Job Application for Associate, Business Development and Marketing at 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. 

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here. 

Our Culture 

Our culture is tied to our mission, which is to understand how the world’s markets and economies work, and to translate that into world-class investment performance. This requires an extraordinary team, defined by the best individuals and the best portfolio of people, operating in an idea meritocracy. In this, we are uncompromising on our shared values of excellence, truth, integrity, humility, and courage. Our aspiration of a vibrant idea meritocracy requires diversity of thought – this comes from diversity of background, identity, experience, and so much more. We pursue inclusion because it’s how we unlock the power of that diversity and make sure the best ideas get heard. To sustain this way of being through lots of years and lots of circumstances, we invest in meaningful work and meaningful relationships – the purpose and joy that comes from tackling something challenging and worthy, alongside people who make us better versions of ourselves.  

About Bridgewater’s Singapore Office 

As part of our ongoing partnership in the Asia Pacific region, we opened a Bridgewater office in Singapore in 2022. The initial focus of our Singapore office will be to deepen our ability to partner with our clients and prospective clients in the region.  In line with Bridgewater’s overall mission to grow and diversify our business, our strategic goal is to capitalize on growing commercial opportunities in Asia and further deepen our ability to partner with existing institutional clients and drive new market development with prospective advisory and distribution relationships in the region.   

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 prospective 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 prospective clients on their most difficult investment and portfolio construction problems. We help our prospective 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 a Business Development Associate, you will play a pivotal role in the Asia Wealth team of the Client Service and Marketing Department, supporting our efforts to grow and expand relationships with clients and partners in the region. The Associate will act as the orchestrator behind our efforts, translating business goals into seamless execution of internal and external initiatives while helping uncover strategic opportunities across the region. 

You’ll be the "air traffic controller" for a dynamic team, blending operational precision with strategic thinking to:

Deliver superior service to clients and partners, acting as their trusted liaison
Translate high-level business goals into actionable plans—tracking leads, synthesizing market intel, and ensuring flawless execution
Design and execute seamless workflows, from high-stakes client meetings to international travel logistics, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks
Synthesize understanding into crisp, actionable briefs for stakeholders

You will drive the following responsibilities: 

Partner with your team’s Client Advisor/Marketer to understand marketing goals and translate them into an organized operational cadence for the team
Monitor industry trends, competitive landscape, and growth opportunities
Coordinate tasks, activities and collaboration sessions to meet client needs from visualization to scheduling 
Understand business goals and drive execution, provide direction, and project manage initiatives across multiple stakeholders 
Track leads and opportunities, and reporting on status of key activities and keeping knowledge repositories up to date (i.e. CRM) 
Prepare reports, dashboards, presentations for team and key stakeholders, and ensure team is ready for all client/prospect interactions

You will be a click for the role if you: 

Are a team player who is self-motivated and is constantly and proactively looking to improve
You thrive under pressure, balancing big-picture thinking with flawless execution
You turn chaos into clarity, delivering insights with polish and punch
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 
Have a preference for interpersonal interactions
Demonstrate innate curiosity and a tendency to thrive on learning new things and approaches

Minimum Qualifications 

3+ years of experience in business development or client-facing role, strong preference for experience in the local intermediary/wealth business
Bachelor’s degree with strong academic record
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 
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$90,000k-185,000k inclusive of base salary and discretionary 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 you 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. 

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. 

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

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