Bridgewater Associates

Senior Manager, Data Implementation

Bridgewater Associates$200K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in data management or operations with progressive experience
  • 5+ years in operational management within data or investment operations
  • Experience leading a team of 5-10 individuals, with a focus on talent development
  • 3-5+ years in core data workflows including ingestion and validation
  • Proven track record delivering data to senior leaders
  • Experience managing a full budget for data-related costs
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Investment data implementation team to meet quality, cost, and risk outcomes
  • Lead and develop the team to address growing data needs of the investment organization
  • Scale data capabilities to align with evolving industry requirements
  • Exhibit independence and sound judgment to resolve issues effectively
  • Contribute to strategic planning and organizational growth with consulting mindset

Benefits

  • Competitive suite of benefits
  • Opportunities for employee growth and development
  • Dynamic work environment
  • Focus on creating an exceptional employee experience
  • Standard compliance with onsite work requirements
Full Job Description
About the Implementation Department

The Investment Implementation department is a community of diverse investment professionals whose mission is to implement our investment strategies and client portfolios excellently. Our department is responsible for ensuring the excellent implementation of our systematic investment approach, from raw data to executed trades, with processes and logic that reflect the full richness of our investment insight, executed with a near-zero error rate, and engineered and orchestrated in a way that facilitates oversight and compounding. This is an investment department, owning the investment outcomes, and the mandate includes both the 'run' responsibility and the 'transform' responsibility, meaning daily operations as well as overtime renovation of our systems.

We fulfill our mission by applying four operating principles:
  • Understand and deliver internal client needs. Partner with our internal clients to understand and offer implementation designs and deliver solutions, while proactively educating and communicating outcomes to ACLs (Asset Class Leads) and CIOs.
  • Own our investment intent. Own our investment intent in full, in letter and spirit.
  • Continuously improve. Have and evolve an investment pipeline to meet current and future internal client needs.
  • Systematically and relentlessly deliver quality outcomes. Apply our best logic systematically, discipline, expertise, and controls to every signal, position, and trade in every market.

About the Team

The Investment Data Implementation team, part of the Investment Implementation Department, is responsible for owning, deeply understanding, and delivering data that fuel Bridgewater's investment systems.

The team is responsible for two critical business functions. As part of the research process, the data implementation team must deeply understand the needs of our investors and then discover, onboard, and assess data sources against those needs. The team is also responsible for owning Bridgewater's data and signals generation system, ensuring that the investment intent is achieved through daily data releases and market action.

About Your Role

The Senior Manager role is responsible for delivering the investment needs of our CIOs and asset class leads. It is an action-oriented responsibility, where the day-to-day work directly drives Bridgewater's investment signal generation.

You will work closely with the Head of Investment Data and Signals Implementation, the Department Head, and our investment leadership to deliver Bridgewater's investment operations.

You'll independently lead the team, demonstrating strong judgment, initiative, and follow-through. You will deliver the capabilities that facilitate the continued expansion of investment data that is needed to support investor alpha generation and the performance of Bridgewater's investment products.

You will be a great fit for this role if you:
  • Are passionate about leading and developing data teams to achieve results that exceed the sum of individual contributions.
  • Value developing talent and fostering an exceptional employee experience.
  • Thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy solving complex business challenges.
  • Are a systematic thinker and naturally look for ways to solve problems through the evolution of those systems
  • Hold a high degree of personal responsibility and ownership in everything you do
  • Communicate clearly and build strong relationships across diverse teams.
  • Have a strong attention to detail and a track record of driving high performance.
  • Are excited to contribute to strategic vision, planning and organizational growth.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage the Investment data implementation team to quality, cost, and risk outcomes for Bridgewaters's investment systems
  • Lead and develop a team to deliver the exponentially growing data needs of our investment organization
  • Scale Bridgewater's data capability to meet the evolving financial data industry needs (both external and internal) through improving core business process quality and efficiency
  • Lead with independence and sound judgment, resolving problems quickly and effectively while escalating when needed.
  • Contribute to strategic planning and organizational growth by bringing a consulting mindset and analytical rigor.

We are looking for candidates with the following minimum qualifications:
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in data management, data operations, or data platform environments.
  • 5+ years operational management experience, preferably data and/or investment operations
  • Managed a team size of a minimum 5 - 10 FTEs, including track record of developing talent
  • Minimum 3-5+ years of experience in core data workflows (Data ingestion, Data Validation, Process Orchestration, Derived Data Transformation, Derived Data Validation, Data Exposure)
  • Proven track record of delivering data for senior business customers (e.g., business line heads, COO, CEO). Experience should span proven delivery / implementation as well as evolution
  • Prior management of full budget inclusive of data licensing, organization, and technology related costs
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

Physical Requirements
  • The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our Westport, CT campus.

Compensation Band
  • The expected annual base salary for this position is $200,000 - $300,000. The total compensation package includes variable compensation in the form of a discretionary target bonus.

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. Explore more information about Bridgewater's benefits on our website 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.

About Bridgewater Associates

Bridgewater Associates is an investment management firm that manages approximately $140 billion in assets for institutional clients and high net worth individuals. The firm is known for its unique investment philosophy, which is based on a set of principles known as 'radical transparency.' Bridgewater's investment approach is focused on macroeconomic trends and uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify investment opportunities. The firm's clients include pension funds, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds.
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