Associate, Business Development Operations- Singapore

About this role

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.

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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. We have a full-time team as well as affinity networks that work on these issues - If you would like to learn more, please let your Bridgewater recruiter know.

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About Bridgewater’s Singapore Office

Bridgewater has traded Asian markets and served sophisticated institutional clients in the region for over three decades. Bridgewater opened the Singapore office in 2022, building on that deep history and bringing us closer to the region's markets, clients, and opportunities.

Today, the office serves as a hub for Bridgewater's investment, client and operations teams in the region. Looking ahead, we see big opportunities for our presence in Singapore to deepen our research and investment activities in Asia, reinforce partnerships with long-standing clients, and build new relationships with growing pools of capital throughout the region.

About Your Role

As a Business Development Operations Associate, you will play a pivotal role in the Asia Wealth team of the Client Service and Marketing Department, supporting our efforts to grow and expand relationships with clients and partners in the region. The Associate will act as the orchestrator behind our efforts, translating business goals into seamless execution of internal and external initiatives while helping uncover strategic opportunities across the region.

You’ll be the "air traffic controller" for a dynamic team, blending operational precision with strategic thinking to:

• Deliver superior service to clients and partners, acting as their trusted liaison

• Translate high-level business goals into actionable plans—tracking leads, synthesizing market intel, and ensuring flawless execution

• Design and execute seamless workflows, from high-stakes client meetings to international travel logistics, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks

• Synthesize understanding into crisp, actionable briefs for stakeholders

You will drive the following responsibilities:

• Partner with your team’s Client Advisor/Marketer to understand marketing goals and translate them into an organized operational cadence for the team

• Support to cultivate and manage relationships with partners and clients

• Monitor industry trends, competitive landscape, and growth opportunities

• Coordinate tasks, activities and collaboration sessions to meet client needs from visualization to scheduling

• Understand business goals and drive execution, provide direction, and project manage initiatives across multiple stakeholders

• Track leads and opportunities, and reporting on status of key activities and keeping knowledge repositories up to date (i.e. CRM)

• Prepare reports, dashboards, presentations for team and key stakeholders, and ensure team is ready for all client/prospect interactions

You will be a click for the role if you:

• Are a team player who is self-motivated and is constantly and proactively looking to improve

• You thrive under pressure, balancing big-picture thinking with flawless execution

• You turn chaos into clarity, delivering insights with polish and punch

• Enjoy solving problems using logic and common sense to develop practical solutions

• Have the ability to orchestrate and prioritize multiple activities at once while maintaining high quality work

• Have a preference for interpersonal interactions

• Demonstrate innate curiosity and a tendency to thrive on learning new things and approaches

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in business development or client-facing role in the asset management industry, strong preference for experience working with global and regional private banks

• Bachelor’s degree with strong academic record, CFA or CAIA qualification preferred

• Effective written and oral communication skills with strong attention to detail

• A high degree of proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel; general comfort with learning and using new software tools

• Language requirement: This role communicates regularly with our Westport, CT, US office. Fluency in English and strong written communication skills are required.

• Language preferences: Our clients communicate in Mandarin and Malay. The ability to read and converse in Mandarin is preferred. Conversational Malay is a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• For most of our roles, Bridgewater offers remote work flexibility, with most employees required to work on campus as their…