Engineering - Associate in Chief Operating Officer Team – Warsaw

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Associate on the EMEA Engineering COO team in Warsaw. You will partner with cross-divisional teams to execute strategic priorities, support location and people strategies, and optimize engineering processes.

You will translate analyses into polished presentations and manage complex datasets to drive efficiency and leadership decisions. The role emphasizes data-driven insights, stakeholder engagement, and executive-ready communications, with opportunities to influence

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in business management, corporate strategy, COO support, project management, or operations roles within technology or financial services.
• Understanding of the financial services industry and IT/technology concepts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including pivot tables, data manipulation, and financial/operational modelling, and the ability to translate complex analyses into executive-ready presentations and visual narratives.
• Proven track record of supporting end-to-end projects, tracking deliverables, managing risk, and ensuring stakeholder alignment across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to identify operational bottlenecks, document workflows, and suggest automated or optimized processes to drive efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience building and maintaining management dashboards, KPIs, and operational reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable drafting briefings and messaging for senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, Finance, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-divisional teams to support the execution of EMEA Engineering’s strategic priorities.
• Key initiatives may include supporting location strategy, people strategies, optimizing Engineering-specific processes, and coordinating targeted internal or external meetings.
• Develop a broad understanding of the Engineering organization, IT infrastructure, and the financial services industry to accelerate transformation with data-driven insights.
• Create executive-ready presentations and manage complex datasets to elevate the Goldman Sachs Engineering brand and streamline operations.
• Deliver dashboards and KPIs to support senior stakeholder decisions.

Skills

Experience: 3+ years

Finance/IT knowledge

Excel & PowerPoint

Executive presentations

Project tracking & risk management

Workflow optimization

Dashboards & KPIs

Written & verbal communication

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Eng/Fin

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Engineering - Associate in Chief Operating Officer Team – Warsaw

Job Description

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.

Engineering, which is comprised of our Engineering Division and global strategists groups, is at the critical centre of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

Your Impact

If you are looking for a high-impact position to utilize your communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, then our team is the ideal opportunity for you. You will partner closely with the EMEA Engineering Chief Operating Officer (COO) team and key stakeholders to support complex organizational and business initiatives. This role is designed to help align the Engineering division with its rapidly changing environment, optimize operational processes, and increase engagement with engineers internally and externally to attract and retain top talent. You will enjoy a role that rewards stakeholder engagement, analytical rigor, structured communication, and project coordination. You will bring relentless curiosity and a passion for advancing human potential and accelerating organizational transformation.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

In this role as an Associate on the EMEA Engineering COO team, you will partner with cross-divisional teams to support the execution of EMEA Engineering’s strategic priorities. Key initiatives may include supporting location strategy, people strategies, optimizing Engineering-specific processes, and coordinating targeted internal or external meetings.

You will develop a broad understanding of the Engineering organization, IT infrastructure, and the complexities of the financial services industry. You will help the COO team accelerate organizational transformation through clear, structured, and empathetic communication. The value you create will be rooted in data-driven insights, reporting, and cross-team collaboration. You will also leverage your advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills to create executive-ready presentations and manage complex datasets to elevate our Goldman Sachs Engineering brand and streamline business operations.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in business management, corporate strategy, COO support, project management, or operations roles within technology or financial services.
• Understanding of the financial services industry and IT/technology concepts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including Excel skills in pivot tables, data manipulation, and financial/operational modelling, as well as the ability to translate complex analyses into polished, executive-ready presentations and visual narratives.
• Proven track record of supporting end-to-end projects, tracking deliverables, managing risk, and ensuring stakeholder alignment across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to identify operational bottlenecks, document workflows, and suggest automated or optimized processes to drive efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience building and maintaining management dashboards, KPIs, and operational reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable drafting briefings and messaging for senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong intellectual curiosity and problem-solving ability to transform abstract ideas into structured, operational solutions.
• Strong relationship-building skills and a client-service mindset; ability to work effectively cross-functionally and cross-divisionally.
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail and the ability to balance multiple time-sensitive tasks in a fast-paced environment.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Job Info

• Job Identification 177974
• Job Category Associate
• Posting Date 07/08/2026, 05:08 PM
• Locations Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Healthcare & Medical Services

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on‑site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on‑site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre‑approved amount).

We offer on‑site child care centers that provide full‑time and emergency back‑up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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