Associate, Business Development

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. 

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here. 

Our Culture 

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else.  

About Bridgewater’s Singapore Office   

Bridgewater has a long history as an asset manager in Asia. It started when our founder, Ray Dalio, first visited China in 1984, and we have been trading Asian markets since 1992. Since 1994, we’ve partnered with GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, growing up together as institutions and celebrating our 30 year anniversary last year. Bridgewater has offices in only two places – the US and Asia – reflecting the region’s strategic importance. The Singapore office opened in 2022, growing to its current size of around 20 people, with strong cross-functional collaboration from teams around the firm.  

About the Client Service Department 

The goal of Client Service is to build and grow meaningful relationships with the world’s largest, most sophisticated investors and help clients achieve their goals through high quality return streams and tailored insights. To this end, we deeply understand the global pools of capital, develop strategies to effectively develop relationships, and partner with clients on their most difficult investment and portfolio construction problems. We help our clients broaden their understanding of our investment process, strategies and performance as well as deepen their understanding of financial markets more generally. 

About Your Role 

As an Associate, Business Development, you’ll help the Client Service Department achieve our mission by ensuring prospective investors and clients receive exceptional service.  In order to do so, you will be the ‘air traffic controller’ of your team, responsible for a variety of administrative, operational and project management activities, serving around 30 prospective investors. You will help set goals, brainstorm execution, project manage multiple initiatives, coordinate directly with clients/prospects and internal stakeholders, be the first point of contact for investor requests, and plan meetings, trips and events. 

Without the Associate, the team doesn’t run.  Associates must be highly organized, detail-oriented, calm under pressure, and great at time management. They must communicate professionally, enjoy problem solving, and thrive in a dynamic, relationship-driven environment. 

Interested in learning more about working at Bridgewater? Hear about the experiences of our employees here. 

You will drive the following responsibilities: 

• Partner with various Client Advisors (senior relationship managers) within our Singapore Office to understand marketing goals and translate the business plan into an organized operational cadence for the team, including providing administrative and calendar support 
• Provide high quality and professional client service, acting as the first point of contact for all incoming client/prospect inquiries via email or phone 
• Distill information and synthesize the key points to the team and other relevant, internal stakeholders 
• Coordinate tasks, activities and collaboration sessions to meet client needs from visualization to scheduling 
• Drive execution, provide direction, and project manage initiatives across multiple stakeholders 
• Facilitate synchronization and communication across the team, by tracking and reporting on status of key activities and keeping knowledge repositories up to date (i.e. CRM) 
• Ensure team and key stakeholders are prepared for all client/prospect interactions (i.e. presentations, prep notes, technology) 
• Coordinate logistics for clients and team, including travel strategy, events and presentation materials 
• Anticipate and resolve problems efficiently and independently 
• Work with other teams on projects to improve departmental operations 

You will be a click for the role if you: 

• Are a team player who can learn quickly and who can proactively seek to improve efficiency and quality 
• Are a ‘big picture’ thinker who is able to focus on the goal at hand, not only tasks 
• Distill information, prioritize well and summarize key points for senior leaders 
• Enjoy solving problems using logic and common sense to develop practical solutions 
• Have the ability to orchestrate and prioritize multiple activities at once while maintaining high quality work 
• Hold a high standard for excellent client/customer service and desire to help others 
• Are willing and able to anticipate the needs and concerns of others 
• Have a preference for interpersonal interactions and are unafraid to engage with others 
• Value the pursuit of truth and excellence 
• Demonstrate innate curiosity and a tendency to thrive on learning new things 
• Are dedicated to self-improvement and improvement of others 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Effective written and oral communication skills with strong attention to detail 
• A high degree of proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel; general comfort with learning and using new software tools 
• Bachelor’s degree with strong academic record preferred 
• Experience in financial services or a professional business environment is a plus, though not required 
• Language requirement: This role communicates regularly with our Westport, CT, US office. Fluency in English and strong written communication skills are required. 
• Language preferences: Our clients communicate in Mandarin and Malay. The ability to read and converse in Mandarin is preferred. Conversational Malay is a plus. 

Physical Requirements: 

• For most of our roles, Bridgewater offers remote work flexibility, with most employees required to work on campus as their principal work location, a minimum of four days per week. Bridgewater’s Singapore Office is located in the Central Business District. 
• This role will require occasional communication with our Westport, CT office, which may require you to take calls and/or be responsive to email outside of standard work hours. This may include early morning (7am SGT) or late evening (8-10pm SGT) due to time differences. 
• Flexibility of working hours is required. 

Compensation: 

• The wage range for this role is S$82,000 - S$169,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 70-90% of this wage range. 

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. 

In this role, you will grow with us by: 

• Taking ownership of team operations processes and cadences 
• Taking on mentorship and leadership responsibilities to grow talent as you gain experience 
• Opportunities to grow your career across Bridgewater depending on your strengths, weaknesses, and experience 

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, including vision and dental coverage, with 100% of premiums paid for by Bridgewater 
• Global telemedicine access (24/7 access to licensed doctors) 
• Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave and a competitive PTO package 
• An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups 

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. Only Singaporeans and Permanent Residents will be considered for this role. 

Bridgewater Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer.