Project Management Associate - Investment Talent - Bridgewater Associates

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.

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Our Culture

Bridgewater's unique success is the direct result of our unique way of being. We want an idea meritocracy in which meaningful work and meaningful relationships are pursued through radical truth and radical transparency. We require people to be extremely open, air disagreements, test each other's logic, and view discovering mistakes and weaknesses as a good thing that leads to improvement and innovation. It is by continually striving together for the highest levels of truth and excellence that we create meaningful work and meaningful relationships. Within this culture, Diversity and Inclusion is a top priority because it is essential to finding the best talent in the world, enabling our idea meritocracy, and creating an environment where all types of people can thrive. We have a full-time team as well as affinity networks that work on these issues - If you would like to learn more, please let your Bridgewater recruiter know.

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About the Alpha Engine

Our core mission as an organization is to understand the fundamental drivers of markets and turn that understanding into high-quality portfolios and investment advice for our clients.  We do this in three critical ways: by being fundamental, systematic, and diversified. We seek to understand the economy in a fundamental way, uncovering the timeless and universal cause-and-effect linkages that drive global markets. That understanding is implemented systematically and converted into explicit rules that can be rigorously stress-tested. Finally, we create highly diversified portfolios that are not dependent on any one source of return and can survive a wide range of economic environments. 

About the Investment Talent Management Team

The Investment Talent team sits within our Talent Department in the Alpha Engine and works closely with our business partners to onboard, develop, and retain the world's best investment talent. We design and implement talent development programs to ensure the success of our next generation of innovative thinkers. The team also partners on succession planning, performance management, talent reviews processes, and community planning to provide a seamless experience within the department. Developing our talent is a top priority of the Investment Engine and our team is at the frontlines of this endeavor. 

About Your Role

Our team is looking for a proactive, collaborative, and highly organized junior project manager to partner in running talent initiatives for our investors. This person will conceptualize, build, and execute projects in partnership with subject matter experts across the human capital lifecycle, including learning and development, performance management, diversity and inclusion, and talent acquisition. Importantly, this person has good attention to detail, is able to juggle a variety of workstreams, and is comfortable with ambiguity. They are able to communicate well with a variety of stakeholders. At the core of Bridgewater's success is our people, and this position plays a critical role in advancing our long-term vision to attract the right talent, develop that talent, and transform the employee experience. 

You will be a click for the role if you:

• Are interested in the learning and development space and becoming a talent expert
• Are able to multitask while still being able to prioritize effectively
• Have strong attention to detail with a demonstrated track record of operational excellence
• Have a track record of managing and executing on many concurrent threads across different initiatives
• Have a passion for running and improving processes and keeping the trains running and on track
• Have an ability to clearly communicate and collaborate with a variety of different stakeholders

You will drive the following responsibilities:

• Work closely with stakeholders to run training programs for our Investment Associates 
• Monitor and synthesize the progress of training programs and projects through time 
• Retrieve and analyze data from training programs and engagement surveys to assess program effectiveness 
• Manage team resources and third-party vendors for the successful execution of projects 
• Partner with others on the team to ensure seamless execution of initiatives and events 

We are looking for candidates with the following minimum qualifications:

• An operational guru who is able to ensure successful completion of projects 
• Enthusiasm to tackle talent problems and partner with stakeholders to build solutions 
• Able to autonomously operate in a fluid and dynamic environment and be flexible when priorities shift  
• Actively listens, asks questions, develops an independent conclusion, and is willing to challenge the popular view to achieve firmwide goals 
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; 1+ years in a program/project management position 
• Previous experience in a talent- or people-oriented role 

Physical requirements:

For most of our roles, Bridgewater offers remote flexibility, with most employees required to work from our Westport, CT office twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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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. 

Compensation Band:

• The wage range for this position is $100,000-$150,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 80%-90% 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 including:

• Health insurance with 100% premium covered and access to additional concierge medical services
• 401(k) plan with generous employer match
• Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave and a competitive PTO package
• Workplace flexibility and access to back up childcare
• Financial assistance for family building support, including adoption and egg freezing
• Workplace wellness, including on-site gyms, free meals and healthy snacks, and meditation rooms
• An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups
• For a full list of Bridgewater benefits, click 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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer