Research fellow management

Commodities Research Associate
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.
The goal of the Asia Strategies team is to create industry-leading portfolios and investment thinking in Asia, helping investors navigate the changing geopolitical and macroeconomic paradigm. This entails growing deep regional expertise, generating alpha in Asian markets, researching and publishing our understanding of the macroeconomic environment, and designing portfolio solutions to help our clients invest across the region.
As a Commodities Research Associate on our Asia Strategies team, you will help Bridgewater invest in commodity markets, with a strong focus on agricultural commodities, based on a unique and differentiated view of both supply-demand fundamentals and Chinese market dynamics. You will build deep expertise in how agricultural prices – and shifts in those prices – impact broader commodity markets and macroeconomic forces such as growth and inflation.
Partner with our investors to research questions on commodity markets and commodity-producing companies, with a specific focus on agriculturals, and turn that understanding into systematic trading strategies and investment advice for our clients
Help build, maintain, and consistently refine commodity balance sheets; acquire and organize the production and consumption of trade data needed to support those balance sheets
Manage and update key building blocks of understanding including data, models, and visualizations
Access data and ingest them in a systematic way (strong technical aptitude and coding experience is a plus)
4+ years of experience at a commodities trading house, research group, hedge fund, or merchant

• Proven track record trading agricultural commodities in onshore China (soybeans, rapeseed, palm oil, corn), ideally also with experience in softs (sugar, cotton)
• Fluency in Mandarin
• Strong work ethic, strong attention to detail, and demonstrated ability to achieve results and drive projects to completion
• We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. The total compensation package includes variable compensation in the form of a discretionary target bonus.

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Please note that we do provide immigration sponsorship for this position.