Project Manager, Partnership Office

bridgewater89; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgewater Associates is seeking an experienced Partnership Office Project Manager to support the firm's most senior leaders. You will oversee a broad range of strategic projects and governance tasks, coordinating with cross-functional teams and senior executives to drive the Partnership’s priorities forward.

Ideal candidates are highly organized, possess excellent communication skills, and can manage multiple initiatives with limited oversight while maintaining high attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate organization and reliability with strong prioritization skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and deadlines.
• Clear, proactive communication with senior executives and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Partnership management and projects, coordinating with the Partnership Chair and Deputy Chair to drive strategic initiatives and governance activities.

Skills

Organized

Reliability

Prioritization

Stakeholder communication

Independent initiative

Attention to detail

Constructive feedback

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 to 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

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter every day, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard - it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re‑underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it's the engine that powers everything else.

About the Role

Bridgewater's Partnership is the group of the firm's most senior leaders and largest owners, who are collectively responsible for stewarding the firm's culture and principles, its governance, and its long-term success. Partners work alongside executive leadership and the Board of Directors to hold the firm to its highest standard. The Partner Office helps facilitate the firm‑building and governance activities of Bridgewater's Partners by organizing and managing the key day‑to‑day activities of the Partnership's committees and the strategic projects to build the Partnership and its impact. The Partner Office Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing a broad range of tasks and projects in support of this mission. You will work closely with Bridgewater's 47 Partners to help drive the success of the Partnership and ensure productive coordination with the firm's executive leadership and operating Board of Directors.

In this role, you will partner with the Partnership Chair and Deputy Chair to shape the Partnership from where it stands today to its future potential. You will be responsible for designing and managing both operational and strategic projects, supporting key initiatives such as communications, priority setting, and project proposals. Additionally, you will interact with multiple executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams across the company.

Successful candidates will be independent self‑starters who are interested in getting exposure to company-level priorities and business strategies. They will demonstrate strong organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be able to provide structure to complex projects, and have a desire to grow their strategic capabilities. This is a fast‑paced, results‑oriented environment that requires the ability to balance multiple responsibilities and demanding deadlines.

Must Haves

• Are organized, reliable, and can prioritize effectively
• Have a track record of managing and executing on many concurrent threads across different initiatives
• Are passionate about running and improving processes and keeping the trains on time and on track
• Can communicate clearly and respond in a timely manner, and collaborate with a variety of different stakeholders, including senior executives
• Can independently advance important initiatives with limited oversight and direction
• Have strong attention to detail
• Are willing to speak up and share your point of view, constructively challenge others, including senior leaders
• You give feedback directly and take it well

Responsibilities

• Run Partnership management and projects, including: Collaborating with the Partnership Ch