Management Coordinator, Asia Strategies

Bridgewater Associates•New York City, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Management Coordinator sits in Bridgewater Associates’ Asia Strategies department and supports a Senior Investor or Operations Leader and their team. The role helps translate strategic goals into smooth, effective day-to-day operations, providing administrative and executive support while taking on broader operational and management-process responsibilities over time. The successful candidate will be an organized, proactive facilitator and communicator who can manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment. The role includes leadership and team priority management; calendar and international travel coordination across time zones; ownership and improvement of team operating processes; and operational support for onboarding, offboarding, team policies, agendas, business trips, events, and talent assessment processes. It also involves coordinating office space and seating, partnering with workplace and facilities teams, and developing the team community vision, planning events, and maintaining its budget. The anticipated onsite requirement is four days per week at Bridgewater’s New York City campus. Bridgewater Associates is a global macro investment firm founded in 1975. Its mission is to develop a fundamental understanding of markets and economies and translate that understanding into insights, returns, and solutions for institutional investors. Its culture emphasizes excellence, continuous learning, radical truth and transparency, an idea meritocracy, honesty, ownership, meaningful work and relationships, and welcoming differences.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience in administrative support, business operations, project management, or a similar role.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
Ability to prioritize and work cross-functionally while managing several concurrent initiatives.
Ability to work with and manage varied stakeholders in service of a common goal.
Experience running and improving operational processes.
Ability to work flexible hours across time zones, including some evenings, as required by the needs of supported teams.
Ability to work onsite at the New York City campus four days per week.

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services or a start-up environment.
Proficiency in Mandarin.

Responsibilities

Work with Senior Investors or Operations Leaders and their teams to translate long-term goals and priorities into effective day-to-day execution.
Manage fast-moving calendars and shifting meetings across time zones, partnering with support teams across the department and company.
Coordinate and plan international travel, including booking flights, managing conference agendas, and coordinating overseas meetings and events.
Maintain management-process hygiene across the team, including running COO team meetings, managing existing processes, and establishing new processes where needed.
Provide operational support for team business goals, including onboarding and offboarding, team-specific policies, agenda management, business-trip support and coordination, event planning, and talent assessment processes.
Coordinate office space and seating arrangements for executives and teams, and partner with workplace and facilities teams to address space needs.
Own the team community vision, plan events, and maintain the budget.