Strategic Sourcing Lead, Technology

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.  

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here.  

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 everyday, 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. 

Role Overview

The Senior Strategic Sourcer for Technology will play a critical role in enabling Bridgewater’s technologists to do their best work by ensuring access to world-class technology solutions at the right cost, risk profile, and level of flexibility, as Bridgewater invests in next-generation technology platforms, including AI-enabled systems that support research, investment, and operational excellence. This role carries end-to-end ownership for the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of sourcing across technology, including software, hardware, and services.
Operating as a thought partner to technology leaders, the Senior Strategic Sourcer will apply rigorous analysis, independent thinking, and disciplined execution to design and implement sourcing strategies that strengthen Bridgewater’s competitive advantage. The role requires a strong point of view, comfort with thoughtful disagreement, and a commitment to holding oneself and others to exceptionally high standards of quality, transparency, and results.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with technology and business stakeholders to deeply understand objectives, constraints, and trade-offs, translating those insights into clear sourcing requirements and strategies.

• Own and actively manage strategic vendor relationships, setting expectations, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement across cost, quality, service, and risk.

• Proactively identify sourcing and category opportunities through structured spend analysis, market and industry research, supplier economics, and contract lifecycle management, forming evidence-based recommendations.

• Design and execute sourcing strategies that evaluate alternatives, define the optimal sourcing approach, and establish clear project plans and timelines to deliver high-impact outcomes.

• Lead negotiations for complex software licensing, IT services, and hardware agreements, balancing commercial terms, flexibility, and long-term partnership considerations.

• Secure technology services that deliver durable advantages in capability, scalability, and total cost of ownership.

• Maintain end-to-end accountability for contract performance, ensuring commitments are met across cost, supply, quality, compliance, and on-time delivery.

• Continuously raise the bar for sourcing standards, processes, and decision quality across the technology procurement lifecycle.

Role Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in IT sourcing, procurement, and supplier management, with demonstrated ownership of complex, high-value categories.

• Deep expertise in software sourcing, including SaaS and enterprise platforms (e.g., Workday, Zoom, Slack), AI labs (e.g. Anthropic, OpenAi etc) and strong familiarity with broader technology ecosystems.

• Demonstrated experience sourcing and negotiating IT infrastructure solutions, including data center services, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, and related managed services.

• Proven ability to operate effectively at both the strategic level and in a high-volume execution environment, managing multiple priorities without sacrificing rigor.

• Extensive experience leading sophisticated contract negotiations for software licensing, IT services, and infrastructure agreements.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to build and interpret cost models and assess total cost, performance, and risk trade-offs.

• Track record of maintaining exceptionally high standards of quality and control throughout the sourcing lifecycle.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage candidly and productively with colleagues at all levels, including senior leadership.

• Intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and the willingness to challenge assumptions in service of better outcomes.

Physical Requirements  

• This role will be offered remotely with an expectation of occasional travel to our Westport CT and/or New York City based office locations.

Why Choose Bridgewater?  

It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. 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. We strive to provide you with opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.  

Compensation Band  

• The wage range for this role is $225,000 - $250,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 75% - 85% of this wage range.  

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits. Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website here. 

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.  

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.  

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer