Senior Associate, Immigration

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. 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. About the Human Resources Department The Human Resources Department has started to move from a renovation to a transformative phase by a continued focus on operational excellence and providing value to the customer. Today, Human Resources services span the gamut between providing basic information to employees regarding policies to partnering with managers to think through human capital implications. Through focused and interdepartmental initiatives, the Human Resources Department has moved towards automation and centralization of transactional work to create efficiencies and to raise the level of service offered to the enterprise. About Your Role The Senior Associate, Immigration will serve as a key subject matter expert responsible for managing and evolving the company's U.S. immigration program. This role combines hands-on execution with strategic program design, enabling the organization to effectively support and scale its foreign national workforce. This individual will operate with a high degree of autonomy, partnering closely with internal stakeholders and external legal counsel to deliver compliant, efficient, and employee-centric immigration solutions. The role will focus primarily on U.S. immigration, with opportunities to expand into other regions and broader global mobility strategy over time. You will drive the following responsibilities:

• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of U.S. employment-based immigration processes, including nonimmigrant visas and permanent residency applications.
• Manage relationship with external immigration counsel to handle case strategy, timelines, and risk mitigation for employee's work authorization.
• Ensure consistent, compliant, and efficient execution of all immigration activities.
• Act as a trusted advisor within HR to business leaders on immigration strategy, translating complex immigration requirements into clear, actionable guidance for non-expert stakeholders.
• Serve as a point of contact for foreign national employees, providing clear and timely guidance throughout the immigration process.
• Assess and enhance immigration policies, processes, and vendor engagement models to improve scalability and employee experience.
• Monitor trends, regulatory changes, and industry practices to inform program evolution.
• Support the expansion of immigration and mobility programs beyond the U.S. as business needs evolve.
• Contribute to the development of global mobility frameworks and practices over time.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum 8-10+ years managing U.S. immigration programs, either in-house or in a law firm.
• Deep subject matter expertise across all non-immigrant visa categories and employment based green card processes.
• Experience advising business leaders and stakeholders on immigration related matters
• Proven ability to balance day-to-day operational execution with longer-term program design and process improvement.
• Strong judgement navigating ambiguity, changing policies, and assessing risk.
• Comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-paced environment.
• Exposure to global mobility work or non-US immigration programs a plus, but not a requirement.

Physical Requirements: This role is offered as fully remote within the United States. Occasional travel may be required throughout the year (should not exceed 1x per quarter). Compensation: The wage range for this role is $180,000 - $220,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 80% - 90% of this wage range. 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 opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential. 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