Director, Investor Relations

Bridgewater Associates•Westport, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Finance is the guardian of Bridgewater’s financial resources. We seek to drive sustainable shareholder value by controlling, safeguarding, and optimizing use of the firm’s financial resources. The department provides strategic partnership, insights, and independent challenge along with the delivery of high-quality financial reporting, forecasting and analysis while maintaining effective and efficient operational control. The Director of Investor Relations is a key driver of Bridgewater’s investor narrative, serving as the connective tissue between the business, the CFO and Board, and our shareholders. This role is devoted to synthesizing complex financial and business information into clear, credible, and compelling communication for the firm’s most senior internal and external stakeholders. Reporting to the Head of Investor Relations, the Director will evolve Investor Relations from a historically operationally focused function into a proactive, narrative-driven capability that shapes how Bridgewater’s performance, strategy, and long-term value creation are understood by shareholders and governance bodies. The role requires strong judgment, exceptional synthesis, and comfort operating at the CFO and Board level.

Requirements

7+ years of progressive experience in investor relations, corporate finance, investment banking, management consulting, corporate development, or a related strategic finance role.
Demonstrated experience operating at the CFO, Board, and senior executive level, including preparing and presenting high-stakes materials.
Exceptional synthesis and communication skills, with a track record of turning complex financial and business information into clear, compelling narratives.
Strong understanding of valuation, capital structure, financial performance drivers, and investor perspectives.
Proven ability to operate independently with sound judgment in ambiguous, high-expectation environments.
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) a plus.
Have a hunger to leverage financial analytics to tell and shape the business story. Experience forming well synthesized, structured recommendations from financial information and communicating with leadership creating summaries and presentations to communicate financial information or other data effectively.
Are an independent thinker. At the same time, have an eagerness and curiosity to learn about financial concepts and their business implications from experienced leaders in the space.
Have a high level of analytical ability. Good common sense and can quickly iterate in an ambiguous, fast-paced, and high-performance environment.
Seek and give feedback

Nice To Haves

Experience building or scaling a function, team, or capability is strongly preferred.
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) a plus.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve Bridgewater’s investor narrative
Serve as the primary architect and steward of the firm’s investor story, ensuring consistency, clarity, and strategic coherence across all shareholder communications.
Translate business strategy, performance, and risk into investor-ready messaging that reflects both near-term results and long-term value creation.
Proactively identify narrative gaps, emerging investor questions, and areas where messaging must evolve as the firm grows.
Senior stakeholder and shareholder engagement
Act as the senior point of connection between the business and its shareholders, maintaining trusted, long-term relationships grounded in credibility and transparency.
Prepare and deliver high-quality, client-facing materials for shareholders, the CFO, and the Board, including quarterly and annual reporting, strategic updates, and ad hoc analyses.
Partner closely with the CFO on Board-level reporting and investor communications, exercising sound judgment on framing, emphasis, and disclosure.
Strategic leadership of the IR function
Expand and elevate the scope of Investor Relations beyond historical execution (e.g., distributions, statements, reporting) to include forward-looking strategy, positioning, and insight.
Set the agenda and priorities for the IR function as it scales from an individual contributor model to a mature team capability.
Establish best practices for synthesis, storytelling, and senior-level communication within the IR team.
Synthesis, analysis, and decision support
Integrate inputs across finance, accounting, tax, FP&A, and the business to produce clear, decision-relevant insights for senior leadership and shareholders.
Lead the development of analyses related to valuation, capital structure, performance drivers, and scenario planning, with an emphasis on what matters most to investors.
Ensure complex financial information is distilled into concise, structured outputs that support effective governance and decision-making.
Cross-functional partnership and execution
Partner with accounting, FP&A, tax, legal, and business leaders to ensure accuracy, alignment, and consistency across all investor-facing materials.
Oversee shareholder-related processes (e.g., earnings, distributions, reporting) at a strategic level, ensuring operational excellence without being consumed by day-to-day execution.
Drive continuous improvement and systemization where it improves clarity, efficiency, or investor experience.