Data Strategy & Sourcing Specialist

Bridgewater Associates; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 170,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgewater Associates, a premier asset management firm, seeks a data strategy professional to join the Investment Implementation group in Westport CT with periodic NYC visits. You will collaborate with Relationship Management, Supplier Knowledge Management, and Service Management to optimize data flows and investment processes.

You will work with investors, engineers, and external vendors to drive knowledge management, source-to-contract activities, and improve systems across the sourcing

Qualifications

• 4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution.
• 3-7 years of relevant work experience at an investment bank, vendor/service provider, or asset management firm.
• Experience in at least two: Relationship Management, Service Management, or Supplier Knowledge Management.
• Experience with Capital Markets data is a strong plus.
• Quantitative methods familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Activating, advocating, executing, and assisting in systems, sourcing, supply chains, and internal demand to support investment practice.
• Dynamically understanding offerings and creating matches between external world and Bridgewater.
• Communicating the state of the sourcing portfolio, including market making and knowledge bases of passes, no bids, and opportunities.
• Building, maintaining, and rapidly sorting inbound and run-state assets within the sourcing portfolio.
• Engaging as ML/AI aspects are introduced to our Research and Data world.
• Creating initiatives to improve quality, reliability, and efficiency of owned systems.
• Evaluating processes for sourcing, vetting, and delivering content to investment professionals and data scientists.
• Advocating with vendors to improve the quality of their pitches.

Skills

Relationship Management

Service Management

Supplier Knowledge Management

Capital Markets data

Quantitative methods

Education

Bachelors degree

Job description

Bridgewater Associates, a premier asset management firm, seeks a data strategy professional to join the Investment Implementation group in Westport CT with periodic NYC visits. You will collaborate with Relationship Management, Supplier Knowledge Management, and Service Management to optimize data flows and investment processes.

You will work with investors, engineers, and external vendors to drive knowledge management, source-to-contract activities, and improve systems across the sourcing