Management Coordinator, Singapore

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 to 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. The 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 Bridgewater’s Asia Strategies Team 

The goal of the Asia Strategies team is to create industry-leading portfolios and investment thinking in Asia, helping investors navigate the changing geopolitical and macroeconomic paradigm. This entails growing deep regional expertise, generating alpha in Asian markets, researching and publishing our understanding of the macroeconomic environment, and designing portfolio solutions to help our clients invest across the region.  

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. Asian markets have always been a core part of our global macro investment strategies, and Asian economies feature prominently in the research we have published on debt cycles and the changing world order. Bridgewater has offices in only two places – the US and Asia – reflecting the region’s strategic importance. Our first Asia-focused fund, launched in 2018, is now among the largest private funds in China. 

About Your Role 

The Management Coordinator will be a key member of our growing organization in Singapore, partnering with the Head of Asia Strategies. In this role, you will own all administrative and logistical support functions to enable both internal and external-facing commitments, which includes time management/calendaring for the Head of Asia Strategies and other external-facing team members. In addition, you will be responsible for partnering with the leadership team within the pillar to help set up and oversee management processes to better track key priorities to ensure the team is delivering against their goals.   

This role will be the connective tissue and drumbeat towards all operational elements of the team. The Coordinator will frequently work in a cross-functional manner, driving cohesion and collaboration between teams including but not limited to senior leaders and stakeholders, investment and client services counterparts, and cross functional partners.  Finally, depending on experience and desire for growth, there are opportunities to elevate beyond these responsibilities as the team evolves and matures.   

This role requires a highly organized person who can juggle multiple priorities smoothly with an emphasis on discretion and judgment. Successful candidates will demonstrate their ability to thrive in dynamic, excellence-driven environments where the landscape is consistently changing and evolving through time.   

You will drive the following responsibilities:  

• Directly support the Asia Strategies leadership team on all administrative needs  
• Provide detailed calendar management and coordination for meetings and events (e.g., arranging travel, partnering with internal teams, submitting expenses)  
• Ensure the team is prepared for all internal and external interactions/engagements (e.g., presentations, prep notes, technology)  
• Drive execution, provide direction, and project manage initiatives including cross-team management processes  
• Anticipate and resolve problems efficiently and independently  
• Partner with other teams both within Singapore and across the organization in the US and China 

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  
• Thrive as part of an entrepreneurial team with a strong mission 
• Are a goal-oriented thinker who is able to prioritize tasks in service of the broader mission 
• Distill information, prioritize well and summarize key points for those you support   
• Enjoy solving problems using logic and common sense to develop practical solutions  
• Have the ability to orchestrate and prioritize long and short-term activities at once while maintaining high quality work  
• Are willing and able to anticipate the needs and concerns of others  
• Are community and people-oriented 

Minimum Qualifications  

• 2+ years of experience in an administrative or coordination capacity   
• Highly organized, can manage multiple projects/deliverables with close attention to detail  
• Effective written and oral communication skills   
• Flexible, able to anticipate and adapt to changes or rapidly evolving situations and administrative needs   
• Capability with Microsoft operating systems and/or tools (MS Office 365, Excel, Word, Outlook)  
• Experience in financial services or start up environment is a plus, though not required  
• Language requirement: Fluency in English and strong written communication skills are required. Mandarin language skills are 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 US offices, which may require you to take calls and/or be responsive to email outside of standard work hours. This may include early morning (8am SGT) or late evening (8-10pm SGT) due to time differences.  

Compensation   

The wage range for this role is S$130,000k - S$205,000k inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 80% - 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 opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential. 

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  
• An engaged and active community offering company events and a fitness benefit to promote well-being 

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, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer