Executive Coordinator

Bridgewater Associates; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgewater Associates is looking for an Executive Coordinator in New York City to support their Investment Leaders. This role involves managing schedules, liaising with stakeholders, and ensuring smooth operations within the team. Candidates should possess exceptional organizational skills and discretion when handling sensitive information.

The expected compensation is between $125,000 and $170,000, reflecting base salary and discretionary bonuses. This offer is part of a supportive environment that nurtures talent and promotes personal growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing high volume scheduling or calendars.
• Excellent organizational skills with minimal errors.
• Ability to independently anticipate problems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as first point of contact for administrative requests.
• Coordinating meetings and maintaining calendars.
• Manage daily logistics and travel arrangements.

Skills

High empathy

Effective written and oral communication

Organizational skills

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

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.

Our Culture

Bridgewater’s unique success is the direct result of our unique way of being. We want an idea meritocracy in which meaningful work and meaningful relationships are pursued through radical truth and radical transparency. We require people to be extremely open, air disagreements, test each other’s logic, and view discovering mistakes and weaknesses as a good thing that leads to improvement and innovation. It is by continually striving together for the highest levels of truth and excellence that we create meaningful work and meaningful relationships. Within this culture, diversity and inclusion is a top priority because it is essential to finding the best talent in the world, enabling our idea meritocracy, and creating an environment where all types of people can thrive.

About the Role

We are currently seeking an Executive Coordinator who will support one of Bridgewater’s Investment Leaders by liaising with internal and external stakeholders, fielding and prioritizing incoming requests, managing their commitments and calendars, and installing and overseeing intra-team processes to ensure broad organization and coordination across their responsibilities. This role demands a highly organized candidate who can juggle multiple, sometimes competing, priorities seamlessly. Given the sensitive nature of information the team frequently engages in, we look for someone with unwavering professionalism, absolute discretion, and exceptional judgment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as first point of contact on incoming scheduling and administrative requests for the Deputy CIO and the AIA at the Table research team, triaging and prioritizing in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
• Partner with the Chief of Staff to arrange and schedule numerous meetings; maintain and update calendars; determine the importance of meeting requests and schedule accordingly; demonstrate flexibility.
• Proactively manage and coordinate daily logistics in office, travel arrangements, and internal and external engagements.
• Provide support in managing projects and deadlines to ensure the executive is well-prepared and organized across all priorities.
• Maintain records, organize files, and ensure easy access to important documents and information.
• Run and improve smaller scale operational processes within the team.
• Build and maintain clear communication channels within and outside the department, partnering well while pushing back when appropriate.
• Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing high volume scheduling or calendars.
• High empathy, affinity for working as part of a team to support senior executives.
• Effective written and oral communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple responsibilities, tasks/priorities with minimal error.
• Ability to independently anticipate problems and enjoy collaborative problem solving.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook and Word.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Physical Requirements

The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our New York City campus.

Compensation

The wage range for this role is $125,000 - $170,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 80-90% of this wage range.

Benefits

Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits. 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. Our core priorities include enabling employees to build a great life and career.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.