About the Role
Dodge & Cox is launching a rotational program for exceptional individuals who want to shape how a leading active asset manager operates. Participants will rotate through various investment and non-investment functions as embedded associates with real ownership of projects and direct mentorship from department heads and senior firm leadership. Associates will work on problems with real business consequences, mapping and redesigning manual processes, building data-driven business cases, and evaluating AI and automation tools. Successful associates will have a path to transition into a permanent role aligned with the firm’s evolving needs and their skills and interests.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of meaningful, often cross-functional problems that may not have an obvious owner or a clear path forward.
- Map and diagnose business processes end-to-end to identify bottlenecks, manual hand-offs, redundancies, and opportunities for automation, redesign, or the strategic application of AI.
- Translate findings into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders to assess opportunities for improvements and technology-enabled solutions.
- Partner with technology, operations, and business teams to design and pilot solutions, and help drive initiatives from proof of concept through implementation and adoption.
- Build business fluency across the firm: understand each department’s goals, workflows, controls, and key metrics, and carry those insights forward across rotations.
- Identify patterns across teams, share insights, and develop reusable frameworks where workflows or solutions can be standardized or scaled firm-wide.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with an excellent academic record in AI, Math, Economics, Data or Computer Science, or a similar analytically rigorous background.
- Demonstrated ability to break down complex, ambiguous problems and develop structured, actionable recommendations.
- Analytical rigor and comfort working with data to support decision-making.
- Intellectual curiosity, high standard of excellence, and demonstrated passion for improving processing and increasing efficiency.
- Clear, concise communicator: equally effective engaging technical colleagues and non-technical senior stakeholders.
- Strong technical fluency in data analysis tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Excel) and comfort applying these skills in a business context.
- Up to 5 years of professional experience in financial services, technology, management consulting or data analytics, or an undergraduate experience that demonstrates exceptional potential.
- Working knowledge of cloud software (e.g., Snowflake, Azure) is a plus but not required.
- Experience with process redesign, automation, or AI/ML tools in applied settings.
- One-year master’s programs in AI, Data Science, Business Analytics, or related fields are strongly encouraged to apply.
- All Dodge & Cox employees are required to be in their assigned office as noted in the job posting Monday - Thursday each week, with the option to work remotely on Friday.
- All Dodge & Cox employees must adhere to the Firm’s security policies and Code of Ethics.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Skills
- AI
- Math
- Economics
- Data Science
- Computer Science
- Data analysis
- Python
- SQL
- Excel
- Cloud software (e.g., Snowflake, Azure)
- Process redesign
- Automation
- AI/ML tools
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- Mid-Level
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $95,000 - $160,000
Benefits
- Coverage of 100% of all healthcare premiums for employees and their families
- Fully funding a retirement plan at 25% of the total compensation to the IRS limit
- Commuter benefits
- Health & wellness benefits
- Backup care
- Matching gift program
- Employee assistance program
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
About the Company
- Dodge & Cox is a leading active asset manager.
Equal Opportunity
- Dodge & Cox provides equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, ancestry, national origin, disability, or medical condition, as defined in state and federal laws. This policy covers all aspects of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, demotion, and termination.
