Data Ranger

About the 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, 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 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, Management, Compliance, Legal, and Finance. You will partner across the firm and with vendors (existing and prospective), collaborating with hundreds of individuals (with potential to over one thousand) 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.
• Engaging as we rapidly introduce a ML/AI aspect to our Research and Data world discovery process designed from first principles.
• 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, Data/AI scientists and processes at scale.
• Advocating with existing and potential vendors to improve the quality of their pitches.

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
• Quantitative methods familiarity is a plus

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.

Benefits

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer