About the Alpha Engine Department

The Alpha Engine is responsible for Pure Alpha, Bridgewater’s flagship alpha strategy launched in 1991. Our aim in Pure Alpha is to generate high and consistent returns, uncorrelated to markets and other managers over time. We pursue this by systematically deploying our fundamental understanding of markets and economies to trade long, short, and relative value across roughly 200 liquid public markets.

About Your Role

The Investor Talent team partners with investors across Bridgewater’s investment departments on how the firm identifies, assesses, develops, and compensates its investors, at a time of significant change for the firm. The team is building as it goes, which leaves real room to shape how things run.

The Program Coordinator role is an execution-focused role at the center of how the Investor Talent team runs. You’ll work directly with the team's manager, leads, and senior investors, bringing tight execution and project management skills to translate priorities into practical plans and drive investor programs from planning through delivery. Your book of work will shift with the calendar, with management of the team's operations and programs taking up the majority of your time during peak periods.

We are a nimble, hands-on team where every member contributes to the operational work through to the outcomes that make our programs successful (e.g., attending the events that you help shape and plan). We’re looking for someone who takes pride in getting the details right, follows through reliably, and is equally willing to coordinate calendars, pull ongoing metrics, or improve and own a process. It’s a fast-moving environment with a lot to learn, so curiosity and adaptability will go a long way. Over time, the right person will take on broader project management ownership, improve how our programs run, and manage increasingly complex workstreams.

You will drive the following responsibilities:

Primary partner in running a tight talent ecosystem: Partner with the team’s manager and leads to understand the broad mission of investor talent, and own coordination at the goal level rather than the task level. In practice, this means owning the calendar, meeting logistics, agendas, and program sessions and materials, and anticipating needs before you’re asked.
Owner of the team’s management machines: Build, run, and continuously improve the recurring processes that keep the team operating, including review cycles, security, and operations. Keep meetings, follow-ups, and commitments on track across these processes. Own knowledge management across SharePoint, Confluence, and distribution lists, with room to shape how it works and evolves.
Project manager for key programs: Own day-to-day execution of the summer internship and investor class, from scheduling and communications to materials and events. Translate priorities into clear plans with timelines, owners, and dependencies, and adapt as needs change. Anticipate risks, resolve bottlenecks, and hold stakeholders accountable to their commitments, escalating with sound judgment when needed. Track engagement metrics to assess how well each program is working.
Key driver of technology and AI to raise team productivity: Use technology and AI to improve how the team works, from automating coordination and communications to streamlining reviews and programs. Proactively look for ways to run things better, and connect the dots across workstreams so improvements spread.

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

Minimum Qualifications

You have a passion for running and improving processes and take pride in making others’ worlds run smoothly. You are proactive and comfortable holding others accountable directly and respectfully, including more senior colleagues.

2+ years of experience in coordination, project management, business operations, or a similar role, in a fast-paced, stakeholder-facing environment