Job Application for Director, Client Investment Research at Bridgewater Associates

Director, Client Investment Research

Bridgewater (China) Investment Management Co Ltd., Shanghai

About Bridgewater

Bridgewater China Investment Management (BCIM) Co. is a private fund manager ("PFM") in China, and currently one of the largest wholly-foreign owned fund manager onshore with a growing presence in the local market. BCIM is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Bridgewater Associates, a premier global asset management firm founded in 1975. Bridgewater focuses on delivering unique insight and partnership to the world’s most sophisticated 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.

Our Culture

Bridgewater is a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment to excellence. Our competitive edge is our unique culture that relies on truthful and transparent communication to ensure the best ideas win out. Through this culture, we sharpen our understanding of the economy and asset markets, improve our management decisions, and push our employees to fulfill their potential. By assembling high-performing teams and pushing them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry we believe that we will produce great results for our clients and meaningful work and meaningful relationships for our employees.

Role Overview

Client Investment Research Directors play a vital role in the service of Bridgewater’s overall client service strategy. From their unique position at the heart of Bridgewater’s client-focused research activity, these individuals have an aerial view into our ever-evolving perspectives on world economies and markets, high-impact company-wide projects, and our investment philosophy and processes. Client Investment Research Directors work closely with Client Service Research Analysts, Portfolio Strategists, Client Advisors, and Bridgewater’s best & brightest investment minds, collaborate on how to handle different client-focused research or performance reporting projects, and execute on the approach by project managing, performing analyses and generating insights to help shape clients’ investment thinking or provide transparency into our performance and positions to meet clients reporting needs.

Bridgewater’s market-driven approach to client service requires our Client Investment Research Directors to continually expand their understanding and knowledge of the markets. Through formal training and informal on-the-job instruction, Client Investment Research Directors become well-versed in our macroeconomic investment research, portfolio construction approach, investment process & different strategies, our book of business, the investment approach of our largest, most sophisticated clients, and our production systems.

Responsibilities

Understand Bridgewater’s book of business, related commercial strategy, and our investment thinking
Contribute to Bridgewater’s world-class client service strategy through creative thinking about how to generate insights and convey key messages to our clients about our investment philosophy, strategies, performance, and outlook in the markets
Work creatively with existing methodologies and tools to identify and solve problems in how we serve clients by contributing to the creation of new tools, models, and or "machines" to automate and streamline our processes
Manage and direct a team of Client Service Research Analysts, overseeing their day-to-day work & projects
Oversee longer-term client projects and conduct deep analysis across entire portfolios

Minimum Qualifications

4+ years of prior work experience ideally in a related field.
Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record, advance degree highly desirable. 
Strong knowledge of and passion for markets and economics.  
Intellectually curious with excellent analytical capabilities and a high degree of common sense and problem-solving skills. 
Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal. 
Thrives in an entrepreneurial, fast paced, high growth environment with an open and idea meritocratic culture. 
Fluent in Chinese and English.

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