. 

About the Investment Implementation Department 

The Investment Implementation department is a community of diverse investment professionals whose mission is to implement our investment strategies and client portfolios excellently. Our Department is responsible for ensuring the excellent implementation of our systematic investment approach, from raw data to executed trades, with processes and logic that reflect the full richness of our investment insight, executed with a near-zero error rate, and engineered and orchestrated in a way that facilitates oversight and compounding. This is an investment department, owning the investment outcomes, and the mandate includes both the ‘run’ responsibility and the ‘transform’ responsibility, meaning daily operations as well as over time renovation of our systems.

We fulfill our mission by applying four operating principles:

• Understand and deliver internal client needs. Partner with our internal clients to understand, offer implementation designs, and deliver solutions, while proactively educating and communicating outcomes to ACLs (Asset Class Leads) and CIOs.
• Own our investment intent. Own our investment intent in full, in letter and spirit.    
• Continuously improve. Have and evolve an investment pipeline to meet current and future internal client needs.  
• Systematically and relentlessly deliver quality outcomes. Apply our best logic systematically, discipline, expertise, and controls to every signal, position, and trade in every market.

About Your Role 

In this role, you will be an integral part of the Data Strategy and Acquisition function within our Investment Implementation group. Operating at the front edge of our Investment Data practice, you will assist, learn, and contribute to the evolution of our Relationship Management, Supplier Knowledge Management, Contract Management, and Service Management administration disciplines. You will engage with investors, associates, engineers, and external vendors and providers to drive strong outside-in and inside-out knowledge, quality management, and business process alignment. 

You will be a central part of our Research and Data Strategy function and immersed in the middle of our flows, investment questions, supplier challenges, matching ideation, internal marketing/advocacy, and service strategy. You will regularly communicate your understanding and assessments to a diverse group of stakeholders, including investment professionals, vendors and service providers, and Management, Compliance, Legal, and Finance. You will partner across the firm and with vendors, collaborating with hundreds of individuals over the course of a year. 

You will drive the following responsibilities: 

• Activating, advocating, executing, and assisting in the systems, sourcing, supply chains, and internal demand we use to provide and maintain inbound fuel and internal investment asks of the practice.  
• Dynamically understanding the world of offerings, known and unknown to Bridgewater, creating potential matches, indications of interest, and bringing structure from the external world into Bridgewater.  
• Understanding and effectively communicating the state of specific pieces and slices of the sourcing portfolio, including market making and matching, as well as knowledge bases of passes, no bids, and deferred opportunities.  
• Assisting in the building, maintenance, and rapid sorting of inbound and run-state assets within the sourcing portfolio.  
• Creating and assisting in initiatives to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of the systems you own or are part of.  
• Continuously evaluating and enhancing processes for sourcing, vetting, and delivering content to investment professionals at scale.  
• Advocating with existing and potential vendors to improve the quality of their pitches. 

Interested in learning more about working at Bridgewater? Hear about the experiences of our employees here. 

You will be a fit for the role if you: 

• Are curious, practical, analytical, and willing to engage broadly with a highly diverse set of people both inside and outside of Bridgewater.  
• Can manage a high volume of work across diverse functions and competing priorities, while effectively communicating and executing.  
• Are deeply interested in understanding our Investment Data practice and its lifecycle management.  
• 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.  
• Are willing to operate at all levels of the stack, from basic task execution to complex, multi-month and multi-modal efforts.   

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution 
• 3-7 years of relevant work experience at an investment bank, vendor/service provider or asset management firm 
• Experience in at least two of the following: Relationship Management, Service Management, or Supplier Knowledge Management 
• Experience with Capital Markets market data is a strong plus 

In addition, to succeed within our unique culture and work environment, individuals must demonstrate humility, innate curiosity, and openness to new ideas and approaches. Candidates must be driven, confident, and goal-oriented. All Bridgewater employees are expected to be honest, exceptionally direct, and eager to provide and receive objective feedback. Our employees constantly strive for self-improvement through feedback and self-reflection and are committed to the pursuit of excellence.

Physical Requirements:

• The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is three days per week at our Westport, CT campus and one day per week at our NYC campus. 

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 with opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential. 

You will grow with us by: 

• Undergoing a rigorous training program that includes structured engagement with the external world, on-the-job apprenticeship, and working with highly experienced colleagues.  
• Actively contributing to the growth and evolution of the broader overall design.  
• Having your voice and perspective heard, and over time representing the firm in important vendor, counterparty, and provider management discussions.  
• Pursuing opportunities to grow your career across Bridgewater based on your strengths, areas for development, and experience.

Compensation:

• The wage range for this role is $170,000 - $225,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 70% - 80% of this wage range.

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. Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website 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