Data Sourcing & Strategy Associate

Bridgewater Associates LP•Westport, CT

12h•$170,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Sourcing & Strategy Associate is part of Bridgewater’s Research, Data Strategy and Acquisition function and contributes to the execution and evolution of Relationship Management, Supplier Knowledge Management, and Internal Stakeholder Management. The role works with investors, associates, engineers, vendors, and data sources to improve understanding of external offerings, communicate Bridgewater’s needs, manage quality, and support business alignment. The associate engages with investment workflows, sourcing challenges, market matching, internal advocacy, and vendor strategy. They communicate assessments to stakeholders across investment teams, vendors and service providers, Management, Compliance, Legal, and Finance, and collaborate with many people across the firm and externally. The position includes on-the-job training with structured external engagement, live apprenticeship, and experienced colleagues. The associate will contribute to the growth of the practice and may, over time, represent the firm in vendor, counterparty, and provider management discussions. The anticipated onsite schedule is three days per week at the Westport, Connecticut campus and one day per week at the New York City campus. The wage range is $170,000–$225,000, inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus; expected base salary is 70%–80% of that range. Bridgewater does not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Requirements

Four-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution.
Three to seven years of relevant work experience at an investment bank, vendor or service provider, or asset management firm.
Experience in at least two of the following: Relationship Management, Supplier Knowledge Management, or Internal Stakeholder Management.
Curiosity, practicality, analytical ability, capability, and willingness to fail, learn, and engage broadly with diverse international people and processes.
Ability to manage a high volume of work across diverse functions and competing priorities while communicating and executing effectively.
Systems-oriented approach and inclination to solve problems through the evolution of systems.
High degree of personal responsibility and ownership.
Willingness to work across levels, from basic task execution to complex, multi-month and multi-modal efforts.

Nice To Haves

Experience with capital markets market or research data.

Responsibilities

Execute across the systems, sourcing, supply chains, and internal demand used to acquire, provide, and maintain data supporting investment requests, helping clarify requests that are unspecified or overly prescribed.
Understand available offerings, including those not yet known to Bridgewater, identify potential market matches and indications of interest, and assess and select appropriate structures from external sources.
Own investment requests when the investor or colleague cannot clearly specify what they need or has over-specified the request.
Understand and communicate the status of components of the sourcing portfolio and knowledge bases covering passed, no-bid, and deferred opportunities.
Build, maintain, and rapidly sort inbound possibilities, candidate sources, and existing data sources and services in the sourcing portfolio.
Improve and execute the machine learning and AI layer being introduced into the external discovery and matching process.
Create and document initiatives to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of the practice’s systems.
Continuously evaluate and enhance processes for sourcing, vetting, and delivering content at scale.
Advocate with existing and prospective vendors to improve the quality of their pitches.